Congratulations! You are pregnant and going to have a baby in 9-months. Over the next 9-months, your health and the health of your baby will be monitored with a battery of tests. Many of these tests have a narrow window of time during which they must be performed. Pregnancy is usually measured in trimesters, which […]
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Common skin conditions observed during pregnancy can be divided into three categories: hormone-related, preexisting, and pregnancy-specific. Normal hormonal changes as a result of pregnancy can cause benign (not cancerous) skin ailments. Preexisting skin conditions may change (improve or worsen) with pregnancy. Lastly, pregnancy can induce its own pregnancy-related skin diseases. A minority of these skin […]
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Word that a woman is pregnant can bring forth a variety of emotions, from happiness to anxiety and even depression. Put simply, with each situation (and each couple) comes a completely unique set of feelings that can transform over the course of the pregnancy and during the baby’s first months of life. But there’s one […]
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