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The inability of a couple to achieve a pregnancy after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse, or the inability of the woman to carry a ...
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Zimbabwe: Pregnant Women Under Threat As Health System Crashes
Many of Zimbabwe's pregnant women and their unborn babies are facing an almost certain death, after the country's only two government maternity hospitals in Harare have been closed.
Nigeria: Maternal Health Care Launched in Nsukka
The recent introduction of free mobile maternal and child care services in Enugu State by the state ministry of health has been formally launched in Nsukka Local Government Area.
Uganda: Pregnant Women to Get Kits
PREGNANT women in rural areas will soon access safe delivery packages to reduce deaths during and after child birth.
Nigeria: Akunyili Cautions Mothers On Breast Milk Substitutes
Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dora Akunyili, has cautioned mothers on excessive dependence on breast milk substitutes.
Uganda: Embrace Family Planning, Religious Leaders Told
The Reproductive Health Uganda has been urged to sensitise religious sects opposed to family planning. Bushenyi district chairman Longino Ndyanabo said some religions had to change their attitude towards family planning.
Nigeria: FG Tasked On Excessive Bleeding After Birth
The federal government should be decisive in reversing the current high maternal and child mortality rates in Nigeria.
Nigeria: Lagos Restates Commitment to Maternal, Emergency Healthcare
Lagos State Government has restated its commitment to improving the state of maternal and emergency healthcare services for the benefit of the people.
South Africa: Where Babies Are Busy Making Babies
A mother of one has invited me out for a weekend. Scary! Scary! Run! If this was happening in Arusha, I would have surely earned myself some 30 years in one of those filthy prisons.
Nigeria: Rivers Earmarks N650 Million for Women
About N650 million has been set aside to empower women in Rivers State, while all pregnant women would henceforth be given free medical attention in government-owned hospitals as 150 health centres are being built across the state.
Nigeria: Hajj - 'Babies Will Be Retained in Saudi Arabia'
Pregnant Nigerian women who deliver in Saudi Arabia while performing the 2008 Hajj would not be allowed to return with their babies.
Nigeria: Wonders, Praises As Eight-Year Pregnancy is Delivered
Bizarre and unimaginable! Yet that was what happened last Friday when Mrs. Helen Oluwatoyin gave birth to a bouncing baby girl after eight years of pregnancy.
Namibia: Who Steps in to Curb Maternal Mortality
Concerned about the appalling maternal mortality rate in the country, a high-ranking official from the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters is in the country to assess the type of assistance Namibia would need in order to rescue the situation.
Nigeria: 50,826 Pregnant Women Benefit From Free Maternal Health Programme in Delta
Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Otumara, says the state's free maternal health programme, which was launched last year, has, so far, recorded a turnout of 50,826 pregnant women across the various health centers in the state.
Uganda: Pregnancy Policy Unfair to Girl-Child
The New Vision of November 10, carried a story in which the Minister of Education, Namirembe Bitamazire, stated that her ministry was planning to introduce a stringent policy that forbids pregnant students from sitting UNEB examinations ("Pregnant Students Policy to be Reviewed").
Nigeria: Father of Quadruplets Pleads for Assistance
Mr Emmanuel Ogiga whose wife recently gave birth to a set of quadruplet in Uda Community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has appealed to Nigerians to come to the aid of his family.
Kenya: Catholic Experts Back Cardinal's Anti-Abortion Crusade
Four Catholic professionals have said that making abortion legal in Kenya will have serious implications for the family, religion and society in general.
Kenya: Is the Country Experiencing a Baby Boom?
The number of women giving birth in public and private hospitals has increased in the last nine months with the figures expected to rise, a survey conducted by the Saturday Nation has shown.
Uganda: Private Players in Reproductive Health
Dr Anthony Mbonye is among the 105 individual scientists worldwide who have won grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health.
Nigeria: Maternal Mortality . . . High Rate Unacceptable
The problem of maternal mortality has, over the years, been a source of serious concern to health practitioners in sub-Saharan Africa. The problem reached a gargantuan proportion in the last four to five years, with number of women dying at child birth quadrupling from figures available 10 years ago.
Ethiopia: Saving Lives With Trained Birth Attendants
Like many teenagers in rural Ethiopia, Shekuria Mume, 19, became pregnant, quit school and got married at 15. The birth of her first baby remains one of her most traumatic experiences, as an untrained traditional birth attendant (TBA) delivered her.
Nigeria: EU to Construct Permanent Cold Store in Plateau
The European Union (EU) prime project is to construct a permanent cold store for the state to reduce infant and maternal deaths in the state.
Somalia: 'One Message' On FGM/C in Somaliland
Hawa* is determined her young daughter will not undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), which is widespread in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland.
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Pregnancy Calendar: Your Personalized Guide
By Judy Wellsworth
If you're one who isn't too fond of surprises, then a pregnancy calendar is for you. A pregnancy calendar keeps you informed of the bodily changes that you and the baby are undergoing, and some types would even present you with an ultrasound photo of what your baby might look like at certain stages of your pregnancy.
It's easy to acquire your own pregnancy calendar. If you go to certain websites dedicated to would-be mothers, you'd be able to come across these pregnancy calendars. All you need to do is input your due date, and a downloadable pregnancy calendar is yours for the printing!
If you're still in the early stages of your pregnancy and have no idea of when your due date is, then you can go to a website which will help you compute just that. Some present tables for this purpose, while many can automatically determine the date for you after you input the first day of your last menstrual period.
How accurate is a pregnancy calendar?
The updated pregnancy calendars used by doctors, midwives, and other health professionals have been put together after years of intensive research, so they are considered fairly accurate. However, these very same professionals will emphasize that births can occur anytime 1-2 weeks before and after your due date.
Women need to be informed of this possibility so that they could be prepared if the baby comes early or would consult with the doctor if there are still no labor signs even after the stated period.
When a baby is this much overdue, you should immediately see the doctor as the baby could be under distress or may possibly ingest fecal matter while inside the womb.
Even though pregnancy calendars are fairly reliable,
all women are different and there are various other factors that may cause a deviation from the due date as determined with the pregnancy calendar.
Are Chinese pregnancy calendars reliable?
A Chinese pregnancy calendar is a grid-style table which has been used by Chinese for hundreds of years. Although some old folks swear by its accuracy, there is actually no scientific basis to the formulation of this chart.
This is how the Chinese pregnancy calendar is supposed to work: A woman, on the basis of her age at the time of conception, checks the month when she is planning to conceive. The point at which these two data intersect will correspond to a certain square on the Chinese pregnancy calendar, stating whether the baby will be a boy or a girl.
This chart, as by no stretch of the imagination can it be deemed reliable, is merely used with a grain of salt. It's definitely fun trying to predict the sex of one's baby by checking the Chinese pregnancy calendar, and it's more thrilling to see if you can actually get what you wish for – a boy or a girl – by scheduling your conception date according to what the calendar says. By: Judy Wellsworth Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com You can also find more info on pregnancy ultrasound technology and pregnancy yoga keeps you fit.Pregnancyhelpblog.com is a comprehensive resource to know more about pregnancy.
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