Your baby has grown to weigh 6 to 10 pounds (on average). To accomplish all of these productive changes, your body needs approximately 300 extra calories per day during your 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Every woman should discuss her individual nutritional needs with her health care provider.
Practice Essentials. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus typically transmitted via sexual intercourse, shared intravenous drug paraphernalia, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), which can occur during the birth process or during breastfeeding.
HIV window period is the time between the contraction of the disease and production of the antibodies. It can be named as the first or the initial stage of HIV infection. HIV test, conducted during the window period cannot detect any traces of HIV antibodies and the result of such antibody tests, like ELISA, Rapid Test or the Western Blot, would be fallaciously negative. On an average, the window period lasts for 2 to 12 weeks.