Archive for October, 2007

Ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy where the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, most commonly in one of the fallopian tubes.

Thus, ectopic pregnancy is also known as tubal pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy is common that it occurs in one out of every two hundred pregnancies.

Ectopic pregnancy symptoms are similar to that of normal early pregnancy signs.

The ectopic pregnancy symptoms vary greatly from pregnancy to pregnancy, and also depends on whether the ectopic pregnancy has ruptured.

The first ectopic pregnancy symptom is vaginal bleeding, which develops in almost eighty percent of all ectopic pregnancies.

Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy will occur at the time of implantation. It also occurs when hormone levels are too little to stop the normal bleeding. Low blood pressure if bleeding is high is also an ectopic pregnancy symptom.

Lower abdominal or pelvic pain is a common ectopic pregnancy symptom that develops in the early stages when the embryo implants itself outside the uterus. It generally occurs suddenly with severe pain at only one side.

Irregular menstrual period is also an ectopic pregnancy symptom that makes you suspect pregnancy. Shoulder pain is also an ectopic pregnancy sign that can cause pain in the shoulder.

Are you suspecting pregnancy? Confirm your conception through pregnancy tests, which can be done through online free pregnancy test, home pregnancy test kit or laboratory tests.

The free pregnancy test is an online preliminary test that helps you to know about your conception by analyzing early signs of pregnancy, but not through scientific analysis of your urine and blood.

Online free pregnancy test is also known as online pregnancy probability test or real online pregnancy test.

Remember that free pregnancy test will not confirm your pregnancy; it only helps you to know whether you are pregnant or not based on the analysis of the symptoms and the date of your last menstrual period.

To use online free pregnancy test, all that require is to answer the questions listed. The questions are generally related to early pregnancy symptoms as well as personal details including your date of last menstrual period, age, health condition, last sexual activity, and contraceptive usage.

Based on this information, the free pregnancy test provides results about your pregnancy and also helps confirm the need for home pregnancy test kit or laboratory tests to confirm your pregnancy.

Are you a 12 week pregnant? This is an exciting week with more developmental changes in the baby.

At this stage, the baby in the womb continues to grow and develop greatly and attains more human appearance.

Now, the baby is about 2.5 inches long and weighs half-ounce.

At 12 week pregnant, the body structures of the baby continue to form.

The baby’s fingers and toes will separate and sucking of the thumb starts. During this period, hair and nails will start to grow.

Lanugo (fine hair) starts to appear on the eyebrows and upper lip. The eyelids cover the eyes to protect the optic nerves fibers from damage, so the baby’s eyes will be remained close until seventh month.

When you are 12 week pregnant, the baby’s lungs attain oval shape. The brain of your baby is formed fully and it starts producing hormones. The nerves cells will begin to multiply rapidly.

Amniotic fluid in the uterus will be accumulated as the kidneys begin to produce and excrete urine, during 12 week pregnant. The baby’s intestinal wall muscles start to practice peristalsis and contractions.

Fertility is the ability to conceive and give birth to a child.

Fertility calendar helps improve your chances of becoming pregnant when actively trying to produce a child.

Fertility calendar is also known as ovulation calendar. It is an effective method to predict the right time for conception or to avoid pregnancy (each month). [Contraceptives to prevent pregnancy]

It also helps predict your future baby’s gender, approximate day of the baby’s birth, your baby’s zodiac sign and next menstrual period.

Your chances of becoming pregnant will be more during ovulation period. However, the most favorable time for fertility is the day of ovulation.

So, identifying your ovulation period can help find the proper fertile days to have sexual activities for conception and to choose the gender of your baby. Also, it helps to avoid sexual activities if you are planning for birth control.

Ovulation is a process of releasing of an egg (ovum) from one of the ovaries.

Ovum (eggs) is the female reproductive cell that is produced in the ovaries, which then passes through the fallopian tubes and (if fertilization takes place) finally enters the uterus where the ovum becomes an embryo and develops into an infant.

Trying to become pregnant? Find out when it is the best time to get pregnant. It is the most essential factor when trying to conceive quickly.

As a woman has a limited number of days for conception, it is always good to gain knowledge about your reproductive cycle.

This helps you to identify the best time to try and conceive.

In order to determine the best time to get pregnant, it is essential to pay a close attention towards your body and notice the bodily changes during your menstrual cycle.

The best time to get pregnant is ovulation time in your menstrual cycle. Ovulation time is the time where one of your ovaries releases an egg for fertilization, which then passes into the uterus from the follicles.

The ovulation process occurs once a month, generally before two weeks from your next menstrual period.

The ovulation time can be evaluated by subtracting 12-16 days from the expected date of your next menstrual period, approximately five days a month. In other words, for a 28-days cycle, the ovulation occurs 12-16 days before the onset of next menstrual period.

Pregnancy ultrasound is a scan to monitor the fetus and pelvic organs of the mother during pregnancy.

