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Babies can be breech early in pregnancy. Most of them turn on their own to be headfirst by the time of delivery. As you get closer to your due date, your doctor will be able to tell if your baby is breech. They can check by a physical exam, ultrasound, or both. Do breech babies …
Hot flashes and night sweats don’t just appear during the period before menopause — they may also affect women in early pregnancy. In a 2013 study in the journal Fertility and Sterility, more than a third of women reported having either hot flashes or night sweats during pregnancy. When do pregnancy hot flashes start? ‘Some …
“Newborns clench their fists due to a neurologic reflex called palmar grasp. This reflex is activated when something is pushed into a newborn’s palm, like a caregiver’s finger,” Witkin explains. Baby fist clenching is also instinctual. It mirrors the curled position they had in the womb. What age do babies unclench their fists? The answer …