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Showing posts with label Implantation Bleeding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Implantation Bleeding. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

HCG Levels at 6 weeks

Monday, May 16, 2011
Your HCG levels at six weeks could be anywhere from 1,080 to 56,500 mIU/ml.

Women may be concerned about their HCG levels by six weeks because if a miscarriage where to occur, they are most common during the first six weeks of pregnancy. A particularly low HCG level can indicate that a miscarriage has occurred. On the other hand, a higher HCG level could indicate twins, which can be known as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

HCG stands for the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin. It is produced by the cells which form the placenta. Consequently, when your HCG levels shoot up in a woman’s body, it is a sure sign of pregnancy. The HCG hormone is sent into your blood stream when the baby is attached to the lining of your uterus (about eight to twelve days after conception).

During pregnancy, HCG levels should double every 48 to 72 hours. They will peak about the first eight to eleven weeks of pregnancy, and then they will starting lowering and gradually level off. Because HCG levels indicate pregnancy, how HCG levels are reacting is important to follow.

However, it is important to realize that normal HCG levels can vary from woman to woman, and even from one woman’s pregnancy to another. HCG levels, even at six weeks, should not be relied upon too heavily. The results from an ultrasound after five to six weeks gestation are much more accurate than using HCG numbers.

Therefore, an affixation with HCG levels could cause unnecessary stress. Focus should instead deal with if the levels are doubling. At six weeks, it should be apparent if the HCG levels have been consistently doubling every two to three days. By six weeks, it could even be three and a half days to double. This doubling is what doctors primarily watch, and from which they could learn about any abnormalities in your pregnancy.

If a pregnant woman’s HCG levels do not fall (or they exceed) within 2,000 mIU/ml by six weeks, it does not necessarily mean problems. An ultrasound should be taken to determine the cause, whether it could mean twins or a miscarriage or other issues. The HCG average level does not fit every woman. Some have much higher or lower levels. However, by six weeks, a proper testing, both of HCG levels accompanied with an ultrasound, will be helpful to answer any questions about the woman and baby’s progress.

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Friday, September 24, 2010

Menopause and heavy bleeding

Friday, September 24, 2010
Menopause is known that excessive bleeding during the perimenopausal period. The main reason for heavy bleeding is the altered hormonal and hormonal imbalance. The progesterone levels, decreases in body and in severe bleeding cycles.


Even if a splurge in the estrogen production, which is rare, can lead to serious bleeding. Severe bleeding may stop for a few cycles and then finally complete. As a rule, before the period in the absence of many women. Any woman may have reacted differently to the symptoms of menopause and while some women delay times before and after any absence, others can cause serious times that for the last 10 or 15 days before it finally comes to a complete standstill.

However, heavy bleeding would also mean loss of vitamin D and calcium, which women can not afford at this stage of her life. It is therefore very important to have a doctor as soon as this symptom of menopause. The doctor would prescribe, multi-vitamins and supplements to combat losses during the menopause. It is very important for women to the menopause in a secure way, or it can end up with problems such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis in later life.

Severe bleeding can be caused by benign tumors in the uterus to. The only treatment for this is removal of the uterus, so that the tumors are malignant. However, only after appropriate testing, to determine what the cause of the tumors.

The good news is that there are several treatments in alternative medicine and homeopathy to the problem of heavy bleeding during menopause.

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Toileting Your Baby

Thursday, June 17, 2010
Up until my 6th baby they all wore cloth and disposable diapers. With number six I heard about “diaper-free” babies, and I was curious. I read a little about it, and decided to try it. I found out that I had to keep a close watch on the baby and whenever she wet or dirtied I should say a cue word, and put her on the toilet or pot. I should become familiar with her signals that she would make when she was about to go. Eventually she would come to associate the cue word with the action, and would go when I told her to, after noticing her signal. I found I just had not the time to watch her. Every time I stopped watching she would go, then when I came back it was too late. So I gave up.

