Weight gain while pregnant
What better time to let your eating go insane than when you’re pregnant? You won’t feel as guilty when you gain weight, and you always have a valid excuse due to “eating for two.”
Well…not really. ...
Prenatal Vitamins and Folic Acid Importance
Now that I am baking baby #2, I am careful to take prenatal vitamins. Though I started taking them when we were trying to conceive, it is especially important now. During the first few weeks of a fe ...
Scan and X-ray information
Having any hospital scans or tests can be daunting. However, it doesn't need to be once you know all the facts. So, here's a quick run down of everything you need to k ...
The facts about folic acid
Folic acid is a pretty insignificant vitamin - until you start planning to have a baby, or find that you're pregnant.
At that point it becomes an essen ...
Pre-natal vitamins
For awhile, I was taking pre-natal vitamins (was not pregnant) to encourage my hair to grow. And I tell you what, it worked! My hair grew like a weed and I was so excited, because it was the first tim ...
Eating applies, fish during pregnancy may protect child from asth
A new study by researchers in the Netherlands and Scotland has found that children of women who ate more apples and fish during pregnancy were less likely to develop asthma and allergies. The research ...
Standard pregnancy weight can lead to overweight toddlers
The standard advice for how much weight a woman should gain during pregnancy may need to change, according to a rigorous and provocative study suggesting that even accepted weight gains may raise the ...
Pregnancy and Depression
How do you know if you have depression when pregnant? I know winter doesn't help but how do you know?
I've never had depression, nor do I know what it really is but I've been feeling different. N ...
Pregnancy weight: what the ADA says
The old adage “eating for two” may be a slight exaggeration, but expectant mothers should plan to gain some weight during pregnancy.
A good weight gain for normal healthy moms is between 25 and 35 pou ...
exercise during pregnancy
On the television show, Three Takes, this morning, a trainer from Diesel Fitness showed a pregnant woman a few exercises to keep her fit during her pregnancy. Here are some tips:
Squats-keep a f ...
