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One Week Pregnant | Pregnancy Week-by-Week Symptoms| OHbaby!

YOU The first official week of pregnancy actually starts on the day of your period. The Estimated Delivery Date (EDD) of …

Two Weeks Pregnant | Pregnancy Week-by-Week Symptoms| OHbaby!

YOU Ovulation Around the end of week two, or 14 days before the anticipated start of your next period, one of your ovaries …

Three Weeks Pregnant | Pregnancy Week-by-Week Symptoms| OHbaby!

YOU Between four and seven days after fertilization has occurred, your fertilized egg will have reached the uterus and will …

Four Weeks Pregnant | Pregnancy Week-by-Week Symptoms| OHbaby!

YOU You may be beginning to suspect you are pregnant. This is the week when you may miss your first period. Your embryo …

Five Weeks Pregnant | Pregnancy Week-by-Week Symptoms| OHbaby!

YOU The early symptoms of pregnancy may continue this week, and may become more noticeable. A pregnancy test will probably …

Six Weeks Pregnant | Pregnancy Week-by-Week Symptoms| OHbaby!

YOU One of the early signs of pregnancy which you may be experiencing this week is extreme tiredness. You may find that by …

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How to optimise your chance of conception & a healthy pregnancy

How do you optimise your chances of conception and a healthy pregnancy? OHbaby! fertility specialist Dr Andrew Murray …

Busting baby making myths

If your man is smoke-free, eats only organic food and wears baggy underpants will you have a better chance of conceiving? We …

Making baby making fun

We understand the basics of conception, but how much of the process is guesswork or a gamble? Fertility specialist Dr …

Naturopathic tips for conceiving

Asti Renaut and Natasha Berman offer naturopathic tips for successful conceptions, smooth pregnancies and thriving …

Getting ready for pregnancy

Getting pregnant is something that most of us take for granted, but conceiving isn't always easy. However, there are things …

Five things experts want you to know if you’re trying to conceive

We asked the experts at Fertility Associates for their most important tips on maximising your chances of conceiving. For …

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Weekly guide multiple pregnancies

In some ways, your twin or triplet pregnancy will be very similar to a singleton pregnancy, in other ways it will be very …

Twin Pregnancy - Double the Trouble?

Multiple pregnancies demand much closer scrutiny to ensure happy, healthy arrivals, writes obstetrician Dr Emma Parry  Many …

Twin Conception

Twice as nice - or double the trouble? Sarah Tennant explores the fascinating facts behind the conception of twins. It's a …

Chorionicity

Whether or not your twins are identical will depend on whether they are the result of a single fertilised egg splitting to …

Zygosity

Monozygotic twins are twins which are the result of a single fertilised egg splitting to form two separate babies. They are …

Two for the price of one

For most people, finding out they are expecting twins comes as something of a shock, with plenty of things to consider. …

These babymoon ideas will get you glowing

Before you welcome your little bundle of joy into the world, why not rest-up and relax with a babymoon getaway? From a luxurious lodge in Hanmer Springs to a Nordic spa escape in Sweden, there is a pre-baby holiday – near or far - for all expectant …

How to take a pregnancy test

A woman’s body can be hard to read sometimes. Nausea, tender or tingling breasts, cramps and tiredness are all symptoms of both pregnancy and PMS, so even women who know their bodies well can second guess themselves. If you’re anxious to know what’s …

Nicknaming your unborn baby

Once upon a time the announcement of baby’s name was as much of a surprise as the newborn’s gender and weight. These days, parents-to-be are becoming more and more candid about potential names for their baby. Some are even cutting to the chase and …

Nine tips to make pregnancy easier

There's a heap of lifestyle changes to face when you find out you're pregnant: Taking vitamin supplements and giving up wine and sushi being just a couple of them. Here are nine of our tried and true remedies to deal with all those pregnancy …

Why is pregnancy nine months long?

It's been a long held belief that human babies are born underdeveloped compared with other primates because of the problem of fitting a baby's head through their mother's birth canal. But new research is turning that, well, on its head. Holly …

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Click on the link below to take you to your region: Auckland North Island South Island   The midwives listed here are completely independent of OHbaby!, and an inclusion in this directory does not constitute endorsement from OHbaby! Midwives …