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What is Trisomy?

Normally humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. These chromosomes contain the DNA that are the “instructions” for how to build our bodies. The egg and…

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Pregnant woman and partner getting into a car

Know When to Go

Knowing when to go to the hospital reminds me a bit of the Goldilocks story. If you go too early, you risk being sent back…

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Progression of images of a pregnant woman over the third trimester

What’s TERM anyway?

In 2017, ACOG and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine revised the definitions of what it means to have a “term pregnancy”. Before this change, all…

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Doula Andrea Lythgoe attending a birth

A doula funny

Saw this on the internet and it made me laugh! How many doulas does it take to change a lightbulb? None. We don’t actually change…

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