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When someone sneezes you may hear the German word Gesundeit. This German word means sneeze. When you feel pain during ovulation you may hear a very different German word – Mittelschmerz.

On the front of Time magazine recently there was a mother who chose to breastfeed her three-year-old son. The picture was quite alarming for some readers.

Being women we are always ready to go shoe shopping, pregnant or not!
The problem is that pregnancy brings with it swollen feet.

I’ve heard some weird questions through the years, but probably the weirdest is about naming your baby bump.

After passing two blood glucose tests and failing nearly all the urine glucose tests in the office – I faced the ultimate in lab tests, the 5-hour glucose test.

A study on female fertility and fasting was completed on female mice, but it was performed by researchers at the Harvard Medical School — so there is a bit of clout behind the research.

If you’ve been fighting the fertility battle for a long while and you’ve started looking into alternatives like surrogacy, you may be facing the moral and emotional dilemmas associated with those choices.

The care I received via the midwife was less than stellar, but that doesn’t mean all midwives are the same. 

According to one pregnancy test company – the answer to how far you are along in pregnancy by hCG pregnancy hormone levels is not  what most women are looking for.

Placentophagia (or eating the placenta) is when someone, usually the mother, eats the placenta after birth.

Have you ever noticed that some diaper bags look like a changing table on a strap? Thankfully, the latest trend takes diaper bags out of the changing room and into boutiques, but with practical features, of course. We even found some that are great for dads.

When my final pregnancy was revealed to be a twin pregnancy I just knew things were going to change and that I would appreciate the simplicity of the first two. Boy – I was right.

The breathing and relaxation techniques taught in prenatal yoga helped me to practice for the breathing techniques required during labor as well as aided me in learning to manage the labor pains.

Pregnant women often times feel that they look ugly and huge
so they try to hide their bodies in ill fitting and loose clothing. On top of

I was a caffeine addict and consumed almost 7-8 cups of tea
and coffee throughout the day. However, when I was trying to conceive, one of

The popularity of the all natural, caffeine free herbal teas
is probably at its peak with the health awareness which people possess today.

As you hit the 34th week of pregnant, the third
trimester is nearing the end and it is probably the best time to pack your bags
for the hospital stay.  Babies are highly

Have you been trying to conceive for a while or have just
started trying and are wondering what could help me get pregnant faster? Wellhere are 5 tips which can help you get pregnant faster!

Born too soon: the global action report on preterm birth by the World Health Organization (WHO) provides the first-ever national, regional and global estimates of preterm birth. 

According to a study on women who lived in the Pioneer lands of the United States in the 1800s, twins are not an accident.