Sumter, SC Abortion Clinic Alternatives

Light of Hope Pregnancy Center has been serving women in Sumter, South Carolina, and in Lee, Clarendon and Sumter counties for over 15 years. More than 6,000 women have trusted us with their concerns and questions about their sexual health and pregnancy. Women’s sexual health is important to us at Light of Hope Pregnancy Center. [...]

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A Fitness Guide for the Expecting Beginner

Many personal trainers and fitness experts recommend taking at least a full year to prepare your body for the considerable physical stresses of pregnancy and childbirth. A woman’s body goes through miraculous transformations almost daily as her baby forms and prepares to enter the world. These fitness gurus stress that a daily exercise program and [...]

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What to Expect–The Third Trimester of Pregnancy

It’s your seventh month; you are rounding the last bend! By the end of these next 3 months, you’ll be holding your sweet babe in your arms. Between now and then, you and your baby will grow and grow and grow! One of his main objectives during this last bit of time in your womb is [...]

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What to Expect–The Second Trimester of Pregnancy

Once you enter your fourteenth week, you are officially in the second trimester of pregnancy! While the first trimester is often a time of adjustment for your body, by the second trimester, your body has a much better idea of what its new little resident is all about. The new hormone levels introduced by your baby [...]

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What to Expect–The First Trimester of Pregnancy

Congratulations! You’re pregnant! It’s very exciting to know you will soon have a baby in your arms, but what will the next 9 months bring? Well, it all started before you even knew you were pregnant. Your baby has been growing since your egg was fertilized, approximately 2 weeks ago. As soon as that sperm [...]

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Best Time for Trying to Get Pregnant

A recent visitor to CrazyPregnancy.com writes: “The first of my period was on the 2 April 2008 and my cycle is 24 days. i had sex today on the 21 April 2008 and would like to know whats my chances of getting pregnant and when was the best time for trying a baby.  Mari.” Thanks [...]

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The Thirty-Seventh Week of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development Ding! Ding! Baby’s up! Congratulations, mama! Your baby is officially full term and ready to be born. The lanugo and the majority of the vernix that protected your little one’s skin in utero has been shed and swallowed in the amniotic fluid. You are now carrying a complete baby inside of you from [...]

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Week 31 of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development Your baby has put on a lot of weight these last weeks and is now approximately 3.3 pounds. Because of this weight increase, her body is finally becoming proportionate to her massive head. White fat is starting to collect on her arms, legs and body. This fat takes away from the red tinge [...]

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