Before I had number seven I read another book about it, and noticed that I could try putting him on the toilet as soon as he woke up, which is often a time that babies need to go. I read an article by another relaxed mother, who said she keeps diapers on her babies, but puts them on the toilet whenever they poop, saying the cue word at the same time. I determined to give it another try. When he was little it was just too much, although I did manage to catch a few poops, and say the cue words when I noticed him eliminating. At four months old I started holding him over the toilet when he woke up, and whenever I saw he was thinking about a poop. I had four successes the first day! He seemed to know that when I held him in that position he should try to eliminate, and would usually grunt and strain as soon as I held him over the toilet. Now, at 8 months, he goes on the toilet every morning, and during the day if I notice that he needs to go. It is not saving a whole lot of diapers, but I am hopeful that he will toilet train a lot earlier than my other babies (who were between 2 and 2 ½ years old).

The position I hold him in is with his back leaning against my body, with my hands around his thighs, so he is in a squatting position. From here I try to aim his elimination into the toilet. I plan on introducing the potty soon, but will keep him on the toilet also, as going in there helps to familiarise him with the place, and make him feel comfortable and normal about going there.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Can you get Pregnant if you have sex during your period?

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Can you get Pregnant if you have sex during your period?

Unfortunately, many women of all ages believe that if a Girl has sex during her period, she will not fall pregnant, that she isn't fertile and it just could not happen!

But even though this belief and rumour is well spread and very common, it is absolutely POSSIBLE for a girl to become pregnant when she is menstruating (bleeding).

There a number of reasons why this can happen:

Not all vaginal bleeding is the result of a menstrual period. Sometimes a girl will bleed from her Vagina at the actual time of ovulation - the time when the egg is released from one of the body's ovaries and then travels down the fallopian tube to the Uterus. And it is very common now for girls/women who are ovulating to experience some vaginal bleeding that can be unfortunately mistaken for a period.Sometimes ovulation can actually occur before the bleeding from a girl's/woman's period has stopped. Or it may occur within a few days after her period has finished. In both of these cases, having sex before the period has finished or just after it has finished, can result in pregnancy.

Having unprotected sex at any time including when you've got your period is incredibly risky. Along with the risk of becoming pregnant, there is also the risk of getting a sexually transmitted disease, such as Chlamydia, genital warts, or HIV (AIDS). The only surefire and safest way to prevent pregnancy and/or STD's is abstinence!

Now we would be rather unrealistic to expect this to be the case, so if you are going to take part in sexual relations with your partner, use a CONDOM! Or in the best case scenario - first of all, make sure you both get checked out by the Doctor so you have a clear bill of health. And then if all is clear, make sure you use some form of contraceptive or protection to stop you from receiving an unexpected surprise

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Monday, April 6, 2009

Implantation Bleeding

Monday, April 6, 2009
After ovulation, the egg travels to the uterus and caves in the lining of the uterus. For some women, it is the implantation of small hemorrhages or bleeding lubrication. This is what implantation bleeding. It is sometimes an early stage.

What is implantation bleeding or bleeding as a lubricant?

Implantation bleeding, including bleeding implantation lubrication, does not look like a normal menstrual cycle. Implantation bleeding is rare and usually pink or brownish discharge.

Implantation bleeding or period?


Implantation bleeding typically occurs a week for a few days before the period, generally beginning. Spotting that occurs about a week after ovulation is likely implantation bleeding, whereas bleeding lubrication, this occurs very near the hour of your time that you usually can begin. A normal cycle usually starts easily and is heavy. Spotting can sometimes signs of an early stage. If so, how to care for severe bleeding. If you have bleeding in lubrication for the period of the legislature, in general, starting, there may be more confusion. You must take the initiative and expect to see, neck or a pregnancy test to determine pregnancy.

What if I want, my time is to start?

If you have bleeding lubrication and I think this could be implantation bleeding, you can pay very close attention to your body. If you are trying to pregnant, the good news is that early symptoms of pregnancy are very similar at the beginning of the period. If you are pregnant, you can begin to notice symptoms of early pregnancy for the period of the term, usually at the beginning, and sometimes earlier than. If you suspect pregnancy, you can for pregnancy as early as ten days after ovulation.

Typically, implantation bleeding?

Implantation bleeding is relatively common in pregnancy. Twenty to thirty percent of women have bleeding in lubrication during early pregnancy. If you have some light bleeding before lubricating the period, as a rule, this is not something in mind and may be a sign of pregnancy.

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