SEARCH

After your first newborn visit, your baby will likely have a checkup within their first month of life. At this checkup, the doctor will examine the baby and ask how things are going at home. This sheet describes some of what you can expect.

Regular exercise can help you adapt to the changes your body is going through during pregnancy. Exercising may help you relax, and it gets you ready for labor and delivery.

Amniocentesis is a prenatal test that helps you learn if your baby has genetic problems. Here's what you need to know about this test.

The pelvic floor muscles may weaken due to aging, pregnancy and vaginal childbirth, injury, surgery, chronic cough, or lack of exercise. If the pelvic floor is weak, your bladder and other pelvic organs may sag out of place. The urethra may also open too easily and allow urine to leak out. Kegel exercises can help you strengthen your pelvic floor muscles so they can better support the pelvic organs and control urine flow.

CVS is a test that helps you learn if a fetus has health problems. The test is most often done after 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Before becoming pregnant, you may have adopted good health habits to get ready for your baby. But if you didn't, start today. Read on to learn more.

Minor nail problems are common side effects of chemotherapy. These side effects occur because the treatment affects normal cells as well as cancer cells. To manage these side effects, try these tips.

After surgery, a PCA pump lets you give yourself pain medicine, as you need it. The medicine is delivered through an IV (intravenous) line, a thin tube that goes into your vein.

Once you're home after surgery, you may have some pain. For effective pain management, follow the tips you may have learned in the hospital.