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Anxiety During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a time of great joy and anticipation. Many mothers-to-be, especially first time moms, wonder about the upcoming addition to their family. She may worry about whether she will be a good mother, whether the baby will be healthy, whether the pregnancy will be normal. For most, these questions do not cause undue concern, but for mothers-to-be who have anxiety disorder, these questions, along with hormonal fluctuations, can create and increase anxiety symptoms.
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Expert & Community Posts
Postpartum Depression
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...of their pregnancies, and tested the levels of a hormone, placental corticotropin-releasing... Read more »
Ask the Expert: Preventing RA Symptoms with Birth Control Pills?
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...it seemed that there is evidence that changes in hormones estrogen/progesterone can cause the... Read more »
Learning to Appreciate Life
By Natalia Hernandez , Health Expert...delivery. She explained why... something about your hormones during pregnancy mixing with my... Read more »
Hormone Therapy FAQs: How Do Hormones Fit Into Breast Cancer Treatment?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...radiation. Now my oncologist says I’ll be doing hormone therapy. I thought women with breast... Read more »
Vision problems after stroke
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...also can cause vision problems. During pregnancy, hormone levels rise, causing some dramatic... Read more »
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Abortion, Miscarriage and Breast Cancer Risk: NCI Fact Sheet
A woman's hormone levels normally change throughout her life for a variety of reasons, and these hormonal changes can lead to changes in her breasts. Many such hormonal changes occur... Read more »Gestational Diabetes
...Although the exact cause of gestational diabetes is not known, there are some theories. One is that hormones found in the placenta to help the baby grow block insulin from working in the mother.... Read more »What You Need to Know About Birth Control
...the likelihood of a pregnancy. Hormonal methods: These methods involve an amount of female hormone that will prevent ovulation and help to thicken the mucus inside the cervix so that... Read more »HCG: qualitative - urine
...of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test measures the specific level of HCG in the urine. HCG is a hormone produced during pregnancy. See also: HCG in blood serum - qualitative ... Read more »Sex & Your Body
...how pregnancies occur in the first place, you'll need to learn a little about your menstrual cycle, hormones and ovulation (release of the egg). As you'll see, it's not very complicated. What is... Read more »Images
Medications
...painful/irregular periods. Norethindrone is a type of female hormone (progestin). It is like the... Read more »
...areas of the body. It is used in combination with hormone treatment. This medication works... Read more »
...(proe-JES-tin/ES-troe-jen) Uses This combination hormone medication is used to prevent... Read more »
...(proe-JES-tin/ES-troe-jen) Uses This combination hormone medication is used to prevent... Read more »
...(proe-JES-tin/ES-troe-jen) Uses This combination hormone medication is used to prevent... Read more »
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October 02, 2008Hormone changes during pregnancy can increase a woman's risk of migraine and sensitivity to light. Pregnant women may develop dry eyes and blurred... Read summary »
How Gestational Diabetes Develops
May 02, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We may finally know why five-percent of women develop diabetes while they are pregnant. New research from the Stanford... Read summary »
Blood test may predict postpartum depression
February 23, 2009Measuring the levels of a hormone produced by the placenta during pregnancy might predict whether a woman is likely to develop postpartum depression,... Read summary »
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December 04, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New insight into what happens to the uterus muscles during pregnancy may offer a therapy for preterm labor, the most serious... Read summary »
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