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Many couples when trying to have a baby want to know what they can do to increase their chances of success while they’re trying to conceive. There are a few basic principles about fertility that should help you along in the process. The best thing to do if you’re trying to have a baby is track is your cycles. Most women have a cycle that is 25 to 35 days in length, and if that’s the case with you chance are you’re ovulating midway through your cycle or about 12 to 16 days before your next period is going to start. It’s all about timing intercourse with ovulation. Ovulation is when a woman’s body releases an egg that can then be fertilized by sperm if things are timed just right. If that happens then you get pregnant. You’re most fertile for six days out of each month, five days leading up to ovulation, and on the day of ovulation. The reason why there is that five day window beforehand is because sperm can live inside a woman’s reproductive tract for three to five days. Six days out of each month there is a possibility that you could get pregnant. If you don’t want to think about it all just start having intercourse on the day your period ends and continue with this every other day for about 7 to 14 days depending on how long your cycles are. The longer your cycle, the longer you should continue with this. The shorter your cycle probably the sooner you can stop, 7 to 12 days might be long enough. This should help things to be timed just right. That time between ovulation and when your next period is going to start is very nerve-racking. Unfortunately there is no way to know if you actually got pregnant until you miss a period. If that day comes when your period never starts take a home pregnancy test and if it’s positive, congratulations! If it’s negative it might just be because you took it a little bit too soon. Wait another week or so and if your period still hasn’t started then take another test and hopefully at that point it’s positive for you. If it’s still negative, or you have regular cycles, or if you’ve been trying for more than a year to conceive, talk with your doctor and they can determine if treatments are warranted to help you in your dreams to have a baby. Good luck with everything and if you have any other questions for me in the future feel free to ask them on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/IntermountainMoms and recommend us to your friends and family too.
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Ovulation is the part of the menstrual cycle where the ovary releases an egg to be fertilized during conception, or sloughed off during a woman’s period. This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, depicts in exquisite detail: follicle development within the ovary, the movement of the fimbriae over the ovulation site before ovulation, the bursting of the egg from the ovary in a rush of fluid, delicate quality of the ciliated fimbriae and its movement to pick up the egg after ovulation, peristalsis of the fallopian tube to move the egg toward the uterus. Ovulation must take place in order for a woman to get pregnant, preceding the meeting of the male sperm during fertilization.
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Congratulations! you are 8 weeks pregnant! In this video, Charlotte talks you through what you need to know from your pregnancy at 8 weeks. She talks about pregnancy signs and symptoms and discusses what is happening to your embryo this week. Listen to other mums at the same stage of pregnancy as you and hear them talk about the way they’re feeling about their pregnancy – both physically and emotionally. How are you feeling at 8 weeks pregnant? Let us know in the comments below.
Your Pregnancy Checklist: 8 Weeks Pregnant:
– Attend your booking appointment (this usually happens at 8 weeks pregnant, but could be any time before week 12).
– Think about how you might want to announce your pregnancy – https://www.channelmum.com/c/pregnancy-announcements
– When you’re pregnant, it’s still important to stay active. Why not try pregnancy yoga? – https://www.channelmum.com/v/the-best-yoga-poses-for-pregnancy-7-minute-routine-channel-mum
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Charlotte Taylor: https://www.channelmum.com/creators/charlotte-louise-taylor
Nicola Johnston: https://www.channelmum.com/creators/nicola-johnston
Jess Avey: https://www.channelmum.com/creators/jessica-avey
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So much happening this week! But what’s up with that… tail? Plus, are you taking the best prenatal for you?
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Your lil’ bambino is about the size of a dried lentil (humble beginnings). And I hate to break it to you, but she’s got a tail! But don’t worry, she won’t come out looking like a kangaroo; the tail disappears around week 8.
Still, there’s a lot of action happening in that tiny little body of hers. Let’s start with her heart: It’s pumping away at over 100 bpm and organizing in a way that will soon resemble four heart chambers.
Speaking of chambers, her early brain sections have developed too! We’re talking about the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain—the very beginnings of your Baby Einstein.
And if that wasn’t enough, the cells of other vital organs like the liver and lungs are on board now, too.
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Physically, you probably haven’t noticed many changes yet unless you’ve been hit by morning sickness (or rather ALL DAY SICKNESS). Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with natural morning sickness remedies that may help.
Don’t be worried if you’ve dropped a few pounds due to food aversions or loss of appetite. Morning sickness usually passes by the second trimester, and you’ll be gaining lbs like it’s your full-time job around then. (Keep in mind that most OB-GYNs and midwives only recommend gaining 1–5 pounds in the first trimester anyway.)
The important thing is to listen to your body, get ample rest, take your prenatal, and do the best you can in eating nutritious meals (even if that just means consuming a natural morning sickness smoothie each day).
If heartburn is interfering with your ability to eat, try smaller meals throughout the day (but leaving at least 2 hours before bedtime without food). You can also try drinking a little raw apple cider vinegar diluted in water with your meals to boost digestion. Here are more natural remedies for pregnancy heartburn.
