Pregnancy and Family Planning Articles

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Wednesday, 19th November 2008

By the time you are 25 weeks pregnant, you feel as if you are carrying around a soccer ball all the time. There is more to come and you will get bigger. One of the common experiences of women in the 25th week is leg cramps. These can be extremely painful and wake you from your sleep. Most of the [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Tuesday, 18th November 2008

Most mothers to be want to know about how the baby is developing during each week of the pregnancy. At 16 weeks pregnant, your baby is only about the size of an avocado. At this point the fetus is only about 5 inches long and weighs only about 3 ounces, even though you have started to develop a baby bump [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Jimmy Woodall @ Monday, 17th November 2008

Birth control pills usually prevent pregnancy, but sometimes they cause an abortion. Birth control, otherwise known as contraception, is used to prevent pregnancy. Birth control practice of contraception for the purpose of limiting reproduction. Like regular birth control pills, there are two kinds of EBC pills: those that contain a combination of the drugs estrogen and progestin, [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Monday, 17th November 2008

You are three weeks into your second trimester when you are 15 weeks pregnant. You will find that your energy is returning and you are able to stay up later at night. In spite of how energetic you feel, you still need to get a full nights sleep because the baby benefits from your rest just as much as you [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Monday, 17th November 2008

When you reach the stage when you are 13 weeks pregnant, you are just into your second trimester. The first trimester is the riskiest stage, so after this point you can start to relax a little and not think that every little ache and pain is a sign of trouble. At this point your morning sickness is starting to ease [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Jimmy Woodall @ Monday, 17th November 2008

Eating the right mix of the right foods. Pregnancy Nutrition Myths If your tummy is growing, then you are probably the recipient of unsolicited advice on everything from what not to do, to what not to eat. The basics of sound nutrition are the basics of pregnancy nutrition. As many of you know, or should know, folic [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Monday, 17th November 2008

When you are 18 weeks pregnant, you are in the middle of the second trimester. At this time, your friends and family will tell you how good you look and that being pregnant suits you. This is because pregnant women at this stage seem to have a glow about them. The morning sickness has passed for most women by now [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Beth Ibarra @ Monday, 17th November 2008

Becoming a parent is one of the most important things that a person can achieve during their lifetime. However, due to certain circumstances, sometimes a woman is unable to give birth to her own children. That does not mean that she cannot still have a biological child. Medical technology has now presented women with the option of entering into a surrogacy [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Beth Ibarra @ Sunday, 16th November 2008

As a child enters puberty, he or she might become confused by all of the body changes that are occurring, some of which happen quite fast. Boys grow facial hair, their voices deepen, and they sexually mature. Girls grow breasts, more body hair, and start to menstruate. No matter how fast or how slowly a child enters puberty, it is very [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Thursday, 13th November 2008

Many people refer to the stages of pregnancy as the three trimesters. However, your health before you get pregnant plays an important role in having a healthy pregnancy and in giving birth to a healthy baby. Although many pregnancies are unplanned, when you do start thinking about having a baby it is essential to start the process of planning. [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Saturday, 1st November 2008

There are many common early pregnancy symptoms. Discharge from the vagina is almost universal in the early weeks of a pregnancy. This increase in the discharge is due to the increase in the growth of the cells lining the vagina. The walls naturally start to thicken as soon as the egg is fertilized and this thickening can cause you [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Saturday, 1st November 2008

There are three pregnancy stages called trimesters. Each one lasts for about three months of the pregnancy and involves bringing new changes to your body, the development of the baby and your relationships with your partner and those around you. It is important to have an understanding of what to expect in each of these stages so that you will [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Saturday, 1st November 2008

Nursing gowns come in many different styles and options for openings. They are not granny type nightgowns and are very modern, such as in pyjamas with short and long bottoms. You can also have sexy nightwear when you are a nursing mother instead of having to get into bed covered from head to toe. You can lounge around in your [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Warren Wong @ Saturday, 1st November 2008

In early pregnancy, discharge is quite normal. In fact some women notice this discharge before they even know they are pregnant and mistakenly believe it to be a yeast infection. Vaginal discharge is one of the early symptoms that you are pregnant even before it is possible for the pregnancy to show up in a blood or urine test [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Aydan Corkern @ Saturday, 1st November 2008

If you are a new mother of an unborn child and you smoke, this would be one of the best times to quit. One of the main reasons for this mother to quit is because not only is the mother smoking but so is your unborn child. This unborn child can and probably will be born with the same problems [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Jodi Selander @ Friday, 31st October 2008

The placenta is an amazing, unique organ. It grows with the baby from the very first cell divisions, so it can begin its important work of providing nourishment as soon as possible. It is the direct physical link between the mother and child, and as such, may even provide comfort to the baby. They grow together, entwined and connected in [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Beth Ibarra @ Thursday, 30th October 2008

Nowadays, women are very much free to choose when they wish to become mothers. This is something that has definitely been centuries in the making, because before, women quite simply did not have the choice. Instead, they were bound by their wifely duty to produce an heir or someone to carry on the family name. Some women use birth control, [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Beth Ibarra @ Wednesday, 29th October 2008

Popular culture has made the pregnancy process seem almost too easy. A couple decides to have a baby, and they almost immediately become pregnant. In fact, there is even a show about a family that has had close to twenty children! However, for every couple that seems able to have dozens of children, there are those who are having trouble [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Irina Webster @ Tuesday, 28th October 2008

How to become pregnant fast? Many people want to know the answer to this question. There are some tips which will definitely improve your chances on becoming pregnant fast. Let\'s look at the 5 main ones, but you should only follow these tips if you know that there are no other medical problems with you and your partner. But if [more...]

Family » Pregnancy and Family Planning | By Beth Ibarra @ Sunday, 26th October 2008

When a couple gets married, it seems that their lives take one of two main courses. In the first course, the couple, after a year or so, decides to have children, thereby starting their family. In the second choice, the couple decides to remain childless. For people who wish to make the first choice but, because of infertility, are in danger [more...]