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What Can Ultrasounds Tell You?

August 25, 2021
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Healthcare, Pregnancy, Support, What to Expect
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Posted by Kelly Wilcox

For most women, ultrasounds are a normal – and sometimes common – part of pregnancy. If you are pregnant for the first time, you might feel anxious about ultrasounds. You may also wonder what to expect. The good thing is that ultrasounds are not painful. At a basic level, ultrasounds are a form of technology that uses high-frequency waves to project an image onto …

What to Expect at Your First Appointment

May 7, 2021
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Healthcare, Unplanned Pregnancy, What to Expect
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Posted by Kelly Wilcox

Whether you’re pregnant unexpectedly or know someone who is, taking the first step to look into your options is scary. Many women are not familiar with pregnancy resource centers, and if they are, they may have heard some concerning misinformation about them. So, what can you expect at your first appointment at Clearway Clinic? We exist to help educate clients with all of the …

3 Reasons to Have an Ultrasound Before an Abortion

January 6, 2021
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Abortion, Pregnancy, Prenatal
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Posted by Kelly Wilcox

Before you decide to have an abortion, it’s important to understand what to expect and the repercussions. Abortion ends the life of your unborn baby, but it also changes yours forever. There’s no way to get around that. But if you choose to get an abortion without first confirming your pregnancy via ultrasound, you may experience unnecessary physical complications in addition to emotional stress. …

Signs and Symptoms: Anxiety and Depression

September 18, 2019
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Signs & Symptoms
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Posted by admin-clinic

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: Anxiety & Depression   Life has its ups and downs for everyone, and as a result we can quickly swing between the positive and negative feelings associated with life events. Feeling sad or anxious is normal for everyone, but sometimes when difficult situations become long-term or extremely stressful, our mental and emotional state can lapse into more serious levels of anxiety …

Post-Miscarriage Care

August 14, 2019
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Miscarriage
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Posted by admin-clinic

Post-Miscarriage Care It can take a few weeks to a month to recover physically from a miscarriage. Talk to your doctor before trying to get pregnant again to be informed or have any medical testing done. Depending on when the miscarriage occurred, the pregnancy hormones can remain in your blood for 1 to 2 months after you miscarry. Most women get their period again …

Common Feelings Connected with Unplanned Pregnancy

May 21, 2019
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Pregnancy
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Posted by admin-clinic

Common Feelings Connected with Unplanned Pregnancy Women facing unplanned pregnancy are often overwhelmed by a host of emotions, most of which are negative in nature. It’s important to recognize that these initial negative emotions are common for all women and you are not alone. Even women planning to become pregnant can get overwhelmed when the reality sets in. Often if you feel unsupported or …

Pre-Natal Classes & Education to Take Before Delivery

May 14, 2019
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Prenatal
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Posted by admin-clinic

Pre-Natal Classes & Education to Take Before Delivery It is important to read up on healthy guidelines for your pregnancy to keep both of you healthy and strong while you are carrying. It is also important to take advantage of classes before the baby arrives to know what to expect for labor and delivery and how to properly care for your baby. These are …

Nausea “Survival Kit”

May 7, 2019
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Pregnancy, Prenatal
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Posted by admin-clinic

Nausea Survival Kit Nausea and/or vomiting with pregnancy is very common. If you are pregnant you may experience a wide range of mild nausea to frequent vomiting. It is caused primarily by the pregnancy hormone produced in the body during pregnancy. Generally, it lasts only for the first trimester (3 months). There is no cure for it, unfortunately, but there are things that you …

Loss Due to Miscarriage

April 24, 2019
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Miscarriage
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Posted by admin-clinic

Loss Due to Miscarriage Loss in any form is difficult to cope with, and miscarriage is among the most difficult because there are numerous emotions and thoughts connected with the unknown and unseen aspects of a miscarriage. Miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy – usually in the first trimester. It is estimated that 15-20% of pregnancies …

Signs and Symptoms: Post-Partum Depression

April 17, 2019
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Pregnancy, Signs & Symptoms
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Posted by admin-clinic

Signs and Symptoms: Post-Partum Depression Post-partum literally means “after childbirth”. In the days and months following the arrival of a new baby a woman’s body has to adjust hormonally and physically back to “normal”. Women typically can continue to be emotional and experience a wide range of thoughts and feelings from joy to worry as they acclimate to the new demands and responsibilities of …

Quick Facts: Gonorrhea

April 10, 2019
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Quick Facts, STDs
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Posted by admin-clinic

QUICK FACTS: Gonorrhea  Gonorrhea is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection and is curable with treatment but can have long term effects on your health including sterility and death. It affects over 700,000 people per year. If you are sexually active in any way, you are at risk. Transmission: or how it is spread.Through bodily fluid secretions, unprotected vaginal sex, anal sex or oral sex. An …

Quick Facts: Chlamydia

April 3, 2019
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Quick Facts, STDs
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Posted by admin-clinic

QUICK FACTS: CHLAMYDIA Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (sometimes called disease) that is bacterial and is curable with treatment but can have long term effects on your health. It affects over 2.8 million people per year. If you are sexually active in any way you are at risk. Transmission: or how it is spread. Through bodily fluid secretions, unprotected sex and can be spread …

Abuse Signs and Symptoms

March 27, 2019
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Signs & Symptoms
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Posted by admin-clinic

Abuse Signs and Symptoms Domestic violence/abuse can take many forms (physical, sexual, verbal, emotional) and it is not always observable. It is a “pattern of behavior used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship.” It is not always possible to tell if a relationship will become abusive and can develop as time goes on. It can …

Morning Sickness

March 20, 2019
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Pregnancy
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Posted by admin-clinic

Morning Sickness Morning sickness refers to nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite during pregnancy. Despite the name, it can be experienced at any time of the day and sometimes a general feeling of nausea can persist all day long. Every woman is different and even each pregnancy for the same woman can be different. Morning sickness generally happens during the first trimester (first three …

Other Reasons for a Missed Period

March 13, 2019
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Pregnancy
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Posted by admin-clinic

Other Reasons for a Missed Period Pregnancy is not always the only reason you would miss your period, in fact, there are a host of reasons why your period might be late. Here are some possible reasons you may not have had your period yet: Puberty: Young women who have recently begun their periods often experience light and irregular menstrual cycles as a result …

If I’m Pregnant, Why Am I Bleeding?

March 6, 2019
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Pregnancy
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Posted by admin-clinic

If I’m pregnant, why am I bleeding? Pregnancy is divided into three stages called trimesters (tri meaning “three”). Each trimester is about 13 weeks long. Initial symptoms or indications that you may be pregnant are a missed period, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and light bleeding/spotting. If you are experiencing spotting or bleeding during the first trimester, it is actually very common. Spotting – light bleeding …

Urine Test or Blood Test?

February 20, 2019
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Pregnancy
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Posted by admin-clinic

Urine Test or Blood Test: Which is a more accurate pregnancy test? When a woman becomes pregnant, her body begins producing a specific hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). It is the presence and rapid increase of hCG that causes pregnancy symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and fatigue. There are two types of pregnancy tests that diagnose a pregnancy by detecting the hCG hormone in …

Can I find out the exact day I got pregnant?

October 1, 2018
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Pregnancy
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Posted by admin-clinic

https://clearwayclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lumen5-video-8.mp4 Can I find out the exact day I got pregnant? The short answer to the question, “Can I find out the exact day I got pregnant?” is, probably not. Determining the exact date of conception is difficult for several reasons. Some things to consider: First of all, pregnancy occurs when an ovulated female egg and and male sperm meet and fertilization occurs. This …

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