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Pregnancy Signs and Symptoms: Week 2 of Pregnancy

Week 2 of Pregnancy – Pregnancy Signs and Symptoms

Welcome to your Guide to Pregnancy – Week 2.

Although your still are not technically pregnant, your body is getting ready to perform it’s monthly routine of preparing for a pregnancy.  Your uterus is developing thick, nutrient-rich lining in anticipation of a fertilized egg.  Your ovaries are preparing to release a ripened egg.  Some women are actually able to feel ovulation as well as notice a slight vaginal discharge.

Fertilization of the egg, in most women, will be of opportunity near the end of this week!  At the end of this week you will be at the middle of the menstrual cycle (assuming you have a 28 day cycle) and you will have a 1-2 day hour window of opportunity to conceive.

This is the window of time you want to turn the lights down low and get in the mood with your significant other (the fun part!).  After your partner ejaculates, millions of sperm travel to the fallopian tube looking to fertilize the egg.  If you ovulate on day 14 (14 days past the first day of your last period) the egg is only viable for 12-24 hours.  However, sperm can live for 24-48 hours in the female’s body.  Sexual intercourse for conceiving should take place on day 12, 13, or 14 (or all three days!) of your menstrual cycle to effectively penetrate the egg. 

If the sperm has penetrated the egg, fertilization has taken place and this means you are pregnant.  Some women claim they have a sense when fertilization has taken place, for the rest of us, you most likely will not feel anything yet or notice any changes in the body.

Continue to take good care of yourself.  Proceed with your doctor’s advice on trying to conceive, eat a well-balanced diet, and steer clear of drugs, alcohol and smoking.  Even if you do not exercise on a regular basis, there is no better time to start.  Exercise is an excellent way to prep your body for pregnancy and labor.  Studies show that women in good physical health have easier and shorter labors than women who are not in as good of health.

Don’t become discouraged if the pregnancy didn’t happen this month.  Typically, only 20% of the time does the egg actually become fertilized and successfully implant in the uterus. 

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About the Author

Michaeline is a mother of 6 and a licensed family therapist.  Professional and personal interests include parenting, pregnancy, step-parenting, home and garden and health.  Please visit us to receive your Week-By-Week Guide to Pregnancy and for additional resources, tips, advice and family zone shopping.

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Some Baby Shower Ideas

An invitation sets the mood and style for any event. That’s why in planning for a baby shower party, you should give significant attention to the baby shower invitation. Remember that you should always send out invitations for special occasions like baby shower. The good news is you don’t have to leave your home when shopping for quality baby shower invitation. The Internets is full of different baby shower invitations from different styles and designs, from casual to formal to elegant and cute. There is also baby shower invitation for every budget range. You can even find invitations with chocolate and candies, with the details printed on the wrapper. Now, isn’t that neat?

Look for a website with a wide collection of baby shower invitation designs and styles. Some companies would be happy personalize an invitation and some would even address and mail them for you. Now that’s really hassle free service. All of you have to do is choose your design, give them he necessary information then attend to the more important aspects of your baby shower.

Confused at the many choices of baby shower invitation? Not knowing what baby shower invitation style or design to choose? Your main guide should be the theme of baby shower party. Is the baby shower party a formal event or is t just a simple gathering? In picking the right baby shower invitation for your baby shower party, you must choose one that reflects the theme of the party. If you are planning a jungle themes party then you must choose invitation with animals and jungle prints. If you are planning to decorate with angels then choose baby shower invitation with angles and other heavenly things. If you are planning to decorate with a specific cartoon character then choose an appropriate invitation. If you don not have a theme then choose an invitation with a general baby themed design like animals, baby bottles, babies, stars, rattles, cartoon characters, etc.

Once you’ve already decided on what kind of baby shower invitation to get, you can go to the process of ordering them. When you have the invitations already you can already start filling them up. Remember to include the following information: Name of guest of honor, date, time, place, whether it will be a surprise or not, RSVP date and phone number or return card. You should precise as to the details of the baby shower so as to avoid confusion.

If you have to send out the invitation yourself then you must mail it at least 4 – 6 weeks before the baby shower. If guests are from faraway places then send it 8 – 12 weeks in advance. It would also be nice to include a map or sketch of the location of the event.

