Our Experts Answer First Trimester Questions
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Ask the Fitness Expert (Visit Alex's page) Anything to alleviate morning sickness? Can I ski while pregnant? Crunches and sit-ups the first trimester? How can I prevent stretch marks? How much can a pregnant woman swim? What is a safe heart rate zone?
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Is this activity safe?
Back hurt; okay to walk during pregnancy?
Ballet and Modern Dance OK the 1st trimester?
Bikram Hot Yoga during pregnancy?
Can I continue kickboxing through pregnancy?
Can I continue my Pilates video?
Can I continue running track while pregnant?
Can I continue with new fitness routine?
Can I dance during pregnancy?
Can I exercise at 2-months pregnant?
Can I ski while pregnant?
Can I snowmobile during pregnancy?
Can I still bounce on the trampoline?
Can I take my black sash test while pregnant?
Continue bowling through a high risk pregnancy?
Continue indoor climbing this pregnancy?
Continue indoor rock climbing while pregnant?
Continue mountain biking in early pregnancy?
Continue my lotte berk through pregnancy?
Continue routine while pregnant with twins?
Crunches and sit-ups the first trimester?
Horseback riding okay at 8 weeks?
How much can I do now that I'm pregnant?
How much lifting is safe during pregnancy?
Is it okay to do situps while pregnant?
Is it safe to run during pregnancy?
Is soccer a safe sport during pregnancy?
Is there a healthy way to gain weight?
Is swimming a good option for me?
Jumping during pregnancy
Newly pregnant; can I run this marathon?
Newly pregnant; okay to start walking?
Pregnant -- can I continue weight lifting?
What about sit-ups and crunches during pregnancy?
Pregnancy fitness facts
Anything to alleviate morning sickness?
Body fat analysis during pregnancy
Does fitness during pregnancy help later?
Diet and exercise during pregnancy
Exercises to tone up for labor
Fitness during a high risk pregnancy
Fitness for the pregnant athlete
Heavy farm work harmful during pregnancy?
High intensity exercise during pregnancy
High risk and fitness questions
How can I prevent stretch marks?
How much can a pregnant woman swim?
Is 4 kg too much to gain in a month?
Problems with morning sickness
Should I ignore hunger pangs?
Strained intercostal muscles and pregnant
Wanting to exercise, but pregnant with back injury
What is a safe heart rate zone?
What shoes are best during pregnancy?
Food, supplement & medication questions
Are these medicines harmful to baby?
Can I take too much calcium?
How much coffee can I drink?
Is decaffeinated green tea okay during pregnancy?
Is pop better than nothing?
What about diet colas?
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Ask the Lactation Consultant (Go to Anne's page) Can I continue nursing through a pregnancy? Can I increase milk supply during pregnancy? Nursing while pregnant What should I expect while tandem nursing?
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Ask the Midwife (Go to Cynthia's page) Anything to alleviate morning sickness? Bleeding in the first trimester How can I get rid of this yeast infection? Do antibiotics harm the baby? Is orgasm safe during pregnancy? What window does my due date have?
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Is it safe?
Amusement park rides during early pregnancy
Are these drugs safe early pregnancy?
Can I change the litter box?
Can I fly while pregnant?
Could heavy lifting have caused a miscarriage?
Do antibiotics harm the baby?
Does climbing stairs during pregnancy hurt anything?
Is caffeine safe for the baby?
Is celexa safe during pregnancy?
How much risk using class C drugs during pregnancy?
Is it safe to use gloss paint in pregnancy?
Is Lysine safe during pregnancy?
Is Nlite laser treatment safe during pregnancy?
Is orgasm safe during pregnancy?
Is Prozac okay during pregnancy?
Marijuana during pregnancy?
Safe to do laser hair removal during pregnancy?
Safe to use depilatory cream while pregnant?
Should I keep taking prozac?
Will pills hurt the baby if I'm pregnant?
Will nitrous oxide hurt my baby?
Will prescription pain medication hurt the baby?
Is it okay to ride on ATV's?
Fetus/baby questions
Can a fetus get shaken-baby syndrome?
Do antibiotics harm the baby?
Does crying a lot hurt my baby?
Does shingles cause problem for the fetus?
Does snoring affect the baby?
How do I eat so baby will grow?
When can we detect a heartbeat?
What does it mean?
3rd baby and having weird pregnancy symptoms
Are these symptoms of Listeria?
Bleeding After a positive pregnancy test
Could oversized uterus indicate twins?
Frequent brown spotting in early pregnancy?
Is there something wrong with my baby?
Is this a period or a miscarriage?
