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Married for eight years, Robert and Tanya Maxwell had their hands hard attempting to raise six children. As devoted Catholics, the couple felt bound to obey the precepts of their faith. In 1968, Pope Paul VI published a papal letter entitled Humanae Vitae which said that, “...it is always wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence.” The couple were involved in the Catholic lay society and committed to follow the beliefs of their faith. Of their six children, the first three progeny were “intentional” or were created with full purpose on resulting in pregnancy. They genuinely wanted to just have three children. However, the fourth up to sixth kid might be called “an accident” produced by the fire of desire. While they remained grateful for having six children, each of whom they considered as a gift from God, they could not help but feel overwhelmed. Having a huge family has certainly taken a toll on their marriage, time, and money. After sig...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been treating fertility effectively for over two thousand years, long before Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) was a twinkle in anyone’s eye. Since more and more couples are meeting the extremely emotional and painful road-block of infertility, knowing the three organs that play a big part in creating a healthy, fertile body, is more crucial than ever. In TCM, your body, mind and spirit are an interconnected system. Thus, you are a full unit. In your body, all of your organs act together as a system. Yes, you have separate organs that have specialized duties, but the overall role of any organ is to sustain a healthy, functioning system. When you balance the Liver, Kidneys/Adrenals and Spleen/Pancreas, you offer your system - your body – with the healthy equilibrium it requires for accessing fertility . This article offers the following crucial facts about each of these organs: What the organ accomplishes in the body ? (its basic function...

Fit for Two: The Essential Guide to Safe and Effective Exercise During Pregnancy Before obstetricians and gynecologists decide which dose of which drug can best treat a condition without putting any harmful side effects on the mother and the baby, they consider the patient’s age, general health, the number of months before delivery, tolerance for medications, and any other drugs the pregnant patient may be taking. Prescribing exercise on pregnant women needs to be just as scientific and exact. The kind, intensity, frequency, and duration of a “dose” of exercise are all crucial.  One person’s healthy, strenuous activity might be detrimental to another. These hazards may be larger in pregnant women since they are more prone to develop strains and other dangerous side effects for the would-be mother. However, if exercise will be established and carried out in a normal, average range, exercise will not have an influence on the general state of the pregnancy and particularly on labor or...

The Aches and Pains of Pregnancy  It is an unpleasant but predictable truth that a majority of pregnant women will have back discomfort at some time in their pregnancy.  There are various solutions that help reduce the pains and discomfort of pregnancy, while avoiding it from becoming a long-lasting dilemma. Women with pre-existing back pain before to pregnancy have an easier time adapting to the discomfort as the pregnancy progresses. Proper medical guidance and treatment may prevent back discomfort from becoming a problem when labor happens. Causes of Pregnancy Back Pain  Two forms of back discomfort during pregnancy are caused by: 1.) Strained ligaments, muscles, discs and joints caused by bad posture, wrong lifting techniques, weak or tense muscles, or injury, this form of back pain may occur with individuals even before pregnancy.  Symptoms intensify toward the end of the day or after standing for lengthy periods of time, owing to muscular tiredness and strained...

WHAT IS AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY?   The dictionary meaning of the term ‘ Ectopic ’ is an organ or bodily component living in an unusual location or shape.  In basic words, an ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy, which is growing in the incorrect location.   An ectopic pregnancy happens when the fertilized egg (or ovum) fails to migrate down the fallopian tube and into the womb (or uterus) in the typical way.  Instead, the egg or ovum implants itself outside of the womb.   Most typically, (in 95% of instances), ectopic pregnancies originate in a fallopian tube and rarely, elsewhere in the abdominal cavity or pelvic region.   For example, an egg may attach itself on an ovary, on the neck of the womb (cervix) or on another organ inside the pelvic or abdominal region (1.5% abdominal, 0.5% ovarian & 0.03% cervical).   Ectopic pregnancies do not generally survive and many will end in a natural miscarriage, others may develop until a si...

Pregnant ladies have particular nutritional demands. They need to follow a nutritious diet not only for their body, but more crucially for the growth of their unborn kid. The slogan “ eating for two ” effectively illustrates this necessity for larger food consumption during pregnancy. Some ladies mistakenly perceive this as feasting on as much food as they can tolerate. While pregnant women are supposed to acquire a certain amount of weight during pregnancy, it may be unhealthy to gain too much weight by consuming too much food.  Eating for two does not indicate raising one's food consumption, but refers to boosting the quality of one's diet. What pregnant ladies must bear in mind is that the baby is not as large as a full grown adult, thus his/her food intake is substantially different. Pregnancy is governed by several intricate processes that require women to increase their body's availability of vitamins and minerals in order to meet the requirements of an expanding bloo...

Is it Morning Sickness or All-Day-Everyday Sickness? the question that pregnant women ask. The label that has been given to this kind of disease is deceptive. The majority of pregnant women have morning sickness, which is a nausea that lasts throughout the day and occurs every day. According to studies, pregnant women who have morning sickness report greater levels of psychological stress, including an increased likelihood of experiencing anxiety and despair.Within the scope of this article, both the causes and symptoms of this condition are discussed. This is a misnomer! The nomenclature that has been given to this illness is exceptionally deceptive. This is a remark that a great number of women, particularly those who are about to become mothers, would undoubtedly agree with.  Truth be told, morning sickness is not something that simply happens in the morning. It is true that it is a problem that many women experience first thing in the morning, but it is also possible for it to ...

Stretch marks. Striae Gravidarum. The signs of pregnancy. Call them what you will. But they are the one thing that all women worry will occur as soon as they are pregnant. But what are stretch marks anyway? And why do they occur? Well, the cause is in the anatomy of the skin. The skin has two layers - a thin upper layer called the epidermis, and a thicker, lower layer called the dermis. Scattered in the dermis are thin protein filaments called elastin that, like a piece of rubber band, are capable of stretching on being tugged. But just as a rubber band can extend just so far and no farther, these elastin fibres can similarly be stretched only to a certain level.  If stretched farther, they snap. The increased weight of the uterus during pregnancy causes the skin to stretch to a large amount and the elastin fibres are ripped. The broken elastin generates scars on the skin termed Stria Gravidarum or stretch marks. They appear on the lower abdomen of all pregnant women, right? Wel...

The inability to conceive a child effectively might be a source of distress.  An inability to conceive for reasons that cannot be explained can be extremely disappointing; nevertheless, this does not always indicate that there is no longer any chance of becoming pregnant. Because of the ease with which some women become pregnant, sometimes the bride is already "infanticipating" her pregnancy before she ever reaches the altar.  However, when a newly-wed wife doesn't exhibit symptoms of an expanding belly due to pregnancy after nine months or less, people start to speculate and wonder why.   This may bring anxiety to the newly-wed pair, especially when after obtaining reproductive testing, physicians may not detect anything wrong with any of them. Difficulty in the process of getting pregnant can be a cause of concern for healthy couples facing delays in conception.  when the cause for the delay is unknown, such emotions of anxiousness might become even more worse...