Pregnancy is a source of joy and enthusiasm to most women. The idea that you will soon be a mother brings happiness to say the least. Some women can also however, suffer from anxiety at the idea. Moreover, most women have no specific information regarding the growth of the fetus, and hence lack knowledge about how to go about their daily lives. They do
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1) Fresh 2) Tinned 3) 100% pure natural juice 4) Frozen 5) Dried One portion is equal to one handful. Suggestions of how you can get five portions a day 1) One glass of 100% pure natural juice. 2) One piece of fresh fruit. 3) One tablespoon of dried fruit. 4) Salad in a sandwich. 5) 2-3 tablespoons of frozen vegetables.
Weaning is the gradual process of introducing food to a baby and reducing a baby’s total dependence on milk. However, it is still important for you to continue breastfeeding your baby or give about a pint of formula milk, until they are 12 months old. Other milk based products such as: yogurts, fromage frais and cheese also count towards daily intake of milk. A
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The Chinese conception chart, also known as the Chinese pregnancy calendar and the Chinese conception calendar, is supposed to predict whether you will have a girl or boy. The story goes that the original Chinese pregnancy chart was buried in a royal tomb nearly one thousand years ago and you can now see it at the Beijing Institute of Science. It’s really easy to
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My wife and I tried adding, subtracting, multiplying, counting on our fingers and we still weren’t sure when our baby was due? We came across this handy tool from What To Expect to figure out the approximate date. (Remember though, fewer than 5% of women give birth on their actual due date). Apologies folks but I’m having a little bit of difficulty with this
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In recent years, the names Leona, Summer and Theo have risen from obscurity to become among the most popular in the country. According to a major new study though, trendy children’s names that rise in popularity too quickly tend to disappear without trace in just a few years. In contrast, names that gradually move up the popularity tables, such as Emily, Joshua and Jack,
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Don’t worry, you’re not alone with your weird and wonderful food cravings… A surprisingly large percentage of mums-to-be crave one food stuff or another during pregnancy. While some women are lucky enough to crave healthy foods like tomatoes and oranges, unfortunately some women crave carbohydrates, sugars and sweet things which obviously can result in undue weight gain. Cravings are thought to be due to
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Induced Labour Babies rarely arrive on their due date and sometimes labour has to be started artificially because the baby is late – more than 41 weeks. Known as induction, this is a fairly common procedure – about 20 per cent of pregnant women in the UK have labour induced. Sometimes a baby is induced because there is some kind of risk to her health
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Around 20% of newborn babies suffer from jaundice. The condition is not normally serious and usually clears up after a week or so. What Are The Symptoms? Baby’s skin will develop a yellowish tinge and she will look as though she has a suntan. Black babies will have a yellow tinge to the whites of their eyes. What Causes Baby Jaundice? Babies are born
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Finding out you are carrying more than one baby is overwhelming for most mums-to-be who can feel both incredibly blessed and excited, but also concerned and a little terrified at the same time! It is normal to feel both scared and thrilled in equal measures and the road ahead will no doubt be full of amazing highs and some lows as you carry the
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