If you find yourself throwing up multiple times a day, be sure to check in with your healthcare provider to ensure you stay hydrated and healthy.
The Best Prenatal Vitamins for You 💡
Wondering what the best prenatal vitamins are for your growing baby? Find out in this post which ones are best for you based on your health and lifestyle.
One of the first proactive things you can do is get on a good food-based prenatal. If you are already, brownie points for you! 🙂 This will flood your body with easily absorbable nutrients that will support your baby and you throughout your pregnancy.
Since the earliest part of your baby’s neural tube is coming together right now, you want to be sure you’re on a folate-packed prenatal, which can protect against neurological defects.
But, which is the best one to take? There are a lot of prenatals out there, even food-based ones! So, it depends on which nutrients you are looking for and if you have any MTHFR mutations.
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Congratulations! you are 6 weeks pregnant! In this video, Charlotte talks you through what to expect from your body at 6 weeks and what stage your embryo is at. Other mums chat about their symptoms and show us their (very tiny!) bumps. Are you experiencing any symptoms yet? Let us know in the comments below.
Your Pregnancy Checklist: 6 Weeks Pregnant:
– If you haven’t yet, sign up to your free pregnancy week by week emails – https://www.channelmum.com/a/pregnancy-email-signup
– Think about any questions you want to ask at your booking appointment, and write them down.
– If you haven’t yet, try our due date calculator – https://www.channelmum.com/a/due-date-calculator
– Make a commitment to look after yourself. Fill in our interactive Wellbeing Planner – https://www.channelmum.com/a/my-wellbeing-planner
– Babyproof your relationship – https://www.channelmum.com/a/baby-proof-your-relationship
– Print out these gorgeous free pregnancy milestone cards – https://www.channelmum.com/a/printable-pregnancy-milestone-cards
– Continue taking your folic acid supplement.
– Start reading up on the things you can expect in your first trimester – https://www.channelmum.com/a/first-trimester-pregnancy-symptoms
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Charlotte Taylor: https://www.channelmum.com/creators/charlotte-louise-taylor
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Watch a step by step guide on how to test your blood glucose levels. In order to perform a blood glucose test you will require your blood glucose meter, a test strip to hand, a lancing device and a monitoring diary to record the results of your blood glucose test.
Diabetes.co.uk’s Benedict Jephcote runs through how to test your blood sugar. In this video, Benedict is using a OneTouch meter and test strips.
How to test blood glucose: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose/how-to-test-blood-glucose-levels.html
How to inject insulin: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/insulin/how-to-inject-insulin.html
Ben’s blood glucose was 3.6 mmol/L (or 65 mg/dL) in this video. Learn about hypos (low blood glucose) at http://www.diabetes.co.uk/Diabetes-and-Hypoglycaemia.html
For those not in the UK, mmol/L is the UK standard unit. mg/dL is the American unit. You can convert between the two here: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-sugar-converter.html
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So here is my stomach after having a C-section with twins after six
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You wanted to know if your C-section scar is going to hurt again in future pregnancies. And there’s two scars to consider. There’s one on your skin and there’s one on the uterus. And the one on the skin won’t hurt again in future pregnancies, but the one on the uterus may, and if it does, that’s called incisional pain. And it usually feels like burning pain just underneath the skin, pretty much underneath where the incision is on your skin, but it’s on the uterus. And if you experience this type of pain during pregnancy, talk with your doctor about it. The concern is that last time you had your baby, the doctor made an incision on the uterus, and delivered the baby, and then stitched it up, and it heals nicely, but it’s a weak point forever more. So in future pregnancies, that weak point is going to be tested. Imagine if I made an incision down my bicep, and then I started lifting really heavy weight. There’s the potential for it to burst open, and that’s what the uterus can do too. That’s what we’re worried about happening. It’s called uterine rupture, and thankfully it only happens 1% of the time. But when it does happen, it is potentially life-threatening to moms and babies.
If you have this incisional pain, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your uterus is going to rupture, but it’s helpful for the doctor to know so that they can watch you a little more closely. Talk with your doctor next time you get pregnant, and based on their knowledge of your history and circumstances, they’ll decide if you’re a good candidate for a trial of labor after C-section, or a TOLAC, and the end result being a vaginal delivery after a C-section. And this is possible for some women who have had C-sections in the past, but not for everyone, again, because of that risk of uterine rupture. And for some women, it is higher than others. So in future pregnancies, if you experience incisional pain, whether you’re going to go for a repeat C-section or try for a vaginal delivery, call your doctor and let them know about it. And after asking you more questions, they’ll decide if they need to monitor you a little bit more closely. If you have any other questions for me in the future, feel free to ask them on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/IntermountainMoms, and recommend us to your friends and family too.
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Diabetes refers to a group of conditions characterized by a high level of blood glucose, commonly referred to as blood sugar. Too much sugar in the blood can cause serious, sometimes life-threatening health problems.
