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Why do skin blemishes occur during pregnancy?How can they be prevented?
During pregnancy, dark brown spots may appear on the forehead, cheeks or upper lip. These skin patches are known as melasma, chloasma gravidarum or, more popularly, as the cloth or mask of pregnancy. Melasma does not cause any further symptoms and usually fades when the pregnancy is over.
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What causes female infertility & sterility? Symptoms and treatments
There are several reasons that can cause sterility and infertility in women. Among them, ovulation problems and uterine alterations. In addition, there is female infertility due to cervical factor, immunological factor, unknown origin, etc.
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What is preimplantation genetic diagnosis or PGD?
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is a complementary technique to IVF that allows the detection of genetic abnormalities in embryos, which increases the probability of achieving pregnancy and the birth of a healthy child.
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Immunologic infertility: types, causes and treatments
People affected by immunological infertility experience trouble getting pregnant, as their body identifies part of the reproductive function as an "invader" and sends an autoimmune response.
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What are recurrent miscarriages? - Causes, diagnosis and treatment
Repeated miscarriage is the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies before the 20th week of gestation and its causes are diverse.
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Preserving Fertility in Women with Cancer
Women who are diagnosed with cancer should discuss with their oncologist the various options for preserving fertility if they wish to become mothers, since cancer treatment seriously damages fertility.
There are several methods that will preserve fertility in women.
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What Are Normal hCG Hormone Levels during Pregnancy?
The hCG hormone is the hormone detected in pregnancy tests. Specifically, these tests detect the beta subunit of hCG, which is why pregnancy tests are commonly referred to as "the beta". In addition, quantitative determination of the hCG hormone can give an approximate idea of the weeks of gestation.
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What are the main popular beliefs and myths about pregnancy?
Pregnancy is one of the most popular myths and beliefs associated with pregnancy today, despite the fact that scientific knowledge is increasing. A pregnant woman will receive a lot of advice, recommendations and predictions about the sex of her baby, many of which lack scientific evidence.
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Pregnancy with donor eggs: symptoms and sucess rates of ovodonation
There are women who need donor eggs to achieve a pregnancy, which has the same symptoms as a normal pregnancy.
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When Is It Time To Give Up on a Fertility Treatment and how to deal with it?
Assisted reproduction treatments are physically, emotionally and financially demanding. For this reason, some patients may consider saying "this is it" even though they have not achieved their dream of having a healthy baby at home.
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When does week 1 of pregnancy start? - Are there any symptoms?
The first week of pregnancy corresponds to the beginning of the menstrual cycle and the beginning of the menstrual period. Fertilisation of the embryo has not yet taken place. The most common symptoms in the first week of pregnancy are bleeding, abdominal and ovarian pain, cramps and/or fluid retention.
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The Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) Process Step by Step
The intrauterine insemination procedure involves several steps. The most important ones are ovarian stimulation with hormone medications and insertion of the sperm in the uterus.
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