Archive for April, 2008

Ghosts of Past Abortions

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

So you’ve had abortions before. Now that you finally want to have a baby, ghosts of the past keep coming back to haunt you. So should you be worried? Will past abortions affect your pregnancy?

The Timing

It all depends on the timing of your past abortions. If you had an [...]

Ninth Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

 

Congratulations! You’ve finally made it to the ninth month, the month you’ve been waiting for since the first morning sickness started getting the best of you. Even now, you will still feel the same old symptoms. Nevertheless, you’ve already grown too desensitized to notice them at all. Or you may be [...]

Eighth Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

 

The following symptoms are not all that different from last month’s. And you’ll be happy to hear that you will hardly feel most of them anymore, as you are likely to have already gotten used to them by now. Moreover, you may not feel some of them at all.

Physical Symptoms

Indigestion

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Seventh Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

 

Same old, same old. And a few new ones..

Physical Symptoms

Indigestion

Flatulence

Heartburn

Bloating

Constipation

Occasional headaches

Occasional dizziness or possible faintness

Whitish vaginal discharge, increasingly heavy

Pink [...]

Sixth Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

 

By now, many of the symptoms would already have gotten harder to notice. You’re likely to have grown desensitized to them. More so, they are still not universal and you may not experience some of them at all.

Physical Symptoms

Indigestion

Flatulence

Heartburn

Bloating

Constipation

Occasional headaches

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Fifth Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

 

The symptoms you will be feeling this month are not all that different from last month’s, though you will be experiencing new ones.

Physical Symptoms

Indigestion

Flatulence

Heartburn

Bloating

Constipation

Occasional headaches

Occasional dizziness or possible faintness

Increased [...]

Fourth Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

 

Still the same old yada yada.. Some of these symptoms are the usual old ones and they are not universal (they differ in every woman), which means that you may not have some of them at all (which is great news, right?).

The physical symptoms..

Urinary [...]

Third Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Still, some of the symptoms you’ll experience on the third month are the same old symptoms you’ve been feeling, some of which you’ll hardly notice anymore. And they’re still not universal!

The physical symptoms..

Frequent urination

Sleepiness and fatigue

Excessive [...]

Second Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Same as the first month, you might not encounter all the mentioned symptoms (sigh of relief?..).

The physical symptoms..

Frequent urination

Sleepiness and fatigue

Excessive salivation

Nausea, you may or [...]

First Month of Pregnancy: The Symptoms You May Encounter

Friday, April 11th, 2008

 

The following are the symptoms you may encounter on your first month of pregnancy. Don’t expect to experience all of them though (not that you’d want to). Pregnancy symptoms are not always universal. They often differ in every pregnant woman.

Let’s start off with the physical symptoms:

The absence [...]