There are two types of chronic diabetic conditions: type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Pregnant women may acquire a transient form of the disease called “gestational diabetes” which usually resolves after the birth of baby. Pre-diabetes is when the blood sugar level is at the borderline: higher than normal, but lower than in diabetics. Prediabetes may or may not progress to diabetes.
During food digestion, carbohydrates – or carb – break down into glucose which is carried by the bloodstream to various organs of the body. Here, it is either consumed as an energy source – in muscles for example – or is stored for later use in the liver. Insulin is a hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreas and is necessary for glucose intake by target cells. In other words, when insulin is deficient, muscle or liver cells are unable to use or store glucose, and as a result, glucose accumulates in the blood.
In healthy people, beta cells of the pancreas produce insulin; insulin binds to its receptor on target cells and induces glucose intake.
In type 1 diabetes, beta cells of the pancreas are destroyed by the immune system by mistake. The reason why this happens is unclear, but genetic factors are believed to play a major role. Insulin production is reduced; less insulin binds to its receptor on target cells; less glucose is taken into the cells, more glucose stays in the blood. Type 1 is characterized by early onset, symptoms commonly start suddenly and before the age of 20. Type 1 diabetes is normally managed with insulin injection. Type 1 diabetics are therefore “insulin dependent”.
In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas produces enough insulin but something goes wrong either with receptor binding or insulin signaling inside the target cells. The cells are not responsive to insulin and therefore cannot import glucose; glucose stays in the blood. In other words, type 2 diabetics are “insulin resistant”. Here again, genetic factors predispose susceptibility to the disease, but it is believed that lifestyle plays a very important role in type 2. Typically, obesity, inactive lifestyle, and unhealthy diet are associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 is characterized by adult onset; symptoms usually appear gradually and start after the age of 30. Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 80 to 90% of all diabetics. Management focuses on weight loss and includes a low-carb diet.
Confidently understand and interpret urinalysis results with Dr. Seheult. This video is a free trial video of the course at https://www.medcram.com/courses/urinalysis and illustrates glucose and ketones in the urine (glucosuria & ketonuria).
From a simple urine dipstick test to microscopic examination…
The urinalysis is among the most common and useful tests available.
Looking for clarity on how to interpret urinalysis results?
Are you brushing past some results because you don’t understand their clinical significance?
In Urinalysis Explained Clearly, renowned instructor Dr. Roger Seheult illustrates each urinalysis finding in a series of digestible videos, quizzes, and case studies.
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠:
– The pros and cons of each urine collection method
– A breakdown of what each urinalysis result means (protein, nitrites, blood, billirubin, urobilinogen, leukocyte esterase, heme, etc.)
– The difference between bilirubin and urobilinogen
– A review of urine electrolytes
– How to perform a gross assessment of urine
– Illustrations of the key urine crystals and casts.
– Helpful ways to utilize equations such as FENa, FEUrea, TTKG, and Urinary anion gap.
– Quiz questions and case studies to reinforce core concepts and help you study
𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:
– How glucose in the urine is measured (peroxide)
– The concentration of glucose needed for its presence in urine (transport maximum)
– Glucosuria false positives
– Fanconi syndrome
– Glucosuria in diabetic patients
– Urine ketones vs serum ketones
– How urine ketones are measured (nitroprusside test)
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In this video, Dr. Berg talks about the dangers of glucose in your urine. It means that your blood sugars or the glucose in your blood is minimally at 225 or more – this is one of the ways that the body is trying to get rid of the toxic glucose by peeing it out and it is called Osmotic Diuresis. The complication of having this is it pulls out minerals specifically potassium, sodium, chloride and more that causes dehydration.
Low Minerals Symptoms:
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• Fatigue
• Confusion
• Purple nails
• Heart problems
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Focus on concentration, breathing and exercising the perineum muscle for the later stage of your pregnancy. These will give strength and prepare your body for delivery. All dad-to-be can also involve in these exercises.
Dr. Siobhan Dolan discusses how your baby grows and your body changes during the seventh month of pregnancy.
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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008418274887 Through the years of searching for fossils of the ever-popular Tyrannosaurus rex, locating a pregnant one has been understandably difficult.
But scientists now believe they’ve located one, determining this particular T. rex that roamed Montana was female.
Traditionally, it’s been extraordinarily difficult to figure out a dinosaur fossil’s gender.
Specifically, the researchers from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences found a medullary bone in a T. rex femur.
These bones are found only in female birds in the period before or during egg-laying.
Now, the scientists believe they will be able to find differences between male and female dinosaurs of this kind (theropod dinosaurs), and learn more about the evolution of egg-laying in birds.
“It’s a dirty secret, but we know next to nothing about sex-linked traits in extinct dinosaurs. Dinosaurs weren’t shy about sexual signaling, all those bells and whistles, horns, crests, and frills, and yet we just haven’t had a reliable way to tell males from females,” said Lindsay Zanno, a Museum of Natural Sciences paleontologist, in a press release.
“Just being able to identify a dinosaur definitively as a female opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Now that we can show pregnant dinosaurs have a chemical fingerprint, we need a concerted effort to find more.”
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