What to Expect from Your Baby–9-12 Months

Last year around this time, you had a beautiful pregnant belly, and were awaiting your baby’s arrival. Now, you are playing with him, enjoying his first foods, maybe even his first step! As your baby grows, so does his ability to remember. He may surprise you and remember a gesture he saw a few days [...]

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What to Expect from Your Baby–6-9 months

These months fly by so quickly! Already over half of a year has gone by since your baby was born. And what a difference 6 months makes! She has progressed from a tiny infant to a baby that can hold herself up and can express herself with laughter, noises and many different cries. During these [...]

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Hyperemesis Gravidarum–Morning Sickness that Requires Treatment

Morning sickness is a common complaint of pregnancy. While morning sickenss can be uncomfortable and inconvenient, and it just plain stinks, it doesn’t put you or your baby in any danger. If the normal nausea and vomiting of pregnancy becomes severe, however, morning sickness becomes Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and requires medical treatment. Some of the symptoms that [...]

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Sumter, SC Pregnancy Help Center

Light of Hope Pregnancy Center in Sumter, South Carolina offers confidential peer consulting to teen girls and young women who may be pregnant and are unsure of what to do. In a loving, non judgmental atmosphere, a Light of Hope staff member will meet with you and provide a free, medical quality, urine based pregnancy test. [...]

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Week Thirty-Nine of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development Your baby has reached his final birth position by now and it’s only a matter of time until you welcome her into the world. She has flipped nicely and her head is resting against your cervix, cradled in your pelvis. Her little head is approximately 4 inches in diameter and it won’t take [...]

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Week Thirty-Three of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development If your pregnancy were to be compared to a nine-month flight, you are now officially approaching the runway. Both you and your baby are getting ready for birth and this week marks a very special turning point. Your fetus has run out of room! You are now carrying the maximum amount of amniotic [...]

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