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What Does it Feel Like When Your Baby Moves Inside You?

May 8th, 2024

Flutters, pops, bubbles? What does it feel like when your baby starts moving inside you? Women describe the feeling in so many different ways. Here are the ones to look out for...

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When Will I Feel My Baby Moving Inside Me?

March 17th, 2024

The first time you feel your baby moving in your belly is a very exciting moment in pregnancy. Here's all you should know about your baby's movements.

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Top 12 Comfort Foods to Eat in Pregnancy

February 21st, 2024

Sometimes in pregnancy comfort food is a SERIOUS NEED. Let’s get one thing straight: there are a lot of sucky parts of pregnancy. Yeah, I said it! Sure, it’s beautiful and a blessing and blah, blah, BLAH! But one of the best things is that we can relax our diet a bit...

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What Happens in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy?

February 15th, 2024

Is the second trimester of pregnancy easy sailing or are there new pregnancy symptoms to prepare for? Find out what to expect in your second trimester here...

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

Folate or Folic Acid in Pregnancy — Which is Best?

One of most important decisions you’ll make during early pregnancy, or when trying to conceive, is how you’re going to get all vitamins and minerals

8 Things NOT to do in the First Trimester of Pregnancy (and Why)

When you find out you’re pregnant, the first thing that happens is… well, emotions. All the emotions. But when you’ve had a chance to catch

5 Ways to Cope with OCD in Pregnancy

Written by Psychologist Nikolina Miljus. One in 100 pregnant women will experience obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms for the first time in pregnancy or OCD pregnancy. For women

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

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Faint Pregnancy Test Line is Very Light – Am I Pregnant or Not?

So you’ve taken a home pregnancy test (HPT). And you’re not sure if it’s the light or your eyes or some kind of a positive

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

Can I Take Antihistamines While I’m Pregnant? (Claritin®, Zyrtec® etc)

Written by our resident Pharmacist, Yeniset Santana. Antihistamines are a common over the counter medication that most of us have used at one time or

What Does My Cervix Look and Feel Like During Pregnancy?

So you’ve started reading about what happens to your body when you’re pregnant. Perhaps you’re already pregnant, and you’ve been to an appointment or two