The most important thing that your should remember is to make the invitation as attractive as possible. It is an invitation for an event announcing the arrival of your baby so it has to be special.

If you are the creative and crafty type, you can always make your own babsy shower invitation. Pick up ideas, from your frids, relatives, books or from the Internet. Making your won baby shower invitation would definitely add a personal touch to the event.

Baby shpwer invitauos come in a vcaruety of styles and designs. The babay shower inviataion you will buy should be according to your choiuce and rpefernece.

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I took a walgreens pregnancy test and it had a thin faint line and it was off center could I be pregnant?

I have taken approx.10 test and the lines are so faint you have to look for them, but they are within the time limit, but walgreen’s test showed the line where you can clearly see it, it is just off centered…please give me your advice!

I say it’s probably negative and here’s why. There is a company who makes pregnancy tests for stores to sell under their own brand name. The company is called Inverness. They make tests for Walgreens, Target, Meijer, etc. I have taken so many of those things and gotten a thin blue line along one side, within the time limit, and I was not pregnant. If you’ve taken 10, I assume they’ve been spread out over the past few days. If you were pregnant, your lines would be getting darker and fuller as your hcg levels raised. I think you should either buy a digital test or at least get a First Response. They’re very accurate. I don’t trust those blue dye cheap tests for anything!

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12 amazing things you can do with a calendar

Outside the ancient Roman practice of beginning of each month on a new moon, there are some pretty amazing what you can do with calendars. For example, a calendar that gives a wonderful opportunity to organize your time and plan future events. (Can you imagine life without a schedule?) Here are 12 amazing ways you can use a civil right now:

1. Make an appointment schedules. Plan future events, look past dates and know where you stand in the grand scheme of things!

2. Always remember birthdays of friends and family. After all, wrote all gently on your calendar, right?

3. Know when the full moon hangs – so you can prepare for any unusual behavior that may arise!

4. Do not lose sight of the essential elements of the office. Use a desk calendar your computer to keep track of the Office Essentials and set reminders, etc.

5. Plan for medical needs, such as taking pills or medication for a specific date or time.

6 -. Useful in cases of pregnancy or pregnancy planning calendar that allows birth for all situations and gives warnings of critical need.

7. What day and month it is. Of course I know but I try to live without knowing the date and see what happens!

8. Express your love. Create a wall calendar that has your family photos or photos This one's children – Is excellent and everyone wants one!

9. Save your developing baby. Detail baby grows – Weight, height, size, etc. (A Journal of birth is also good for this.)

10. See the schedule at a glance. Sometimes you need to know when these Exams are coming, or when the day did not err and sporting events are in!

11. General Time Management. Manage time to see if the deadlines are imminent, and where these essential "can not miss" the meetings are.

12. Make your own schedule. A calendar is the perfect tool to promote a business or service. Everyone can use a calendar, so when you create a program designed and attractive offer for free, you can find people can not get enough of it!

Well, it's only 12 ways to use a calendar. There are many more too! You can create calendars school (for large projects students), create a calendar of business and sell online, advertise your photographic portfolio, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Let me how creative you get!

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hi everyone, i have found out i am pregnant again, my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 13 weeks so i want to document every single thing about this pregnancy because it is so special to myself and my partner…i have started a pregnancy journal where i am sticking in things like scan letters, doctors appts, the box from preg test, all the little keepsakes, also going to start documenting my weight etc so does anyone have any other ideas?? i would like this little book to be perfect! thanks in advance all! x

Congratulations! I love this idea… and I’d also like to suggest that you keep it going even after the baby is born. I didn’t do one during my pregnancy, but I do have one for each of my girls that I wrote down everything like first laughs, first words, stats (all the normal stuff) plus fun stories like the time #2 rolled off the sofa and nearly caused me a heart attack and the time #1 stood up in a restaurant booth and proclaimed to anyone within earshot that she had a wedgie.

Other things you may want to remember about your pregnancy:

* What your cravings are
* Baby naming conversations b/w you and your SO
* Profile pictures of your growing belly
* When you feel the first movement
* When your SO feels the first movement

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