Pregnancy test

dysfunction symptoms at some point of their life. It occurs due to weak pelvic floor muscles which acts a basin for the pelvis and support the pelvic organs. The weakness inevitably occurs during pregnancy, after child birth (normal vaginal delivery and caesarean section) and after menopause. During pregnancy the growing gravid uterus stretches the ligaments and fascia which is considered to be the first level of pelvic floor support gets challenged and the core muscles also gets weaken and…

We as human beings begin learning before we’re born. Between the very point of conception and the nine months before birth, the fetus can experience and pick up tastes from the mother through amniotic fluid. Along with what the fetus eats it can also pick up smells from the fluid it lives in. Environmental and stressors teach the fetus how to behave once born and even the sounds from the outside world form how we learn speech. Doctors and published journalists have conducted research that…

their first breath. Hospitals and doctors offices conduct a range of tests on babies to make sure that they are healthy and ultimately happy. Tests can range from just a physical look over to a more in depth approach…

feel pain way before the 21 week period. In the 1960s crisis pregnancy centers were created and they basically ran by anti abortion women. Centers created what we like to call a safe haven for women that either were not sure if they were pregnant or they were deciding on having an abortion or not. Within the centers women would go in and anti abortion women would persuade them not to get an abortion and would even hand out pregnancy tests. This is just amazing in my eyes that a movement would…

around the world, 14 percent residing in India. (Bahuguna 2003). In the article, infertility is defined as “the inability to conceive within two years of exposure to pregnancy” (World Health organization 1975), though the current definition from the World Health organization is as follows: “the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.” (WHO 2012). This is a clear medical issue, though many struggling with infertility feel it is…

Thalidomide, also known as α – N(phthalimido) glutarimide , was first developed in 1954 by a German pharmaceutical company called Grünenthal in Stolberg. In 1957, under the brand name Contergan , it was marketed as a sedative, tranquiliser and antiemetic that was found to be effective when prescribed to pregnant women to help combat the many symptoms associated with morning sickness. Chemically similar to barbituates, the drug became a popular sedative and by the following year, although it…

trying,” Tina screamed. Shaking her head in disbelief, she looks at the positive pregnancy test in awe. “Three extremely long years of trying to conceive and now I’m finally pregnant, mom.” Tina’s mom, Canzady had been waiting for the day her daughter would finally give her a grandchild. This would be the first for her as Tina was the only child. She asked Tina, “Are you sure baby?” “Yes, mom, I only took four tests to be sure” Tina said sarcastically. Elated from the news, Canzady asks,…

becoming a marine biologist. I had taken at least 5 tours of Augustana University during my four years of high school and it was set it stone for me. But as time went on my dream seemed to become more distant. On October 31st, 2015, I took a pregnancy test that came back positive. I was thinking about my future would be altered by my choices, guessing how my future now would look. Would my dreams still be in there? Would I be making $11 an hour for the…

hard time dealing with the idea of never carrying a life in my womb ever again. Did I subconsciously know what I was doing? My suspicions were confirmed. I was indeed with child. Part of me was terrified. I had such horrible and complicated pregnancies with my kids, would this one be…

Pregnancy Week 17 Week 17 and you are by now [pretty comfortable with the idea of being pregnant, given that you have undergone it all, the symptoms, the crucial phase, tests and all that matters! While the maternity wear are fitting you well in this week, you look pretty much like a pregnant lady than a lady who is just overeating her heart out and also feel the baby inside you with a lot more confidence! Thus, at the continual of the third tri semester, you would very well be surprised to know…