I have had trouble getting pregnant, what may be the causes behind my problem? First, pregnancy may be difficult in 10-15% of couples, this is not considered abnormal until it happens over longer than one year, or if there are clinical indicators that this may be due to a cause which may lead to infertility. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Miscarriage Risk Definition and Prevalence First of all, the medical definition of miscarriage is slightly different from what the common person would think. Science calls a miscarriage any pregnancy growing within the womb cavity suffering from bleeding or contractions before 20-24 weeks (about 5½ months). This means that many of the cases we call miscarriage […]