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Pregnancy is a life changing experience. But it also causes a lot of discomforts to the mother. In this article, we provide pointers to a number of smaller articles that cover these discomforts. ...

It’s important to take all your prenatal tests on time! Doctors have standard protocols on prenatal testing and will keep you informed which tests to take and when.  It is important that y...

Group B Strep (GBS) is a bacterium that can be found in the vaginas of many healthy women. In many women, it does not cause any harm and these women are just carriers of this bacteria. But if your bab...

This is an invasive test so doctors use it only as a last option. The stress test measures how the baby can handle the “stress” of labour and is conducted in late pregnancy. This maybe don...

This is not a routine test. A doctor will use this any time after 26-28 weeks for high-risk pregnancies to ensure that the baby is getting enough oxygen and is not in any kind of distress.  This ...

This is an advanced test and is given to pregnant women who have had abnormal levels of blood sugar in their glucose screening test. This test can take about a good chunk of the day—almost half...

This is a preliminary test that is given to all pregnant women sometime during the 24th to 28th weeks of pregnancy to check for gestational diabetes. It measures how well your body can process sugar. ...

Maternal Serum Screening is also called multiple marker screening test, triple screen, quad screen or loosely called AFP.  It is a blood test that is given to all pregnant women. Typically it mea...

This is a diagnostic test that is usually done if the maternal serum screening test (or the triple marker or AFP) done earlier, shows abnormal results.  It is primarily used to detect Down's...

This is a diagnostic test and is used to determine birth defects such as Down’s syndrome and genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease etc. But it cannot determine neural tub...

Ultrasound scans are also called sonograms or "scans".  In this test, sound waves are bounced off the baby's bones and tissues to construct an image showing the baby's shape, ...

During pregnancy (even an easy routine one) you can expect many doctor's visits and and tests. A typical schedule of prenatal doctor appointments About once every month during the first s...

For most pregnancies, labour progresses naturally. The cervix (the narrow part of the uterus between the uterus and top part of the vagina) keeps dilating and becoming thinner and the contractions kee...

Most women feel anxious about the pain of labour and delivery.  Many women prepare for this arduous process of labour and delivery beforehand.  But childbirth is different for everyone and h...

Talk to your doctor beforehand, as to when you should call them and when you should go to the hospital. This way you will not be stressed when the time comes. If you think labour has begun, you shoul...