Lower abdominal pain: should I worry?
Should I be concerned about this dull ache?
Spotting in early pregnancy?
Why would I be measuring big?
Why would I measure farther along?
What's the due date mean?
Pregnancy complications question
Am I late producing HCG?
Are recurrent yeast infections normal?
Bleeding in the first trimester
Funneling and sub-chorionic hematoma?
HCG didn't even double!
High Blood Pressure in Early Pregnancy?
Discharge on Day 37: Miscarrying?
How can I get rid of this yeast infection?
Should I have a Rhogam shot?
Should I report bleeding after intercourse?
No heartbeat at 12 weeks
What can I do to prevent D.I.C.?
Why would I continue to bleed?
Will progesterone save my pregnancy?
Will progesterone save this pregnancy?
General pregnancy question
Anything to alleviate morning sickness?
Are there natural treatments for kidney infection?
Can I take Immodium for diarrhea
Can you help me find a birthing center?
Could I be pregnant after a normal period?
Could I have low amniotic fluid and IUGR again?
Did infrequent sex cause discharge and itchiness?
Do men have pregnancy symptoms?
Emotional loss of control during pregnancy?
Fetal pole and low Hcg levels?
Fever and breast tenderness?
How accurately does an ultrasound date conception?
How can I determine paternity?
How can I tell my parents?
How do I tell my parents I'm pregnant?
How soon are you nauseous?
How to calculate due date with irregular cycles?
Information for pregnancy after 35?
Is cramping at 4 weeks normal?
Is cramping or spotting common at 5 weeks?
Is discharge with bowel movements normal?
Is it a problem if hCG levels don't double?
Is it normal to be afraid of pregnancy?
Milk leaking at 11 weeks?
Natural remedy for kidney infection?
Quad Screen yest tesults teliable?
Resources for older moms
Twitching at night
What can I take for constipation?
What is the cost of delivery at your birthing center?
What window does my due date have?
When can we detect a heartbeat?
When do I let my doctor know my period is late?
When will morning sickness start?
Which day did I conceive?
Where is the best place to give birth?
Which due date is more probable
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Ask the Nutritionist (Visit Kim's page) Can I get too much calcium during pregnancy? Can I lose weight while pregnant? Is mayonnaise safe to eat during pregnancy? How much soda is okay during pregnancy Is tuna safe to eat during pregnancy? What can I do for nausea?
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Anorexia and Pregnancy
Are fish oils safe during pregnancy?
Are protein drinks dangerous during pregnancy?
Are there first trimester food taboos?
Can I eat Chinese food while pregnant?
Can I eat garlic or hot peppers during pregnancy?
Can I get too much calcium during pregnancy?
Can I take too much Vitamin C during pregnancy?
Can I lose weight while pregnant?
Can only eat fatty foods
Continue supplements during pregnancy
Do these cause birth defects?
How early should I start folic acid?
How much soda is okay during pregnancy
Is bee pollen unsafe during pregnancy?
Is caviar safe during pregnancy?
Is Krill Oil supplement safe?
Is mayonnaise safe to eat during pregnancy?
Is my CFS diet safe for the baby?
Is peppermint tea safe during pregnancy?
Is stevia safe during pregnancy
Is tuna safe to eat during pregnancy?
Is venison safe for a pregnant woman?
Is weak tea okay instead of water?
Nutrition suggestions for a pregnancy vegetarian?
Plums, peanuts, eggs and MSG during pregnancy
Should I avoid peanuts during pregnancy?
Should I check for lysteria?
Vitamin requirements for pregnancy?
Wanting to stay slim during pregnancy
Weight gain during pregnancy?
What can I do for nausea?
What should her diet include during pregnancy
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Family Pet Expert (Visit Jennifer's page) Cats during pregnancy Cleaning up after dog okay during pregnancy? How can we prepare our labs for baby?
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Ask about Relationships (Go to Carol's page) Broke up and now pregnant He is afraid of commitment How can we put a baby in this turmoil? Is there a "cure" for fear of pregnancy? My husband doesn't want this baby When to share the news
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Ask the Sexperts (Visit Anne & Cathy's page) How can I make time for sex? How can moms model positive sexual behavior? [return to top]
Ask About Ultrasound (Visit Jane's page) Can a 4-week ultrasound confirm a pregnancy? Gender determination - Is 12 weeks too early? How likely is a vanishing twin? What happens with an implantational bleed? What is a subchorionic hemorrhage? What should I see on an early ultrasound?
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General ultrasound questions
Anything besides DNA testing for paternity?
Are blood clots normal during pregnancy?
