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What do you need to think about before becoming pregnant? Is exercise okay during pregnancy? Which foods should you avoid during your nine months? Should you consider an alternative birth? What are the benefits of breastfeeding your baby? Our consumer-focused feature articles address these questions and many others. These topical articles are written by medical professionals, including physicians, nurses, and dietitians, and are reviewed by our expert medical review board.

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Preconception | Pregnancy | Labor & Delivery | Postpregnancy

Preconception

Fertility
Nutrition

Fertility

  • Ovulation: achieve and conceive?
  • Behind the scenes: maximizing male fertility
  • In her own words: living with infertility
  • Sperm banking: fertility options for men undergoing cancer treatment
  • Trying to conceive: the man's role

Nutrition

  • Folic acid: a "family values" vitamin

Pregnancy

General
Nutrition
Prenatal Screening
Safety
Special Considerations
Your Body

General

  • True or false: pregnant women should avoid cats
  • True or false: you can predict your baby’s gender by how you carry the pregnancy
  • A pregnancy survival guide for men
  • In-home pregnancy tests: your questions answered
  • Preparing children for the new baby
  • The truth about sex during pregnancy
  • Work and stress during pregnancy

Nutrition

  • Folic acid: a "family values" vitamin
  • Eating for appropriate weight gain during pregnancy
  • Food safety during pregnancy
  • Good food sources of folate
  • Is it safe to eat fish during pregnancy?

Prenatal Screening

  • Group B strep screening: don't wait until it's too late
  • New dimensions in prenatal ultrasound: 3D and 4D
  • Prenatal screenings
  • Rh explained

Safety

  • Baby on the way? Keep smoking at bay
  • Pregnancy and STDs
  • Medications and pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and housework: could you be putting your baby at risk?
  • The flu shot and pregnancy
  • Pregnancy? You can still travel

Special Considerations

  • Pregnancy, parenting, and HIV
  • Watch out for pregnancy pitfalls after age 40

Your Body

  • Common discomforts and bodily changes during pregnancy
  • Exercise and pregnancy: a healthy combination
  • Managing pregnancy-related back pain
  • Mommy massage: for a healthy, relaxed pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and sleep: a contradiction in terms?
  • Pregnancy skin: glowing, stretching, darkening and more

Labor & Delivery

Alternative Birthing
Birthing
Labor
Pain Management
Preparing for Hospital Stay

Alternative Birthing

  • Birthing and relaxation: not mutually exclusive
  • The safety of alternative birthing methods

Birthing

  • Are some women 'too posh to push'? the debate continues over rising rate of cesarean deliveries
  • Once a cesarean, always a cesarean?

Labor

  • Distinguishing between false versus true labor

Pain Management

  • Pain management during childbirth: what are your options?
  • The labor dispute: epidural or natural childbirth?

Preparing for Hospital Stay

  • Delivery time: getting ready for your hospital stay

Postpregnancy

Breastfeeding
Caring for Your Infant
General
Medical Treatments & Procedures

Breastfeeding

  • Birth control for breastfeeding women
  • Breastfeeding and working: you can do it
  • Breastfeeding your baby: how long should you do it?
  • The importance of breastfeeding premature babies

Caring for Your Infant

  • Loving touch: the benefits of infant massage
  • Toning up your tiny tots: exercises for babies and toddlers
  • Feeding your infant: ages 0 to 4 months

General

  • How a new baby can affect the parents' relationship
  • The new dad's survival kit

Medical Treatments & Procedures

  • Circumcision: cutting edge controversy

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