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What is gestational diabetes?
Around 5-10 per cent of women are affected by gestational diabetes.
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Pregnancy and your blood type
The blood type and Rh factor of a pregnant woman and the father of her baby has all kinds of implications for their unborn child.
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Preggo Lego: The Instagram account you need to be following
This #preggolgo series is brilliant!
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Mum gives birth after having heart valve replaced while pregnant
It is the first time the heart procedure has been undergone by a pregnant woman.
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'I felt so isolated': Ashley Graham cries while talking about pregnancy body image
"I thought I was gonna feel good and I didn't. I just felt terrible...."
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'It was very upsetting': the pain of experiencing vanishing twin syndrome
"He looked at me as if I was making it up."
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Brisbane mum delivers five premature babies before shock diagnosis
The condition has no symptoms but can have serious outcomes for mothers and babies.
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Late-term pregnancy study abandoned after death of six babies
"It would not have been ethically correct to proceed," the researchers wrote.
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Ashley Graham wows with intense pregnancy workout
"It's a lifestyle," the model wrote.
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Pregnant woman tests positive for amphetamines, then discovers her home had been a meth lab
The couple discovered their home was on a 2013 list of meth lab seizures.
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Mum with two vaginas and two wombs gives birth to 'miracle twins'
It's two of everything for Melbourne mum Lauren Cotter.
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Is vigorous exercise safe during the third trimester of pregnancy?
Not only is it safe, t's healthy, too.
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Insomnia in pregnancy is common but it’s not normal. Here’s how to beat it
The problem of insomnia impacts more than 20 per cent of women during their pregnancy.
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