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Pregnant vaginal discharge
by
AtYourCervix
Posted
Fri 05 Oct 2012 8:51pm
Leukorrhea: the normal discharge of pregnancy. Can be white, creamy, or clear. Yes, it increases with pregnancy, more so the closer you get to your due date. Normal, normal, normal. It can look like mucus, or like snot, especially in the last weeks of pregnancy. Normal, normal, normal!
But, if you have anything that is
Clumpy like cottag ...
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When to Suspect Lyme
by
Dr. Virginia S.
Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:49am
The most useful diagnostic reference: the “Bible” of Lyme medical literature.
by John Bleiweiss, MD.
The When To Suspect Lyme Disease essay:
This essay, written by John D. Bleiweiss, M.D., in April, 1994 is very long, but also very comprehensive and helpful. Any doctor checking for Lyme disease would do well to read this essay first; any ...
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Taking Care of Early Pregnancy
by
Dave W

Posted
Thu 01 Sep 2011 8:01am
A fifth (20%) of UK mothers feel they were not offered adequate antenatal care during their pregnancythe period from conception to birth, according to an alarming new survey commissioned by The London Clinic.
More than half (57%) of the 2,000 women questioned admitted they would like to ...
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When To Suspect Lyme Disease
by
Marjorie Tietjen
Posted
Fri 26 Jun 2009 7:10pm
By John D. Bleiweiss, M.D.
Traditionally, the public has been advised to suspect Lyme (LD) if a round or oval, expanding, red rash develops 3-32 days after a deer tick bite associated with or followed by a flu-like illness. This limited description will apply to only some cases. About 50% of patients do not recall one or more of tick bit ...
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Infertility Terms - making sense of the jargon !
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Mon 06 Apr 2009 11:44pm
All this may be TMI, but if you need to talk to your GYN, or help your DH make sense of what your RE is saying, this is a useful crib sheet !
This is from the book How to Have a Baby: Overcoming Infertility
by Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, MD and Dr. Anjali Malpani, MD.
Abortion: the medical term for miscarriage. The various types include:
...
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She certainly looked pregnant
by
AtYourCervix
Posted
Sat 04 Jul 2009 9:14pm
But, she was not pregnant. Not one bit.
The woman presented to L&D with c/o contractions. She looked to be about 34-38 weeks pregnant, with a gravid abdomen. She had the waddle going on.
Once she was taken into a triage room, the nurse tried to find fetal heart tones. Nothing. Not even placental swooshing sounds. The nurse called th ...
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Pregnancy Trimester | Your Pregnancy Guide
by
hipchickheather
Posted
Sun 08 May 2011 8:49pm
First Trimester
Second Trimester
Third Trimester
Your First Trimester
Your first trimester refers to the first three months of your pregnancy. Even before you decide to get pregnant, you should prepare your body. Increasing folic acid, staying away from medications that aren’t needed, stayi ...
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Sex During Pregnancy
by
Anthony R.
Posted
Fri 21 Nov 2008 4:47pm
So, you can't wait for months without sex because your wife or partner is pregnant?!?
Sex during pregnancy is safe, if your wife/partner is having a normal pregnancy, that is, considered low-risk for complications.
However, sex is NOT an option for women who have the following common risk factors:
• a history or thr ...
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Yeast Infection and Pregnancy: What Are The Chances?
by
Lucy J.
Posted
Wed 29 Oct 2008 7:06am
Prior to talking about the complexities connecting the prospects of getting Candida infections with pregnancy, we’ll take a brief look at the basic physiological grounds for the yeast infection condition. However the question still needs to be answered, does pregnancy make a woman’s body even more at risk concerning yeast infections?
Some wome ...
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