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While all my tests and those of my partner (LH, FSH, sperm sampling, etc., etc.) had come back with favorable results, we still were not achieving pregnancy. We are both healthy and active and our doctors, both Eastern and Western, could not find an explanation for our infertility. On...
In the case of HIV-infected mothers, only those with undetectable viremia during pregnancy and at delivery were chosen. A total of 62 HIV-serodiscordant couples, 22 HIV-infected women (mean CD4 count of 522 cells/microL, 55% hepatitis C virus [HCV]-seropositive) and 40 HIV-infected men ...
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After thoroughly reading every page of Fertile Heart, I decided to go for a natural pregnancy after multiple failed IVF’s. I loved her saying that at a minimum I’d be getting myself into the best health possible. I bought both her books, Inconceivable and The Fertile Female, and signed...
It has been argued that Puritanical sexual attitudes in the USA, coupled with abstinence-only sex education policies, lead to such “backfiring” ills as higher teen pregnancy rates and increased transmission of STIs among American religious youths (Stanger-Hall and Hall 2011). More sex-positive...
The article offers the authors' insights on a study which shows that T helper 17 (TH17) cells exist at the maternal-fetal interface in natural allogenic pregnancies. The authors state that natural killer (NK) cells encourage successful pregnancy and immune tolerance. They cite the accumulation of...
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Fetal growth and breastfeeding are two potential mediators between maternal smoking during pregnancy and earlier age at menopause in daughters (that have previously been adjusted for as if they were confounders). Previous research has suggested that low birth weight and not being breastfed may be as...
I saw my osteopath and acupunctor once a month the whole pregnancy. I gave birth at a birthing center with my midwife that I love so much! Now, I dont know what to expect with this one… how can it be faster then that? Time will tell! Thank you for sharing your birth story!