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What Is Linea Negra?

What Is Linea Negra?

The Linea Nigra or Linea Negra (Latin for ‘dark line’) is a dark vertical line that appears on the abdomen of many pregnant women.
Usually the Linea Negra appears during the second trimester; in or about the fifth month of pregnancy, and is more common among dark skinned women than lighter skinned women.
This dark line that [...]

Pregnancy Can Have A Restorative Effect On Organs, Researchers Find

Pregnancy Can Have A Restorative Effect On Organs, Researchers Find

If you are already pregnant, chances are, you are doing your body a favor, according to recent research conducted in Israel. It was found that pregnancy could have a restorative impact on the damaged organs of a body; a sort of fountain of youth formula that pharma companies would love to get their hands on!
A [...]

What Is Hyperpigmentation And How Does It Show During Pregnancy?

What Is Hyperpigmentation And How Does It Show During Pregnancy?

Simply put, hyperpigmentation is the darkening of the skin or the nails due to excessive production of melanin in the body. Most pregnant women experience hyperpigmentation in some or other form.
Sometimes it can manifest itself by way of the mask of pregnancy; also known as Chloasma or Melasma. This is usually a butterfly shaped patch [...]

Forgetting Things? It’s Not The Pregnancy, Say Experts

Forgetting Things? It’s Not The Pregnancy, Say Experts

Pregnancy and motherhood bring about a lot of changes for a woman, but apparently forgetfulness is not among them, according to this report.
Researchers have now clarified that it isn’t ‘baby brain’ or pregnancy that causes women to feel a little foggy and find concentration difficult.
According to one of the researchers it could be due to [...]

Exhaustion During Pregnancy: Why It Happens?

Exhaustion During Pregnancy: Why It Happens?

Many women find that they feel tired to the point of exhaustion during pregnancy; find themselves thinking ‘I’ve never felt this tiredness before’.
Some women wonder if perhaps that there is something wrong or if all is going well with their baby.
Fact is feelings of tiredness, lower energy [...]

The Truth About Stretch Marks

The Truth About Stretch Marks

Stretch marks are caused by rapid growth or weight gain and are the most common occurrences during pregnancy, because there is rapid weight gain during this time and the skin of the abdomen and breasts undergoes rapid and considerably stretching at this time.
It is estimated that 75 to 90 per cent [...]

Orgasm During Pregnancy

Orgasm During Pregnancy

While sexual intercourse during pregnancy can be a sensitive subject, the topic of orgasm during pregnancy is probably even more controversial.
For the most part, having an orgasm during one’s pregnancy is quite safe; it is also the opinion of some experts that it may actually be beneficial.
Some women experience orgasm for [...]

Sex Drive During Pregnancy: Sensitivity And Understanding Important

Sex Drive During Pregnancy: Sensitivity And Understanding Important

When you talk about sex during pregnancy, many women will say that they were put off by the act completely during pregnancy; probably an equal number will say they never had it better!
Fact is, a woman’s sex drive during her pregnancy could swing to either extreme or not change much from what [...]

Managing Skin Pigmentation Changes During Pregnancy

Managing Skin Pigmentation Changes During Pregnancy

More than half of all pregnant women will experience changes in the pigmentation of their skin during pregnancy.
For some women this takes the form of melasma or chloasma, commonly called the mask of pregnancy, which are dark, blotchy areas of skin.
Other women will find the skin that is already pigmented, such [...]

Vision Changes In Pregnancy

Vision Changes In Pregnancy

When you are pregnant, you have an increased amount of fluids in your body.
These fluids, which are responsible for the swelling in your hands, feet, and ankles, can also cause vision changes.
Because your eyeball is filled with fluid, the shape of your eyeball can change, causing changes in your vision.
When you [...]