What is a normal pregnancy? It is a pregnancy which is not associated with any medical/surgical condition in the pregnant lady or her fetus, ending in delivery of a single, healthy, mature neonate at full term. What is the duration of a normal pregnancy? Most of the general population calculate gestational age and date of […]
Please refer also to the leaflet of (Normal Pregnancy) Timing of Pregnancy Care visits. As soon as possible in early pregnancy, then Every 4 weeks till the 8th month (32 weeks), or every 2 weeks in case of any associated problem, Then, twice monthly during the 8th month (32-36 weeks), then Weekly till delivery. The […]
The importance of controlling the blood glucose during pregnancy: Uncontrolled blood glucose during pregnancy may lead to complications to you and/or your baby, the vast majority of which may be prevented by strict control of diabetes mellitus starting few months before any planned pregnancy. These complications include maternal hypertension, eye diseases, poor immunity and increased […]
My last pregnancy ended by miscarriage, what may be the cause? First, I must clarify that most miscarriages, especially those occurring during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, will not happen again except rarely. Most of them are due to some random genetic abnormality which happened by chance in one of the huge number of […]