Pregnancy and Illness

Ready To Get Pregnant

Getting Healthy Before Pregnancy

How Your Menstrual Cycle Works

Pregnancy Glossary

Pregnancy After 35

Testing For Genetic Disorders

Prenatal Vitamins

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

Pregnancy and Illness

Multiple Births

Preparing Siblings

Furnishing Your Nursery

Support For Breastfeeding

The Postpartum Period

Understanding SIDS

Sleep In The First Year

Preparing Siblings

Pediatric Visits and Immunizations

Aetna

Womens Health

Moms to Babies

Pregnancy and Illness

Asthma complicates pregnancy in only about 1 percent of cases, but about one woman in 100 develops asthma as a result of pregnancy.

Women of childbearing age who are being treated for cancer are discouraged from becoming pregnant.

Women of childbearing age with epilepsy will have some medical decisions to make with their obstetrician.

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes is diabetes that appears during pregnancy.

HIV & Pregnancy

Over 90% of all children infected with HIV contract the virus directly from their mother.

If you have a history of heart disease, heart murmur or rheumatic fever, talk with your cardiologist before getting pregnant.

High Blood Pressure

Seven out of every 100 women are affected by high blood pressure (also called hypertension) during pregnancy. Most did not have a previous history of this condition.

Most women with this disorder can have a successful pregnancy.

Molar Pregnancy

A molar pregnancy occurs when the tissue that was supposed to form the placenta grows abnormally and forms a tumor that can spread beyond the womb.

Multiple Sclerosis

If you have MS, you're probably wondering how a pregnancy might affect your health and that of your child.

Mild nausea and vomiting (often called "morning sickness") are common during the first trimester of pregnancy.