Pregnancy In Channel

There are many reasons why a woman may miss her period.  While missing a period is the number one sign of pregnancy, it can also occur due to extreme fatique, stress, hormonal problems (like PCOS), illness, extreme weight gain or loss, breastfeeding, or the cessation of birth control pills.

Morning sickness is not experienced by every women when pregnant.  If it does occur then it will begin sometime around the second week after conception and in most women will last until the eighth week.  It can last longer.  Also, for many women morning sickness is not just confined to the morning and can be experienced all day long.

Pregnancy tests measure the level of the hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) in your urine.  While a woman's body always produces small amounts of this hormone, when she is pregnant she produces larger quantities of this hormone.  However, a pregnancy test may still register negative if taken too soon after conception when the body has not yet had a sufficient amount of time to produce the proper levels of hCG to confirm pregnancy.

This is one of the most popular and well known of the old wives tales pertaining to pregnancy.  The only proven way to determine the gender of your baby is to receive an ultrasound test sometime after the 20th week of pregnancy.

Parents can rent or buy baby fetal heart monitors so that they can listen to their baby's heartbeat anytime they want in the comfort of their own home.  This option provides many parents, especially parents who have experienced a pregnancy loss, the peace of mind they need during the next pregnancy.