You’re feeling nauseous, your breasts are swollen and sore, and you swear you’ve been running to the bathroom non-stop all morning; suddenly you start to think, “Am I pregnant?” When you think you might be...

When you think you might be pregnant, it’s usually difficult to think about anything else. So when you want to be sure, you will likely look into getting some form of pregnancy test. The...

One of the hardest things to deal with after a miscarriage is the reaction of others. If you haven't yet told anyone, it is sometimes easier. However, people may wonder why you seem sad or withdrawn....

A chemical pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy loss that happens very early in the first trimester. In fact, chemical pregnancies tend to happen so early most women don’t even know that they’ve experienced...

Losing a pregnancy in the first twenty weeks is known as a miscarriage; nearly 10-20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, with more than 80% of those happening before the twelfth week. These statistics do...

A miscarriage is, certainly, a very difficult experience for most people. It doesn't matter whether this is your first miscarriage or your eighth; and it doesn't matter if you lost the baby at 10...

Definition Incompetent Cervix, also known as a weak cervix or cervical insufficiency, refers to a condition where a woman's cervix is weak and therefore dilates before it should during pregnancy. Normally the cervix remains closed...

  One common type of miscarriage is a blighted ovum. In this condition, known also as an anembryonic pregnancy, a fertilized egg implants into the uterine wall but does not develop. Cells develop to form the gestational sac, which...