Being 1 centimeter dilated means that your body is preparing for childbirth. However, it’s not a reliable indicator of when your labor will actually begin. Your cervix is the passageway from the uterus to the vagina. During pregnancy, hormones in your ...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which your immune system mistakenly destroys the cells in your pancreas that make insulin. This leads to high blood sugar. Most children with type 1 diabetes are diagnosed around age 5 or in early puberty.

Andrew Bloomenthal has 20+ years of editorial experience as a financial journalist and as a financial services marketing writer. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from ...