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  • Weight Matters in Pregnancy

    Gain too much weight -- or too little -- during pregnancy and your child faces above-average odds of being overweight.

  • Options for Preventing Preterm Labor

    Whether you're currently pregnant or planning a pregnancy after a preemie, knowing about preterm labor can keep your baby cooking and offer the best chance for a healthy beginning.

  • Eating Out When You Have Gestational Diabetes

    The nutritionist explains the changes you'll be making in your food choices and activity with gestational diabetes. They seem simple enough. You remember your lunch date coming up. Can you still go out to eat?

  • Uterine Fibroids Cost Billions Each Year

    More than one out of two women in the United States will develop fibroids before menopause. That adds up to nearly 64 million women and an estimated annual cost of $5.9 to $34.4 billion in medical expenses and lost productivity.

  • Lifetime Interview with Dr. Jones and Nurse Amanda from "One Born Every Minute"

    We recently had an exclusive opportunity to connect with Dr. Stuart Jones and one of his head nurses, Amanda Monaghan of "One Born Every Minute," on LifetimeTV. See what they have to say about the show and the families!

  • Third-Hand Smoke Affects Your Baby

    You don't have to be a smoker for your child to be exposed to the risks of third-hand smoke. Researchers have discovered that the residue from tobacco clings to furniture, clothes, walls, rugs and floors.

  • Depression: A Risk Factor for Preterm Birth

    A recent study found that depressed pregnant women are twice as likely to give birth prematurely as pregnant women without any symptoms of depression.

  • About the Mask of Pregnancy

    While it might conjure up a Jim Carrey movie and a voluptuous pregnant woman with a cartoonish green face, "the mask of pregnancy" is no laughing matter. It's certainly not fictional, either.

  • Anti-depressants During Pregnancy

    Recently our news feeds have been flooded with bad news about pregnancy and anti-depressants. If you're depressed and expecting a baby, finding a treatment can feel like a balancing act over hot coals.

  • Beyond Morning Sickness: Hyperemesis Gravidarum

    Most women experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy but for a few unfortunate souls hyperemesis gravidarum becomes an uncontrollable monster that dictates their lives. Learn how to fight back.

  • Incompetent Cervix

    What causes incompetent cervix? How is it treated? Are there risks to a cerclage? Learn these answers as a mom shares her experiences and research.

  • Morning Sickness: It's Not Easy Being Green!

    The paradox of morning sickness: Few people ever really dwell on the trauma of it, because it is the famous first sign of a glorious occasion to come -- the birth of a child. That is true. It's also true that morning sickness can be debilitating, depressing and alienating. Baby or no baby.

  • Responding When People Don't Understand Your Miscarriage

    We've all been there. The moment someone says something hurtful about the loss of our baby. I say it's time to hold our heads high, reclaim our privacy and space, and let people know that what they say is not acceptable. Learn how to educate "the ignorant," "the indignant" and "the idiot" so their next response can help heal a friend facing pregnancy loss.

  • Anti-depressants During Pregnancy

    Recently our news feeds have been flooded with bad news about pregnancy and anti-depressants. If you're depressed and expecting a baby, finding a treatment can feel like a balancing act over hot coals.

  • How to Stop Heartburn During Pregnancy

    There's no greater surprise for a woman than learning she is pregnant for the first time except for the first time she experiences one of mother nature's unkindest pregnancy symptoms -- Heartburn! Hopefully, this article will quickly help you solve the burning symptoms of heartburn should they arise.

  • Post-Miscarriage Checklist

    The following is a list of information your doctor will need/ask from you after you have had more than three miscarriages (Habitual Abortions).

  • Accutane Causes Miscarriages, Birth Defects

    Major birth defects caused by exposure to Accutane and other brands of isotretinoin, an acne therapy drug continue to occur in the United States.

  • C.C.: A Story of Courage

    by C.C. Howell

  • Bed Rest

    Bed rest will differ from woman to woman and may range from simple periodic resting at home to full bed rest and monitoring in a hospital.

  • Information on Trisomy 13

    The 13th chromosome contains blueprints that direct a baby's development in the early weeks following conception. When a child has an extra 13th chromosome, as is the case in Trisomy 13, the genetic messages are confused and contradictory. Even the mildest forms of this syndrome are devastating.