Pregnancy

... germ cell death, the estrous cycle, reproductive endocrine hormones, reproductive organ weights, sperm motility, early embryonic development, and pregnancy success. At the cellular level, an increase in free radicals and [Ca2+]i may mediate the effect of EMFs and lead to cell growth inhibition, ...

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Even very moderate drinking during pregnancy appears to cause subtle but long-lasting damage to the baby, according to a study released yesterday, adding hard and daunting data to recent research that backs the old precautionary advice to ...

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If there has been a folk-medicine suggestion for citrus in early pregnancy to combat morning sickness, it might have been linked to the increase in breast size later in the pregnancy. Correlation with assumed causation (but not actual causation), that's ...

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... genetic abnormalities found. My fertility OB specialist thought my miscarriages were therefore a random thing. I then became pregnant with my 4th pregnancy and final pregnancy. At 16 weeks, I had an amniocentisis which revealed that the fetus carried an inverted 10 chromosome. Full genetic testing ...

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... idea for all of us to start noting any similarities. Exposure to horses. Blood type AB+ Eating disorder in past (bulimia?) or history of dieting Pregnancy Chronic stress

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