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Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 40: Preparing for Labor and Birth

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 39: With Only One Week to Go, Getting Ready for Birth

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 38: Only Two Weeks of Pregnancy to Go

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 37: Your Baby has a Definite Sleep-Wake Cycle

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Fathers and Daughters: The Beginning of an Amazing Relationship that can Last a Lifetime.

In: Postpartum Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

The Truth about Vacuum Deliveries: Find Out about the Risks of Vacuum Extraction before You Give Birth

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Ultrasound and Weight of Your Baby: Reviewing the Accuracy of Ultrasound to Measure the Infant's Weight

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

How Soon Can I have an Epidural? When is the Best Time to Receive Pain Medication

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 36: With Only One Month to Go, What Preparations You May Need for Baby

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 35: Preparing for Baby and Managing the Last Weeks of Pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 34: Your Baby will Arrive in 6 Weeks! Are You Ready?

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Choosing Elective Cesarean: Cesarean Instead of Vaginal Birth for Your First Baby

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 33: Your baby may be about 4 pounds this week!

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension: What You Need to know about High Blood Pressure during Pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Epsom Salts for Preterm Infants: New Report shows Decrease in Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Babies

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Back Labor and How to Prevent It: Techniques to Turn Your Posterior Baby During Pregnancy or Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Benefits of Folic Acid: Taking folate, a B vitamin, before pregnancy reduces preterm labor.

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 32: Finishing the 7th month of pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 31: Just two months to go before baby comes! Are you ready?

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Breastfeeding Problems: How to encourage your milk to come in and increase your supply

In: Postpartum Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Childbirth Class Series: An Online Course for Busy Parents-to-be

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Back Labor: Symptoms and Causes of Back Pain in Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Childbirth Class - Postpartum: Class Six Covers Postpartum, Recovery and the Newborn

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Labor Contractions: How to Time Contractions while You are in Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Unassisted versus Homebirth: What are the differences between these two birthing options?

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Childbirth Class - Breastfeeding: Learn more about Breastfeeding Advantages and Techniques

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Childbirth Class - Cesarean Birth: Learn about Inductions, Cesareans and Naturally Inducing Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Childbirth Class - Medications: Find out about pain medication and intervention for birth

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Childbirth Class - Stages of Labor: Learning more about identifying signs and coping with labor.

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Online Class for Childbirth: Your Last Trimester and Preparing for Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 30: Your baby may be moving into a birth position this week.

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 29: Find out how to get ready for the last several weeks of pregnancy.

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Recovery Tips for New Mothers: How to survive the first few week of postpartum

In: Postpartum Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Recent Trends in Birth: The most recent statistics on the women today who are giving birth

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Grief during Pregnancy: Help for mothers who have experienced a loss

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 28: As you enter your third trimester, find out more about your baby!

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Is this Preterm Labor? Identifying the Signs of Preterm Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 27: Entering the Third Trimester of Pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Discomforts of Pregnancy: Learn Ways to Cope with Your Aches and Pains during Pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Heartburn during Pregnancy: Coping with pregnancy-related digestive problems

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Treating Insomnia during Pregnancy: What to do if you have sleep disturbances during your pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Headaches: Learn to identify and treat your pregnancy-related headaches

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Second Trimester: Weeks 14 through 26 of Pregnancy at a glance

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Frequent Urination and Pregnancy: Find out more about this common discomfort of pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Fetal Monitoring During Labor: Ways that Your Baby's Heart Rate can be Monitored during Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 26: Find out what happens to you and your baby in your second trimester

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 25: How are You coping with Month Six of Pregnancy?

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Colostrum - The Amazing First Milk: What you need to know about the benefits of your baby's first food

In: Postpartum Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 24: What is Happening at the Start of Month Six? Find out more!

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 23: In Your Last Week of Month Five, What You Should Expect

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 22: At the halfway point through Month Five - What do you need to know?

