Cordocentesis , also called percutaneous cord blood sampling , is a prenatal diagnostic test performed during pregnancy to analyze the baby’s genetic information. With this procedure, in addition to being able to investigate or diagnose different…
Tossing and turning in bed without being able to sleep, seeing the night hours go by and not resting, the day coming and spending it tired for not having fallen…
One in three pregnant women experience blood loss at some point during pregnancy , especially in the first trimester. They can be caused by a minor problem or be a symptom that something…
The moment you discover that you are pregnant, everything around you takes on another dimension. Your life begins to revolve around that baby that is forming inside you, and your body…
One day, pregnant with my first child, I began to notice some strange and rhythmic jerks that had nothing to do with the kicks that I had been feeling for…
When a couple considers expanding the family again after the first baby, the second, the third (or more), one of the questions that arises when making plans is how long…
Caesarean section is a surgical intervention to extract the baby that is quite common in our environment. 26 percent of births in Spain are by caesarean section, double the recommended by the WHO for…
We speak of instrumental delivery when the use of external elements is used to extract the baby through the birth canal at the time of delivery. The most commonly used instruments are forceps, suction…
The stories of cryptic pregnancies – those in which the woman does not know she is pregnant until the moment of delivery – have always seemed impressive to me, and the one…