Are early ultrasounds ambiguous?
Are many diagnostic ultrasounds harmful?
Can a heartbeat be seen before the fetus is visible?
Can fetal heart rate vary?
Can you determine weeks gestation from a pap test?
Could an ultrasound not detect twins?
Could the twin be hiding?
Could this be my baby?
Could tipped uterus hinder ultrasound?
Could u/s miss twin or fibroid?
Do embryos have a regular growth pattern?
Does a tilted uterus change u/s results?
Gender determination - Is 12 weeks too early?
Is 9½ weeks too soon to see fetal pole?
Is an ovarian cyst common during pregnancy?
Is day 41 too early to see a heartbeat?
Is loss common with good size and heartrate?
Is there a way to explain hormone levels?
Placenta covering internal os
Round shaped blob next to baby
Sac irregular in size and low in the uterus
Second embryo has weaker heartbeat
Second u/s has sac, but no heartbeat
Small implantational bleed -- will it go away?
Should a 5-week u/s show a baby?
What would cause bleeding at 13 weeks?
What effect will a partial uterine septum have?
What happens with an implantational bleed?
What is amniotic band syndrome?
What is a "bleed in the uterus?"
What is a subchorionic hemorrhage?
Will it be obviously twins?
Dating the Pregnancy
Can a 4-week ultrasound confirm a pregnancy?
Can an ultrasound be weeks off?
Can ultrasound date precisely?
Can ultrasound determine conception date?
Can ultrasound tell between a 4-week and 8-week pregnancy?
Have you ever seen a heartbeat show up later?
HCG 12,600; no fetal pole
How far along am I?
Is an ultrasound in the doctor's office accurate?
Is an u/s dated from conception?
Is date discrepancy common in early u/s?
Is the ultrasound or wheel more accurate?
Low heart rate and dating question
Nothing showing on ultrasound 5 weeks from LMP
Should I see a gestation sac at 5 weeks?
Should there be a fetal pole?
Too soon to tell if it's a blighted ovum?
What are the odds that I conceived earlier?
What should I expect at 5-week ultrasound?
What should I see on an early ultrasound?
What should we see at 5 weeks
What's the correlation between HCG and u/s?
When was my conception date?
Which due date -- LMP or U/S?
Why does the sac date different from the fetal pole?
Why would hCG double, but no gestational sac?
With HCG of 7500, why no sac?
Will I ever know how far along I am?
Worried about 5 week ultrasound
Would only a tranvaginal ultrasound show baby at 6 weeks?
Wouldn't this size fetus put me at 6 weeks?
What does this mean?
An ominous ultrasound report
Do calcium deposits on the heart point to Downs?
Does it have to be a blighted ovum?
Does this dream mean I might have twins?
Does this mean I'm not so far
Dreamt of a miscarriage
Gestational sac is small for date
Is a "blurry" sac equated with bad prognosis?
Is a "flattened" sac worrisome?
Is a very round fetus a sign of malformation?
Is no fetal pole at 5 weeks a bad sign?
Is the heartrate low during week 6?
Is the risk of pregnancy loss less after seeing heartbeat?
Second embryo has weaker heartbeat
Should I have a second ultrasound?
Should I have another u/s to check heartrate?
Ultrasound found rim of fluid around head
U/S saw something besides baby
What does this mean about the ovaries?
Why couldn't the technician see anything?
Why did I receive such a concerned outlook?
Yolk sac is not perfectly round
Yoke sac large and fetus small?
Diagnosis questions
Can gender be determined at 13 weeks?
Can the pregnancy be viable?
Clomid, maybe a fetal pole?
Could a heartbeat show on the 8 week ultrasound?
Does the next scan ever show a heartbeat?
Fetal heartrate or my pulse?
Fetus stopped growing at 5 weeks?
HCG increasing but no heart beat
Heartbeat, then blighted ovum?
Heart rate of 96 at 5 weeks too low?
How is amniotic band syndrome diagnosed?
How likely is a vanishing twin?
How will a hematoma affect my pregnancy?
I am supposed to be further along!
Is a fetal heartrate of 170 okay?
Is a heart rate of 172 too high?
Is heartrate usually low at 5 1/2 weeks?
Is there hope for these two babies?
Is this a sign of a future miscarriage?
Loss is inevitable?
Missing a yolk sac?
No heartbeat: Will I lose the baby?
Previous aneuploidy pregnancy and worried
Questionable ultrasound, worried sick!
Should I expect a miscarriage?
Should I expect a missed miscarriage?
Why wait for D&C if there's no heartbeat?
Why would doctor order another type of ultrasound?
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