7 Weeks Pregnant

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So you’re seven weeks pregnant… The hormones are still increasing, so early pregnancy symptoms may be increasing in severity, you may be developing new symptoms, or maybe you still feel pretty okay. (Remember: Not everyone will have many symptoms or will feel poorly!)...

6 Weeks Pregnant

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So you’re six weeks pregnant…   The hormones are increasing, so you may be noticing an uptick in the severity of early pregnancy symptoms or the presence of new ones. For example, the pregnancy hormone progesterone may cause you some issues with feeling gassy and...

5 Weeks Pregnant

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So you’re five weeks pregnant… You might just be at the point of having realized you’re pregnant. It’s likely you just missed your period and are starting to feel some symptoms caused by those increasing levels of hormones, like nausea, sore breasts and fatigue. We’ve...

Early pregnancy symptoms you might be experiencing

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So you think you might be pregnant. You might not have even missed your period yet, but maybe you feel things aren’t quite…normal. And if you are still very early on in pregnancy, the pregnancy test might not come back positive yet, as the hGc levels are still...

Pregnancy: a timeline of appointments

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Here’s a concise timeline to give you a rough estimate of what your appointments will look like during your pregnancy. It might be hard to think about now, especially if you’re just finding out you’re pregnant, but pregnancy is very much a waiting game. There will be...

Choosing life: a teen mom’s pregnancy story

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The summer I turned 17 I found out I was pregnant. I was not the first pregnant teen in my family, but knowing that did not bring me comfort; instead, it did the opposite. When I was 13 and my sister was 16, she became pregnant. I remember being in the delivery room...