April 29, 2022 | by: Cara Terreri
Seeing blood at any point after receiving a positive pregnancy test can feel scary. After all, spotting and bleeding are common signs of miscarriage. If you're in early pregnancy, weeks 4 through 12, it's important and helpful to know that spotting is normal, common, and usually not a cause for concern. (However, you should always check with your midwife or OB if you experience spotting at any time in pregnancy, just to be on the safe side.)
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November 15, 2018 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
Let me start this post by saying: your first trimester of pregnancy can be brutal. The waiting, the not knowing, the nausea, the stress... whoever says pregnancy is beautiful is probably not referring to the first trimester (or the third, but that's a story for another post).
The question that pas
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March 16, 2018 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
If you've never heard of the term "cankles," chances are high that you will know all about it in your third trimester. Swelling (aka "edema") in your feet, ankles, and hands throughout pregnancy and especially as your pregnancy nears the end is very commo
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June 22, 2016 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
I've entered week 11 and we're just one week away from sharing the good news far and wide, so for my last week of relative pregnancy privacy I figured I'd share a smorgasbord of symptoms and experiences with the World Wide Web.
1) IRRATIONAL CRYING.
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May 18, 2016 | by: Lamaze International
Here we are, mid-May and I am nearing 37 weeks of my pregnancy. I am barely keeping up with my life. Or maybe I am expecting myself to keep up with it too much. I have no idea how women with multiple children handle the ups and down of carrying a new life
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