How much weight you put on will depend primarily on your height and how much you weigh before you get pregnant. If you weigh the average for your height then you should gain between 25 – 35 lbs. During your first trimester you can gain 2 – 5 lbs and there after about 1lb a week for the rest of your pregnancy.
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Using a mobile phone during pregnancy could cause behavioural and emotional problems in children, researchers at the University of California have found.
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A 29-year study collecting data from 24,000 new mothers in the UK has shown that the risk of problems such as high blood pressure and premature delivery increased in tandem with a woman’s pre-pregnancy weight.
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By TOM SYKES
The Daily Mail

My wife Sasha is pregnant - very pregnant - and she’s driving me crazy.

I think she’s driving herself crazy, too. The cause? She’s got a bad case of preg-head.

Put very simply, preg-head is the gradual process by which a pregnant woman’s mind turns to mush. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the condition accelerates as the unborn child approaches full-term.
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Despite the fact that 80% of miscarriages are caused by chromosomal abnormalities and have absolutely nothing to do with behavioral or lifestyle choices, a recent, small-scale Kaiser study says that women in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy who drink 200 mg or more of caffeine are twice as likely to have a miscarriage than those who consume less or none at all.
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By Marilyn Kennedy Melia
The Tribune

Lots of couples want a baby — someday.

Then, when someday finally comes, they want to conceive right now.
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