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During pregnancy, vaginal discharge volume increases as a result of the body's increased levels of estrogen and progesterone. [13] [2] The discharge is usually white or slightly gray, and may have a musty smell. [13] [2] The normal discharge of pregnancy does not contain blood or cause itching. [13]
The term "physiologic leukorrhea" is used to refer to leukorrhea due to estrogen stimulation. [7] Leukorrhea may occur normally during pregnancy. This is caused by increased bloodflow to the vagina due to increased estrogen. Female infants may have leukorrhea for a short time after birth due to their in-uterine exposure to estrogen.
Your vagina isn’t supposed to smell like roses, and a lot of women think that there’s something wrong with them when there isn’t, says Lauren Streicher, M.D., medical director of the ...
The page is called Leukorrhea but instead the article gives two different spellings leucorrhea and leucorrhoea. Why is the page under leukorrhea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.236.133 ( talk ) 23:39, 2 January 2010 (UTC) [ reply ]
Although described as "morning sickness," pregnant women can experience this nausea any time of day or night. The exact cause of morning sickness remains unknown. Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy is typically mild and self-limited, resolving on its own by the 14th week of pregnancy. Other causes should also be ruled out when considering treatment.
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THE A-WORD: Black women have worse pregnancy outcomes than any other racial group, being more likely to die in childbirth and more likely to have their babies die. Sheila Flynn and Alicja Hagopian ...
Black women are more likely than white women to have anemia during pregnancy, which has been associated with low birth weight infants, preterm birth, or both in some studies. [45] Racial disparities in incidence of anemia in pregnancy persist across socioeconomic groups.