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 21: Entering Month Five of Pregnancy

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

The Vital Role of Fathers: Part 2 - Continuing to Make Connections with Your Child

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

The Vital Role of Fathers: Part 1 - Creating Positive Connections with Your New Baby

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Using Stadol as Labor Pain Relief: How Narcotics affect Mother, Baby and the Mother's Labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

IV's During Labor: Find out if the Truth on whether You Need an IV During Childbirth

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Having a Fast Labor: Learn More about Precipitous Labors and How to Manage them

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

How to Have a Natural Childbirth: Ways to Increase Your Chance of an Unmedicated Birth

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Everything About Doulas: Find out more about hiring a doula or becoming a doula.

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

All About Labor: A Series on Childbirth including Everything You wanted to Know

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Choosing a Career as a Doula: Factors to consider if You want to become a Birth Doula

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Top Reasons to Hire a Doula: Why Parents Hire Birth Doulas Today

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

The Three Stages of Labor: How to identify the signs and symptoms of labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Definite Signs of Labor: How to read the positive signs of labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Possible Signs of Labor: How to read the possible signs and symptoms of labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Choosing to Stay at Home: Why some mothers choose to be full-time mothers

In: Postpartum Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 20: The Start of Month Five of Pregnancy - Respiratory Movements Begin

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

When to Go to the Hospital: If you are in labor, when should you leave for your place of birth?

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Waterbirth and Hydrotherapy: The Pros and Cons of laboring and giving birth in water.

In: Birthing Options

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Massage to Start Labor: How to use massage to naturally induce labor

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Toning Exercises: The best and easiest exercises for late pregnancy.

In: Prenatal Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Parenting Your New Baby: Getting to Know Your Baby to Help You Develop Good Parenting Skills

In: Postpartum Health

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Long Labors and What to do? Why having a long labor may be beneficial and necessary.

In: Childbirth - Labour & Delivery

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 19: The baby is practicing breathing in utero and lengthening this week.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 18: Are you feeling your baby move?

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 17: You might be noticing Braxton-Hicks contractions starting this week.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 16: The baby's handprints and footprints are forming this week.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week to Week - Week 15: Moving into the Second Trimester - What is new?

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy First Trimester: From Week 1 through Week 13 - The first trimester at a glance

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Natural Ways to Induce Labor: Learn Methods of Naturally Inducing Labor

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Herbs for Inducing Labor: Discovering the truth about herbs to induce labor and their safety.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week to Week - Week 14: You are now entering the beginning of the second trimester.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Making Love to Start Labor: Old Wives' Tale or One of the Best Methods to Induce Labor?

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Spicy Foods to Induce Labor: Will eating spicy food induce labor? Find out the truth.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week to Week - Week 13: Finding out more as you complete the first trimester of pregnancy.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 12: Discover the changes happening toward end of the first trimester.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pressure Points to Induce Labor: Pressure points that may help you to naturally induce your labor.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week to Week - Week 11: Taking a look at baby's development and your changes as you near the end of your first trimester.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Castor Oil to Induce Labor: How using castor oil can help you induce your labor.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Comfort Measures and Epidurals: Why using various comfort measures for labor and getting an epidural are not mutually exclusive.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 10: Find out more about the baby's size and development!

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Week by Week - Week 9: The beginning of the fetal stage.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Postpartum Depression: Everything you need to know about postpartum depression from the risk factors to treatment options.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Help for Postpartum Depression: Treatment options for mothers with postpartum depression and how to get help

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Postpartum Depression Self Test: Using the Edinburgh Scale as a self test for postpartum depression/postpartum mood disorders.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Causes of Postpartum Depression: What we know about possible causes for postpartum depression/postpartum mood disorders.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Postpartum Depression Symptoms: A guide to identifying postpartum depression/postpartum mood disorders.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Postpartum Depression Risk Factors: Are you at risk for getting postpartum depression?

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Home Birth - Is it for you? Learn more about homebirth from this mother to help you decide if homebirth is the right choice for you.

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Pregnancy Exercise Guidelines: The Best Exercise Tips for Pregnancy

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By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

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