The ultrasound technology emits high frequency sound waves, which recoils on your body structures to generate a picture.

The pregnancy ultrasound is also known as pregnancy sonogram or obstetric ultrasound.

By using the ultrasound tests, it is possible to observe the images of the baby, amniotic sac, ovaries, and placenta.

Even, the major abnormalities or birth defects can be seen using an ultrasound scan.

Performing pregnancy ultrasound tests during pregnancy is very safe and painless procedure. It causes no side effects to you or your developing baby. Moreover, the ultrasound uses no radiation exposure.

Currently using pregnancy ultrasound equipments are known as real-time scanners where it uses very high frequency sound waves (3.5-7.0 megahertz) to generate a continuous picture of the moving fetus on the screen.

The doctor performs a pregnancy ultrasound at any stage of your pregnancy. In the first trimester of pregnancy, the doctor monitors the development of the embryo in the uterus, verifies the number of embryos, and estimate the gestational age as well as the due date.

Pregnancy is a joyful journey of nine months and every woman works hard in these months to welcome the baby in to this world.

Even though you take proper care during these months, you may develop several serious complications during labor and delivery.

So, gaining pregnancy information on the complications of labor and delivery can help detect them early and treat effectively.

This pregnancy information is essential for you, especially if you are pregnant for the first time.

The labor and delivery, in almost all cases, occur without any complications. The complications during labor and delivery develop unexpectedly. However, most of these can be predictable and treatable. [Pregnancy Exercise for reducing Labor Pains]

Having regular visits to your doctor can make it possible to predict and treat the complications early and improve your chances of having safe delivery with a healthy baby.

The complications usually develop when labor doesn’t go normally. From this pregnancy information, identify the complications that develop in your baby.

Fetal distress is a rare complication that develops when there is insufficient supply of oxygen to the fetus due to the compression of placenta and umbilical cord, which can be identified with irregular patterns of fetal heartbeats.

When to take pregnancy test is a common query that rises among women who are eager to become pregnant or worried about pregnancy.

The most perfect time to test for pregnancy is after your menstrual period is missed.

Understanding the process of ovulation, fertilization and implantation will help you determine when to take pregnancy test.

During your monthly menstrual cycle, one of your ovaries releases an egg for fertilization. The release of egg will be two weeks before the onset of next menses.

The released egg when fertilizes with the sperm, it will implant into the uterus for further development. However, if the fertilization doesn’t occur, the occurrence of monthly menstrual period continues.

The fertilized egg then implants into the uterus walls for further development. This process is called implantation. It generally occurs about 6-12 days after conception.

On the other hand, the developing placenta produces the pregnancy hormone called HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) when implantation occurs, which occurs 5-7 days after fertilization/ovulation.

Now, you can estimate the right time when to take pregnancy test. It is 5-7 days after conception. The HCG can be found both in the urine as well as in the blood. So, taking a pregnancy blood test or urine test can confirm your pregnancy.

Early pregnancy symptoms are those that generally develop earlier than the menstrual cycle is missed.

There are several common early pregnancy signs, which you might have heard and prepared to deal with during your pregnancy.

However, are you prepared to those early pregnancy symptoms that develop unusually during pregnancy?

These symptoms are extremely varying from normal symptoms such as fatigue, nausea, and frequent urination. Thus, it makes confusion to confirm your pregnancy.

So, getting aware of these unusual early pregnancy symptoms is very essential for you when expecting pregnancy.

In some pregnancy cases, the common pregnancy symptoms like dizziness or breast tenderness may not develop. Instead, some other strange pregnancy signs develop.

Therefore, once you understand about the unusual early pregnancy symptoms that develop during pregnancy, you can prepare to come across them and consult your doctor as soon as they occur.

Spider vein is an early pregnancy symptom that generally develops unusually. Spider veins are the veins surrounding chest and upper arms that appear like spiders legs. This is one of the pregnancy symptoms that makes you worry.

However, according to doctors, there is nothing to worry about this symptom because it develops simply from an increased flow of blood in the body.

Your baby is called as fetus when you are 11 week pregnant. Most of the baby’s development is completed in this week.

At the beginning of 11 week pregnant, the baby will be an inch or so and the baby grows up to two inches by the end of this week and weighs about 0.3-0.4 ounces.

In this week, your baby grows rapidly. The baby’s head is half of the body size and this will change as the baby grows.

The baby’s organs will start functioning in this week and your baby now will have skeleton, blood circulation, and nerves.

The iris of your baby will begin to develop, but the eyelids will remain shut during this week.

During the 11 week pregnant, the baby’s fingernails start to appear and the feet are fully formed and shaped. Your baby will start to get tooth buds, toenails, fingernails, and hair follicles in this week.

The blood circulation starts to circulate between the uterus and baby and placenta will begin to function by this week or may be in the next week (12 week).