As early as two generations ago the husband was expected to stay out of the delivery room in nail-biting anticipation and show up with a bunch of flowers once the delivery is over. Now it’s almost his duty to be there and participate in the magic experience. Great deal of the change was down to childbirth classes, pregnancy books and TV shows encouraging husbands to take over new roles. Full story

For many women sexual relationships after pregnancy are more of a psychological than physiological issue. After delivery – whether it was vaginal or cesarean birth – doctors encourage women to abstain from sex during follow-up six weeks. Your body needs this break to recover as pregnancy and giving birth impose the greatest stress. Full story

The reason for a woman who is not ovulating or the non-releasing of the egg from the ovaries is known as anovulation. A lot of women go through this phase once or regularly when they do not ovulate. Most of the time the menstrual bleeding does not take place, however if it does, it happens for the reason known as “breakthrough bleeding” which happens due to low estrogen. Many women assume this bleeding to be the process of ovulation. Full story

Pregnancy often induces a variety of sleep problems, like nausea, leg cramps, swellings, heartburn, and snoring. These annoyances are usually inevitable and are worsened by uncomfortable sleeping habits you may have adapted prior to being pregnant. So if you want to have a good night’s sleep during pregnancy, then follow these tips. The following information will also help those suffering from insomnia outside pregnancy. Full story

Infertility has been a growing nightmare in the developed countries for some time, but medical researchers have finally made a technological breakthrough that will put an end to its reign. Introducing In Vitro Fertilization, or IVF, an idea first proposed in the 1960s by Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards, a psychologist from Cambridge; about ten years after the first IVF baby was born. Full story

There are many men who experience problems when engaging in pregnancy sex. It’s hardly ever determined by the man’s race, religion or any other statistics. It’s simply a matter of whether he can do it or not. Many pregnant women complain that their partners are either not interested to have pregnancy sex, or can’t do it. These women reason that they are not attractive enough to arouse their man, especially in the later stages. However, there are lots of men who would claim that their pregnant partner is in fact a heavenly beauty. So what is the deal? What are actual problems that some men face with pregnancy sex, specifically late stage pregnancy? Full story

You are determined to have a baby and you've got everything ready, but you just can't get pregnant. Some couples are grateful they faced this problem because it made them closer and stronger as a family. Other couples felt it like the toughest experience of their life. There are also examples when a loving couple surprisingly split after a baby is born. What can an expecting couple do to ease their stresses and avoid quarrels? Full story

Nadya Suleman from Los Angeles suburbs, who gave birth to eight babies recently, confesses that she always wanted to have many children. Besides the newborns, Nadya, 33, has six other children. All of the fourteen children were conceived with the help of in-vitro fertilization (IVF). The happy mother will have to bring up all 14 children alone. Full story

Every second expecting mom experiences back pain. No wonder, since her abdomen rounds and thus the center of gravity shifts. But there’s no need to endure pain. A pregnant woman needs to feel comfortable in her daily life. Pregnancy shouldn’t be a kind of torture for you! Here are some tips on how to make your pregnancy free from back pains. Full story

Fish-rich diet during pregnancy is linked to better physical and cognitive development of the infant. The study conducted by the Harvard University and Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, provides new evidence about the benefits of foods rich in fatty acid Omega-3 for the health of newborns. The study followed 25 thousand of children for five years. Weekly serving of fish in the pre-birth diet of pregnant women helped the women give birth to healthy and strong babies, who displayed fast development during the first 18 months of life. Full story

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) promises that it will pay pregnant smokers if they quit. Now the trial scheme has been launched only in one UK region, North-East Essex. Pregnant women who will kick the bad habit for the sake of their future babies are going to receive vouchers worth up to ₤100 (about $143). Full story

Many of you have surely heard that once a woman finds out she is pregnant she should drink only nonalcoholic drinks during all the 9 months of pregnancy, otherwise she may risk her future baby’s health. But a group of researchers from the University College London, led by Dr. Yvonne Kelly, revealed that light drinking causes no harm during pregnancy. The researches defined light drinking as one to two drinks a week. Learn about the effect of alcohol consumption on the health of your future baby below. Full story

Vitamin D is responsible not only for potassium and phosphorus uptake but also influences the health of pregnant women, new studies say. Vitamin D regulates absorption of calcium and phosphorus into the blood and their delivery to bones and teeth. Together with vitamin A, calcium and phosphorus, vitamin D protects from common cold, diabetes, skin diseases and eye disorders. This vitamin also helps avoid caries and gum conditions, fights osteoporosis and accelerates the fracture healing process. And new studies show vitamin D deficiency does affect the pregnancy process. Full story

Can I ensure the health of my future children? Yes, you can! The scientists reassured that pregnancy diet influences baby's health in the long term. Eating just an apple every day will help pregnant woman to protect her baby from possible allergies and asthma, according to the team of immunologists from St. John Hospital, The Detroit Medicine Centre and Beaumont hospital. Full story

Everybody knows where babies come from – every new life starts with sexual intercourse. But why should intimate relationship between spouses be a problem during pregnancy? Of course, pregnancy is the time of drastic physical and emotional changes that undoubtedly influence the sex life. And it has to be considered. As in regular life, a woman experiences an increase and decrease in sexual desire within nine months. With pregnancy though, the upsurge in sexual activity is indeed difficult to predict. However, there are basic physiological norms and reasons that influence sexual activity and they shouldn't be neglected. Full story

Even if you are not planning to have a baby yet, there might be one day when you say to yourself: "I'm now successful enough, it's time to think about the family. And why not have a baby next fall?" But, unfortunately, it sometimes happens that women face distressing pregnancy problems, first of all, conception problems. Desperately trying to find reasons, many blame it all on their past. Why do we have difficulties in getting pregnant? And what can you do about the aftermath of reckless youth? Learn about what really leads to pregnancy problems below. Full story