When struggling to take a meal during your first pregnancy trimester, straining to go to the bathroom, and dealing with your changing body, exercising may be the last thing in your mind. However, exercising regularly throughout your pregnancy is essential for both you and the baby. Exercising will help to improve your posture and also decrease some discomforts like fatigue... Read more →
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Pregnant? Yes. Stressed? Of Course! Ways To Learn How To Relax
Yes, it's easier said than done. With the numerous pains in your back, swollen feet, and feeling so very tired, people telling you that you “need to relax” doesn't just seem rude, but it seems downright insulting. But we do need to learn to relax, especially that there is such an impact on our baby if we go through the... Read more →
What To Do Before Your Baby Arrives
There are so many things to think about before a baby arrives. You’re probably feeling quite overwhelmed by it all. The prospect of giving birth is daunting in itself, but that’s not the thing you have to plan. Some people do have a birth plan, of course, but it’s the journey afterwards that really requires planning. If you want to... Read more →
Getting Ready For When Baby Arrives - Where To Start
Pregnancy is an exciting part of your life. However, there can also be times where it feels a little overwhelming. Soon you’ll be welcoming a new member of the family, and showering them in love and affection that all those worries can melt away. But before all this, it’s a great idea to try and prepare yourself as fully as... Read more →
What are Amniocentesis and Why You Should Be Thinking About Them
Pregnancy can seem like a whirlwind at times. There are so many appointments and bodily changes that are occuring all of the time. Your prenatal care provider may be laying quite a bit of information on you. And one thing will likely be prenatal testing if it hasn’t already come up. With any medical procedure there are plenty of considerations... Read more →
Taking Better Care Of Yourself During Pregnancy
Seeing that positive sign on a pregnancy test will feel incredibly exciting, but at the same time you may start to feel overwhelmed about what the next nine months means and what you have to come for your future. Pregnancy will be different for everyone that is for sure, and there are so many things that you can do to... Read more →
It's Time! How To Tell Baby Is Coming!
Pregnancy is one of the longest times in a woman's life, and yet it seems to speed past at the same time. One minute, you're staring at a plus sign on a stick, and the next, you're counting down the days to your due date and purchasing a ball to bounce on so you can get more comfortable. With pregnancy... Read more →
How to Prepare for Having a Baby
If you are having a child, then you will understand what a huge deal this can be to your family. You may feel as though there is just so much to prepare for and that you can’t hope to be ready in time. It doesn’t need to be this way and there are actually so many things that you can... Read more →
7 Things That All New Parents Need To Know About Newborns
7 things you didn't know about newborns - but need to! Read more →
With Children, It's All About Safety
When you become a parent, you know that you accept to be responsible for a life, until this life is old enough to look after itself. Needless to say, if your home was a place of hazards before you had a child, things could change dramatically from the moment the magical words appear on the pregnancy test. There are, naturally, plenty of parental duties that are new and that you must learn, starting with changing nappies – and let’s be clear on that one; you are going to have a few accidents before your master this skill – to understanding the needs of your baby – crying being their only form of communication, it’s expected you may not get them immediately. But one factor remains constant in your parenting life, and this is SAFETY. Indeed, you want the very best for your child. Consequently, you want to ensure that they can go through life without having to worry about health hazards, debilitating illnesses or even predators in the outside world. Read more →
