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The journey from pregnancy to giving birth to holding a newborn in your arms can come with many surprises. Whether you have difficulty concentrating during pregnancy, your water doesn’t break prior to labor, or you find yourself with a very hungry newborn after their birth, the path to parenthood has many twists and turns. 

Having a baby is a joyful time, but many women experience wrist and thumb pain postpartum. This can make caring for a newborn more challenging if it is difficult to keep up with newborn care. Don’t worry! There are ways to treat this common ailment.

The best way to ensure you are consuming enough folic acid is to take a multivitamin and eat a diet rich in folate foods. Here are 18 Foods Filled with Folic Acid to help get you started!

Bowel movements during pregnancy can change from what women experience normally. Learn from a medical expert about what to expect with the often embarrassing, but common, bowel issues associated with pregnancy.

How can I bathe and keep myself clean postpartum? Learn good hygiene practices to support pain relief, wound healing and prevent infection.

What causes irregular periods and when should you be worried? Learn everything you need to know about irregular menstrual cycles from our two medical experts. 

Here’s what you can typically expect during your baby’s first 24 hours of life outside the womb. Remember – every baby and mom is a unique situation so every experience is a little different.

The average American girl will experience her first menstrual period, known as menarche, between the ages of 12 and 13 years old according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. However, some girls can experience this life event much sooner.

Whether you are preparing for a stay at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in advance of your delivery or are adjusting to NICU life after your bundle of joy joined the world before you had planned, knowing what you should, and can, bring to the NICU is one thing you shouldn’t have to stress about. Use this list of things to bring to the NICU to help streamline your packing process.

Cold weather, snow, romantic fires and holiday parties seems to create just the right equation for the beginning of human mating season. Learn which are the most popular birth months in the United States.