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8 Helpful C-section Recovery Tips

March 14th, 2024

Make sure you heal fast, reduce pain and enjoy your postpartum time with your new baby. Follow these c-section recovery tips! Reviewed by Dr June...

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9 First Baby Toys (0-6 Months) That are Totally Play-Worthy

March 11th, 2024

Looking for some special first toys that baby is going to LOVE to play with? These 9 baby toy recommendations are totally playworthy and guaranteed to get those baby giggles flowing...

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11 Pregnancy Symptoms For a Baby Boy

March 9th, 2024

Cold feet, lack of morning sickness, and dry skin in pregnancy—it must be a boy, right? Here are all the tell-tale symptoms that you are carrying a boy.

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6 Ways to Have a Healthy Baby (During Pregnancy)

March 2nd, 2024

How can you make sure you're baby is growing healthily during pregnancy? Some things are out of our hands but there are things you can do to make sure your baby starts life with optimum health. Cross these off your list of must-do's...

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Should I Buy a Home Fetal Doppler? Are They Safe?

February 10th, 2024

Fetal dopplers for home use are now widely available and many parents-to-be understandably like the idea of being able to check on baby whenever they want to. But how safe are they? Let's look at some of the evidence...

What Pregnancy Will Teach You About Yourself – 14 Moms Share Their Powerful Life Lessons

At its most basic level pregnancy is a physical process that we hope will bring us a healthy baby but pregnancy often gives us many

Labor Without Pushing — A Guide to Breathing Out Baby

If you’ve looked into hypnobirthing or other methods of coping with labor and birth, you might have come across the phrase ‘breathe the baby out’.

10 Ways Pregnancy Can Damage Your Body

Pregnancy is a wonderful time, but during those magical nine months you may notice that you experience some rather odd symptoms. Fortunately, for the most

8 Ovulation Myths to Ignore When You Want to Get Pregnant

When you’re trying to get pregnant it’s normal to start spending a lot of time thinking about ovulation. If you get pregnant very easily you

What Does Labor REALLY Feel Like?

When you ask women what their greatest fears are about childbirth, the pain of labor is at the top of the list. The catch is

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11 Gentle Ways to Start Labor Naturally

Picture the scene – you’re somewhere between 38 – 42 weeks pregnant and nothing seems to be happening. Not even getting any pre-labor symptoms. You’re

Is it Dangerous if Baby Has the Umbilical Cord Around Their Neck?

The umbilical cord is vital for a fetus in the womb. It attaches the baby’s abdomen (where its belly button will eventually be) to the

What Medications Can Aﬀect a Pregnancy Test Result?

There are surprisingly few medications or substances that can affect the accuracy of a home pregnancy test. So if you’re worried that your hormonal birth

Blighted Ovum – It’s a Miscarriage NOT a Phantom Pregnancy

What is a Blighted Ovum? Even though a blighted ovum is a very common form of miscarriage affecting up to 20% of all known pregnancies,

6 Ways to Deal With the Fear of Miscarriage

Written by Psychologist, Nikolina Miljus You may not realize but the fear of miscarriage haunts every woman during the early stages of pregnancy. Whether it’s our

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