How you conceive

How you conceive

Conception is the moment when egg and sperm meet. It can take anything from 45 minutes to 12 hours for a sperm to reach your fallopian tubes, which is where conception usually happens. However, sperm can survive inside your body for up to seven days, so conception can happen at any point in the week

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Home pregnancy tests

Home pregnancy tests

A home pregnancy test detects the presence of the pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), in your urine.  If you test too early, before you’ve even missed a period, there may not be enough hCG in your body for a home pregnancy test to pick up. That’s because levels of the hormone gradually build up

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Baby names inspired by nature

Baby names inspired by nature

Enjoying nature with your child will give you a whole new appreciation for its beauty. To feel even more connected to our natural world, why not give your child one of these nature-inspired names? Boy names Acorn Ash Bark Barrow Bear Birch Bluejay Buckthorne Chestnut Cliff Cloud Coast Dean Field Flint Forrest Glenn Grove Harvest

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Energy drinks may have unintended health risks

Energy drinks may have unintended health risks

Energy drinks may promise a boost, but experts are increasingly concerned that their cocktails of ingredients could have unintended health risks. A study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that caffeinated energy drinks altered the heart’s electrical activity and raised blood pressure. The extent of these electrical changes — which

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