Pregnancy Blog Review for April 29 - May 10by Pattie Hughes | More from this Blogger 13 May 2008 07:32 PM Welcome to the pregnancy blog review. This is a good way to view all the recent blogs in one place. As always, I welcome topic suggestions for future blogs. Femara was originally prescribed for the treatment of breast cancer and is now used as a fertility drug. Initial studies look promising. Read more in Fertility Drugs: Femara Midwives in Maine will now have access to medications for use in home births. A new law will allow midwives to obtain certain medications directly from a pharmacist. Read more in New Law Gives Maine Midwives Access to Medications Yoga has many benefits during pregnancy. Yoga tones the body, helps prepare you for labor, helps reduce some pregnancy symptoms and has emotional benefits as well. However, there are some poses which should be avoided during pregnancy. Learn more in Yoga Poses to Avoid Most women who have taken fertility medications will tell you the medicines have emotional side effects. In fact, these are the most common and most often complained about of all fertility medication side effects. Learn more in Fertility Drugs and Your Emotions Chocolate is one of the most commonly craved foods during pregnancy. It turns out, indulging this craving may be good for you. Learn more in Medical Justification for Indulging Your Craving for Chocolate When you tell your employer you are pregnant, one of the first questions you will be asked is if you plan to return to work. Often women just don't know. Whether for financial or personal reasons, they want to leave the door open to return after a maternity leave. Read more in What to Do if You Don't Know if You're Going Back to Work What is the Difference Between Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia? These are actually degrees of severity of the same complication. Read more about it in this blog. Related Articles: The Pregnancy Blog Review for April 20-27 The Pregnancy Blog Review April 9-20 The Pregnancy Blog Review for March 25 - 31 Learn more about Pattie Hughes  Pattie Hughes is a freelance writer and mother of four young children. She and her husband have been married since 1992. Pattie holds a degree in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University. Relevantpregnancy tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Discuss this article
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