Category Archives: Pregnancy
Home Birth with a Midwife
You may want to have your baby at home. You may feel that you will be more comfortable in your own environment, be less inhibited during labor and delivery, or be more in control of the birth event if it occurs at home. Like birthing center deliveries, home births are only available to women without … Continue reading
Shape Up Your Antenatal Workout
You will know by now that pregnancy is not the right time to try out new forms of exercise. Any exercises should be gentle, controlled, simple movements. They should be carried out slowly and methodically, and should gradually stretch and strengthen muscles and joints. As well as promoting fitness, the exercises emphasize awareness and control. … Continue reading
Keep Your Legs Looking Good in Pregnancy
All the exercises this month are for working your leg muscles. These are very important as they have to take the extra weight of your enlarged uterus and breasts, the baby and your increased body fluids and blood volume. This, of course, makes them vulnerable to poor circulation and consequently cramping varicose veins. Regular exercises … Continue reading
High Fiber Food for Health and Beauty During Pregnancy
Fiber is a highly complex cellulose substance which is found in the cells of plants. It is not digestible and thus it cannot be broken down like most foods by enzymes in your body in the usual way. It seems that the human body is actually programmed in some way to deal with the fiber … Continue reading
Quality Not Quantity – Eating for the Two During Pregnancy
Many women who become pregnant worry needlessly about gaining weight and how they will ever recover their figures after the baby is born. Some are so concerned about this that they actually try to slim while they are pregnant. It cannot be emphasized enough how dangerous this can be. When you are pregnant you need … Continue reading
Feeling Your Baby Move Inside of You
You may have problems doing up zip fasteners and buttons on jeans and skirts in your pregnancy. However, it is probably still too early to start wearing flowing maternity clothes. Just wear some of your looser tops, dresses and dungarees or jumpsuits. You may wish to start making some looser clothes for the coming months … Continue reading
How to Choose the Sort of Birth You Want
You may find that pregnancy and childbirth are a time of self-discovery – when you really get to know the workings of your own body. It should be an enjoyable, fulfilling experience but some women complain that the attitude of doctors, midwives and consultants is obstructive, unsympathetic or even hostile. It is your right to … Continue reading
Pregnancy Workout and Exercises
By now you should be performing some basic pregnancy exercises every day. Here are a few simple ones to start you off which you can practice right through your pregnancy. They concentrate on the pelvic floor muscles and stomach muscles and will help strengthen these areas. The former are particularly important during labor and for … Continue reading
Various Complications during Pregnancy
Swelling of Ankles The swelling of the ankles is the most common demonstration of water retention or edema that occurs during pregnancy. Swelling occurs during a normal pregnancy for two reasons: one is the growth of the uterus that compressed the veins that carry blood coming from the pelvis and legs, causing increased pressure on … Continue reading
Stomach in Pregnancy
The acidity of the stomach is particularly common during pregnancy. It occurs when food in the stomach are propelled into the esophagus with acid secretion. This situation is very encouraged by the changes experienced by the body because of pregnancy, the digestion is slower, the food they spend more time in the digestive tract and … Continue reading
