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Pregnancy leads to a beautiful ending: a tiny, cuddly, soft bundle whose wails sound like music upon entry into the world. A woman is never the same once she has a baby, literally.

A Common misconception is that morning sickness arrives in the morning. This is not true! Most women experience it at different times of the day, and it generally depends on the individual.

Making the decision to become pregnant is one of the most important decisions a person can do in their life. However, people are of the impression that having unprotected sex is enough to become pregnant. However, it's not that easy to become pregnant as the body is not that easy to understand, and more complicated. So it is better to keep these points in mind when you wish to become pregnant.

For a couple to produce a baby, it is of course, very important that both of them have sex together. It is only with sex that the sperms from the male may fertilize the egg in a woman's ovary.

Many children are born every year with birth defects and developmental disabilities. Sometimes though, injuries occurred during birth or immediately after birth. Certain disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy can occur under negligent care. 1 out of 28 babies are born every year with a birth defect. Birth defects are also the leading cause of death in the first year of life. Source: March of Dimes.

You're pregnant... that's wonderful, in truth, the way your body might react to being pregnant can be different from the way other women's bodies might react...

Don't worry, there are tricks and things you can do to help reduce your irritability during pregnancy that will help you feel better (and I'm sure help others around you feel much better!).

To help alleviate morning sickness, avoid smells which are unsettling or uncomfortable to you, such as coffee or fish. Small things that didn't affect you before can now force one hand to your mouth and the other to your stomach, things such as left over food, garbage, or perfumes.

The ability of both animals and people producing numerous healthy offsprings is called fertility. This term was first applied only to the female species.

You have just found out you are expecting, congratulations! How do you find out how lone have you been pregnant? Is there any way to measure it?