Pregnancy

Are you stressed about your finances now that you’re a new parent and living on one wage?  Here’s 10 steps to a brighter future for new parents. 1.  Be realistic.  Be honest about what you want to achieve and how long it will take to get there.  Getting in shape financially is a long term

So what is HypnoBirthing®?  Hypnobirthing® is a natural approach to a safe, easier more comfortable birthing experience.  Using the amazing power of self hypnosis, visualisation, mind and body preparation, breathing techniques, relaxation techniques, ultra deepening and affirmations for easier comfortable birthing. Marie Mongan – hypnotherapist is the founder and director of HypnoBirthing® and has devoted her entire life

Vitamin K helps blood to clot and is essential to prevent serious bleeding.  Babies don’t receive enough Vitamin K from their mothers during pregnancy, or when they are breast fed.  Without Vitamin K, they may be at risk of developing a rare disorder called Vitamin K deficiency bleeding.  This condition is very serious and can cause bleeding

Daytime naps can help babies’ developing brains to retain new information, according to a US study.  Researchers at the University of Arizona, found infants who nap during the day are more likely to exhibit an advanced level of learning called abstraction; the ability to detect a general pattern contained in new information. Researchers played phrases

After having your beautiful baby, your bottom is where you might feel painful.  The area between your vagina and rectum is called the perineum and you may be feeling quite tender.  The whole of this area expands to allow for the birth of your baby, and will slowly go back into shape over the coming

Mum, Mummy, Mother (Australian and British) Mom (American) Mutter (German) Mere (French) Maji (Hindu) Madre (Italian) Mae (Portugese) Majka (Serbian) Matka (Czech) Moeder (Dutch) Mana (Greek) Makuahine (Hawaiian) Ibu (Indonesian) Madre (Spanish)      

To all the very lucky people who still have the gift of their mother, here is a poem for you.  I hope your mother’s day 2012 is/was magical. How can mother’s love be measured? How deep or how wide or how strong? Mother’s love is to be treasured For it is yours your whole life long

Babies are not rational beings. Babies cannot tell the time, or know the difference between day and night. Babies occasionally will lose the plot. A baby is a little person, that is, he/she has come with an individual personality and you are just about to learn all about him/her. A baby does not have a

Your baby’s birth has the potential to be an amazing experience. Pain in birth is caused by the fear-tension-pain cycle.  You fear the unknown, become tense and feel pain.  When you are relaxed and calm, you won’t have pain.  Here are some non-medical methods of staying calm, relaxed and as free of discomfort as possible.

Frowning:  One moment baby can appear content, and then loses eye contact with you and looks away.  There may be a definite frown over the forehead and eyes. Clenched fists:  Baby’s hands are no longer open and relaxed but are clenched and tightly closed Hand to mout action:  Baby can end up scratching his/her cheeks

When purchasing a high chair, look for one with an adjustable tray and foot rest that will grow with your baby.   Also make sure that the height can be adjusted, so that you can feed your baby at different height benches.  Your baby will also appreciate the change of scenery.   Babies always make

Wishing everyone a very happy and holy Easter 2012.

As mothers and mothers to be, we need to fill ourselves up so that we can give to others.  Here are some ideas to get you started.   *  put on a cd of your favourite music *  dance around the house *  try belly dancing *   make a start on writing your very own

As a general guide, during pregnancy the average weight gain is around  11.5 – 15.3 kilograms.   This is made up of: Breasts                     0.5 -0.9 kilograms Baby                         3.0 – 4.0 kilograms Placenta                   0.5 – 0.8 kilograms Amniotic Fluid       1.0 – 2.0 kilograms Uterus                      0.8 – 1.0 kilogram Maternal Stores      2.5 – 3.0 kilograms Extra Blood             

There are two days in every week we should not worry about.  Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.  One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.  Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.  All the money in the world

*  Complete placenta praevia (grade 4), where the placenta completely covers the opening of the cervix. *  Transverse Lie, the baby islying sideways in the uterus and is unable to be turned. *  Prolapsed umbilical cord, a section of the cord falls past the baby, through the mother’s open cervix and into the vagina.  this

Wishing everyone a happy St. Valentine’s Day!

1.  To avoid overheating, drink plenty of water before, during and after exercising. 2.  The female hormone relaxin, softens your body in preparation for birth, so be mindful of this. 3.  Monitor your heart rate, that’s your pulse and keep it below 140 beats per minute.  This will avoid stressing your baby. 4.  Tighten your

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