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Peg Plumbo has been a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) since 1976. She has assisted at over 1,000 births and currently teaches in the nurse-midwifery program at the University of Minnesota, where she is also a doctoral student in family social science. She and her family live in St. Paul, Minnesota.



All Articles by Peg Plumbo:

Do you need to lose weight before conceiving?
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I have been trying to conceive for the past year but my menses are very irregular, and I cannot take medications to regulate my...

Are you considering a water birth? If you are, and you've mentioned it to others, you may have been asked why any woman would...

I am only one week late but I have had all the symptoms of pregnancy. I started some mild cramping this afternoon and by...

I am eight weeks pregnant with twins. I saw both heartbeats a week ago. Could you tell me what my odds are for successfully...

My wife is pregnant and wants to dye her hair. Her friends have colored their hair without any complications. Is this safe during pregnancy?...

We closed on our first house the same week we discovered I was pregnant. Since then, my husband with the help of family members,...

I am 10 weeks pregnant. An ultrasound indicated everything is going well. However, I recently experienced some brown spotting. The doctor told me that...

How long after intercourse does a woman have to wait before she begins to feel pregnant? ...

It always seemed reasonable to me, especially when I was pregnant, that pregnancy would require about an additional 1,000 calories per day to meet...

I am almost nine weeks pregnant. Over the past five weeks I've started getting painful abdominal cramps as well as pain in my lower...

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