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Second trimester

Key moments

  • Fetal development step by step
  • Ma grossesse service
  • Prenatal care: Routine checkups and laboratory testing
  • Prenatal classes
  • Trisomy 21 screening tests
  • Ultrasound
  • Umbilical cord blood donation

When should you worry?

  • Are these real contractions?
  • Bleeding and pregnancy
  • Fever during pregnancy
  • Flu, chickenpox, measles and fifth disease
  • Loss of amniotic fluid
  • Prenatal depression
  • Preterm labour: what are the signs?
  • Urinary tract infections during pregnancy

Everyday life during pregnancy

  • 5 ways to reduce stress
  • Anxiety during pregnancy and fear of giving birth
  • Body care
  • Breastfeeding during pregnancy
  • Concerns of new fathers
  • Dental health
  • Emotions during pregnancy
  • Emotions of parents-to-be
  • Healthy eating
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  • Sex: Q&A
  • Your second pregnancy: What to expect

A body in transformation

  • 2nd trimester: physical changes and common discomforts
  • Back pain during pregnancy
  • Breasts during pregnancy
  • Constipation and hemorrhoids during pregnancy
  • Couvade syndrome
  • Fatigue and sleep
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Groin pain during pregnancy
  • Headaches during pregnancy
  • Heartburn and acid reflux during pregnancy
  • Leg cramps during pregnancy
  • Nosebleeds during pregnancy
  • Shortness of breath in pregnant women
  • Stretch marks in pregnancy
  • Swelling of the legs and feet: pregnancy
  • Varicose veins during pregnancy

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