Pelvic Girdle Pain or PGP is a term used to describe pain in the pubic bone region below the tummy, or pain across the low back or sacrum on one or both sides. It is a specific form of low back pain, and the term Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction, is included in the term PGP.

PGP can start around the 18th week, and reaches peak intensity between the 24th and 36th week of pregnancy. Usually in your first pregnancy it starts later into the third trimester but PGP occurs earlier in second and third pregnancies.

What are the

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]]> francis@acta.co.za (francis Cloete) Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:19:35 GMT http://pregnant2day.co.za/3rd-trimester/what-is-pregnancy-related-pelvic-girdle-pain.html http://pregnant2day.co.za/falling-pregnant/the-home-pregnancy-test.html The Home Pregnancy Test

Buying a home pregnancy test is almost as exciting as buying that first baby grow or socks, then seeing the positive result appear is a moment you’ll never forget, in fact I would not put it past you if you bought a second test just to make sure. The test detects a hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) in your urine, they are very accurate.

How early can I use one?

From the day your period is due, in theory, around two weeks after conception. The hormone will be more

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Folic Acid is vitamin B that has lots of important functions in our bodies, it helps us to make new proteins and red blood cells. During pregnancy Folic Acid helps to protect your unborn baby against Spina bifida (a condition where the backbone and spinal canal do not close properly before birth) and other defects of the neural tubes along the spine.

How much Folic Acid do I need to take?

It is recommended that you take a daily 400 micrograms of Folic Acid supplement for the

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Before your baby is six weeks old, he`ll have learned that if he smiles or makes sounds, you`ll respond. What is remarkable is that even at this early stage he realizes that he can call the shots: he smiles, you are pleased and so talk to him more, and he can keep a two-way “conversation” going.  By smiling and talking to your baby, you`re giving him his very first lesson in communication.

Newborn Your baby may respond to human voices from the moment of birth, and he will try to imitate gestures and expressions. He will sense when you

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Woman worry almost constantly through their pregnancy about whether their baby will be born normal, will they give birth to an abnormal child, or will they hurt the baby during their pregnancy?

There are general precautions that you must be taken to avoid a special risk or harm to the baby such as eating sensibly, doing regular moderate exercise, cutting out smoking and drinking alcohol and going for your regular checkups to the doctor.

There are some cases where woman are superstitious and have a fear of that it is punishment for their past behaviour, or it could

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As soon as you announce to your friends and family that you’re pregnant, you’re likely to be bombarded with advice on what you should or shouldn’t do to have a healthy pregnancy.

Can you eat biltong? What about cheese? Can you dye your hair or paint your nails?
Some women become hyper-sensitive about what they put into their bodies when they’re pregnant. It really isn’t necessary to become overly paranoid, after all, women in impoverished areas eat what they can, live their lives normally and still give birth to healthy babies.

The best bit of advice is to consult

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PRINCIPLES

• Drugs with molecular mass of less than 1500 easily cross the placenta, while drugs with a molecular mass of more than 1500 cross the placenta with difficulty ,or not at all. Heparin is an example of the latter.
• Since the majority of drugs cross the placenta, most of this cannot be considered to be safe in pregnancy. Drugs should therefore be avoided as far as possible, especially during the first trimester. The classic teratogenic period is form day 31 after LNP in a 28-day cycle, to71 days from the LNP. During this critical period

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  ]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:37:32 GMT http://pregnant2day.co.za/1st-trimester/drugs-during-your-pregnancy.html http://pregnant2day.co.za/3rd-trimester/what-car-seat.html WHAT CAR SEAT?

  Car accidents are a leading cause of death and injury in children, so this is one to take very, very seriously. You can buy car seats suitable from birth to four years, or a backwards-facing baby seat suitable until nine to twelve months depending on the size of your baby then a car seat suitable from about nine months to four years. The backwards-facing baby seat is useful as you can clip it in and out of the car and carry or sit your baby in it when you’re in cafes or friends’ houses

  
  THERE ARE

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  ]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:26:19 GMT http://pregnant2day.co.za/3rd-trimester/what-car-seat.html http://pregnant2day.co.za/birth/induction.html Induction

  Induction of labour is an obstetric procedure which is designed to pre-empt the natural process of labour by initiating its onset artificially before it occurs spontaneously. The decision to induce labour is usually taken to serve some interest, most usually that of the baby, less often that of the mother and sometimes that of the obstetrician and medical service. Few issues have generated as much controversy as this one, particularly in the days when the ability to induce labour seemed to outstrip sound clinical judgement.

  It is rare these days for labour induction to have to be considered with regard to

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  ]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:26:19 GMT http://pregnant2day.co.za/birth/induction.html http://pregnant2day.co.za/1st-trimester/molar-pregnancy.html MOLAR PREGNANCY
  • CAUSES
  • SYMPTOMS
  • DIAGNOSIS
  • TREATMENT
  • FOLLOW-UP
  • COPING

  About one in every two thousand pregnancies is a so-called `molar` pregnancy. To begin with, a woman may have every reason to believe that she is expecting a baby. She will have missed one period or more, the pregnancy test will have been very strongly positive, and she may be experiencing all the classic signs of pregnancy. In addition she may be having particularly bad morning sickness.

  However, when the woman is examined no fetal heartbeat can be heard and no heartbeat or indeed any fetal parts can be seen on scan. The

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