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Battle the Bloat

Many women will find out they are pregnant and begin to “show” within days or weeks. Sometimes this symptom, which may also show up before a menstrual period, is one of the clues that lead a woman to take a pregnancy test in the first place. This early bump has nothing to do with the baby or the growing uterus, which is still hiding behind the pelvic bone; it is the dreaded pregnancy bloat. Bloating often arrives with its close cousins, burping and flatulence. Lovely, isn’t it? Bloating is not exclusive to pregnancy. For example, it is a classic symptom … Continue reading →

New Pregnancy Test Detects hCG Sooner

Perhaps you’ve heard the term “two week wait.” Who are we kidding, if you’ve ever tried to conceive, you lived (or died) for those two weeks. The phrase is a little misleading however, since it implies that most of us actually wait for two weeks after conception to take a pregnancy test. When I was trying to get pregnant, I joined a forum with some other women on the same ovulation schedule and some of us would start testing daily just seven days after ovulation. For the most part, testing so early and so often was a waste of money … Continue reading →

Top 10 Reactions to a Positive Pregnancy Test

You’ve just found out that you are pregnant. How do you react? 10. You send your husband to the store to buy a second test. The more high tech, the better. If they came out with a pregnancy test that could verbally tell you, “Congratulations! You’re pregnant!”, you would probably buy it. 9. Take a photo of the pregnancy test and post it on the Pregnancy forum on Families.com to see if your forum buddies think it’s positive, too. “Is that a line? Is it an evap?” 8. Google “early pregnancy symptoms” and mentally check off any that you are … Continue reading →