Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’

Make time for yourself

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Whether you’re in your first trimester or ready to welcome baby number six, being pregnant on Mother’s Day gives you special reason to celebrate. Make plans to fill your Mother’s Day with memories that honor not only yourself, but your partner and your unborn child. You’ll carry those memories much longer than nine months, so make them count!

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Reliability of Pregnancy Tests

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

The embryo secretes a substance called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which begins to circulate in the mother’s blood and be excreted in her urine as early as six days after conception occurs. This hormone is detectable once the fertilized egg has implanted in the uterus. Click here to see an illustration of implantation.

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