When a couple finds out that they are expecting a baby, the first thing they do is do the math to calculate the probable date of delivery and know what will be the day when the offspring will arrive in the world. Some argue that it makes more sense to talk about probable weeks of delivery, given that fewer than five percent of babies are born on the probable date of delivery (PPD).
The official Chinese state news agency Xinhua has reported the birth of a healthy baby to a woman diagnosed with coronavirus in the capital of Heilongjiang (northeast China).
Every day we discover new things about how the coronavirus behaves during pregnancy and how it affects the baby. For now, Health explains that it has not been shown that the coronavirus is present in amniotic fluid, umbilical cord or breast milk.
During pregnancy, we prepare ourselves with all the necessary things for the day our baby is finally born: his clothes, the place where he will sleep, the things he will need, the suitcase for the hospital, and so on.
In film and television, we have seen real life situations portrayed millions of times. One of them is motherhood, which is portrayed from its beginnings in pregnancy and childbirth, to life with children. But despite the fact that fiction is inspired by reality, it is often very different.
During pregnancy, a woman may notice up to six different types of contractions or, what is the same, that the muscles of the uterus tighten and the gut hardens. But not all are equal. The ones that are most perceived and can be confusing are the so-called Braxton Hicks contractions, which begin from the second half of pregnancy and are more present in the last weeks before delivery.
During pregnancy, we spend months imagining what our baby will be like, caressing our belly that grows every day and waiting for the great moment of delivery, in which we can finally hold him in our arms.
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