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Coping with abortion

Question: Miscarriage or Period?

Q: “Two days ago I started my period, but it became extremely heavy and was full of solid blood clots. I also had abdominal cramps. Is it possible I had a miscarriage? I don’t know if I was pregnant. I wasn’t expecting to be as we are on the waiting list for fertility treatment, and…

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Letter U

Glossary of pregnancy terms: U

Ultrasound scan A screening or diagnostic technique in which very high frequency sound waves are passed  into the body, and the reflected echoes are detected and analysed to build a picture of the internal organs or of a fetus in the uterus. Umbilical cord The thick cord of intertwining blood vessels that links baby and placenta,…

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MRI of the brain

How your baby’s brain develops

Nancy Slessenger, a brain expert, explains how your baby’s brain continually grows and develops throughout pregnancy and explains why diet and the lifestyle choices that you make can have such an impact upon your unborn child. The anticipation that a pregnant woman experiences whilst awaiting the birth of her child can be excruciating: counting down the weeks, estimating…

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Ultrasound picture

Gastroschisis and exomphalos

What is it? Gastroschisis and exomphalos are conditions where the muscle and skin of the baby’s abdomen do not grow properly so that some of the baby’s internal organs are outside his body. With gastroschisis, the organs are completely exposed, but with exomphalos there is a covering over them. What causes it? These are congenital conditions which means…

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