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Pregnancy Complications

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes is diabetes diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy. Like other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes affects how your cells use sugar (glucose).

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Pregnancy Concerns

Diabetes

Diabetes is a serious disease in which your body cannot properly control the amount of sugar in your blood because it does not have enough

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Pregnancy Concerns

Glucose Tolerance Test

Pregnant women can develop a condition known as Gestational Diabetes (diabetes brought on by pregnancy) which can pose a risk to both mother and baby. A glucose

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Multiple Births

Complications in a Multiples Pregnancy

Of all the types of multiple births, twins normally face the fewest medical problems and complications. Each additional baby a woman carries during her pregnancy

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Week by Week Newsletter

24 Weeks Pregnant

24 Weeks Pregnant: What changes are occurring with your body? At 24 weeks pregnant, you can now feel the top of your uterus around 2 inches

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Fertility

Preconception Health for Women

Pregnancy should not be considered a nine-month journey, but a yearlong journey. Knowing that the first few weeks of pregnancy are the most vital to

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Women's Health

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder that is common among women of reproductive age. PCOS affects a woman’s menstrual cycle, fertility, insulin production,

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Fertility

Understand Your Fertility Tests

When trying to get pregnant and maintain an healthy pregnancy, there are key things to know about your reproductive system and your partners’. But it