Understanding fertility status is crucial for planning a pregnancy. A checkup provides valuable insights into both partners’ fertility, identifying potential challenges early on. By addressing these issues beforehand, couples can increase their chances of a successful conception, reinforcing the importance ...
Understanding fertility status is crucial for planning a pregnancy. A checkup provides valuable insights into both partners’ fertility, identifying potential challenges early on. By addressing these issues beforehand, couples can increase their chances of a successful conception, reinforcing the importance ...
Nesting can be an incredibly exciting and positive time. But then, the results come in. Pregnancy loss.
Historically, pre-pregnancy carrier screening programs have been tailored for specific population groups who are more likely to have a recessive disease. For example, the recessive brain condition Tay-Sachs disease, which is usually fatal in early childhood, has a high incidence in the Ashkenazi-Jew...
Midwife Marie Louise, The Edit's resident midwife, is back with her expertise and guidance on ectopic pregnancy. Discover the signs, symptoms and treatment.
This event is defined as the spontaneous loss of pregnancy at 20 weeks of gestation or less, most notably in the first trimester. When a miscarriage happens very early, before the fetus begins to develop, but where there is a documented positive pregnancy test, it’s categorized as a ...
What Is Lightning Crotch? “Lightning crotch” isn’t a medical term; rather, it’s a colloquial phrase used by some pregnant people to describe sharp, sudden pains that occur in the pelvis, rectum, or vaginal area during pregnancy. There isn’t a precise definition for lightning crotch, bu...
Precum, also known as pre-ejaculate, is a fluid that comes out of the penis during sexual arousal. Learn more about precum and the risk of pregnancy and STI transmission.
I wanted to add that I never missed a prenatal appointment. Prenatal care during pregnancy is so important because a mother could develop a condition that may be hazardous to the baby and without prenatal care a doctor cannot help the mother or the fetus. ...
Pregnancy Pelvic or abdominal (belly) surgery Some people are born with a hernia. This is called a congenital hernia. It’s more common in people who: Are born early Have certain conditions (such as cystic fibrosis, connective tissue disorders, hip dysplasia, and some urinary or reproductive ...