Category Archives: After Testing +

Pregnancy and Work Guidelines

Working with Chemicals Inhalation is the most common route of exposure to chemicals in the typical University working environment. The use of safe work procedures and facilities such as local exhaust ventilation will provide protection. Skin absorption and ingestion are … Continue reading

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When You Are Trying To Get Pregnant, Finding Your 4 Most Fertile Days

When you are trying to get pregnant you would assume that predicting ovulation and getting pregnant are one in the same, but you need to know the biological foundation of what actually maximizes your probability of conceiving. Here are some … Continue reading

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Cramping During Pregnancy

Many women experience cramping during pregnancy. While cramping during pregnancy may be a sign something is wrong, often it is a normal side effect of pregnancy. How do you know if cramping is normal or not? Let’s look at cramping … Continue reading

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Planning a Pregnancy

Pregnancy is very tricky it happens, when one does not want and does not happen when one desperately tries to get pregnant. So planning is a bit out of reach most of the times. When the woman after 4 to … Continue reading

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Unplanned pregnancy

Un-planned Second pregnancy happens quite frequently in young couples and is a cause of tension because the first child is still milk feeding and has not reached an age to self manage any of the nursing functions. The mother is … Continue reading

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Physiological Changes During Pregnancy

The changes that occur in the pregnant patient’s body are caused by several factors. Many of these changes are the result of hormonal influence, some are caused by the growth of the fetus inside the uterus, and some are the … Continue reading

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Causes, diagnosis and treatment of ectopic pregnancies

Definition of ectopic: Pregnancy in which the fertilized egg or embryo implants on any tissue other than the endometrial lining of the uterus. 95% occur in the tube. 1.5% are abdominal, 0.5% are ovarian and 0.03% are cervical. The death … Continue reading

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MISCARRIAGE

What is a miscarriage? It is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy that occurs during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, most commonly before 12 weeks. After 20 weeks the loss of the pregnancy is called a stillbirth. About 1 … Continue reading

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Facts About Miscarriage

Losing a child is an unthinkable devastating event. Some families express the desire to know the facts on why this has happened. We have designed this pamphlet to give you general information about your loss, any further questions should be … Continue reading

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PRENATAL TESTING – OVERVIEW

Produced by the Centre for Genetics Education. Important points • There are a number of different prenatal tests and procedures available to assess the development of the baby. Each has advantages, disadvantages and limitations • There is no test that … Continue reading

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