Impediments to a healthy birth: Alcohol, cigarettes, and prohibited drugs
The bad effects of alcoholism, smoking, and drug use are well known and widespread. While engaging in these unhealthy habits are harmful by themselves, it becomes a hundred...
Pregnancy Week 19
Inside Your BodyYour baby is about 15cm long and gaining a lot of weight at 230g. He/she has been living comfortably in an aquatic environment so far. Imagine...
Eating for two: Before, during, after pregnancy
Pregnancy brings many new do's and don'ts, must and must-not's for would-be moms. One of the more common, albeit most diverse, is the pregnancy diet.
While eating healthy fare...
Birth Stories: Books to read to your Baby before Birth
It has been a widely known fact that playing classical music and reading books to a baby greatly helps in developing and nurturing his brain development and senses....
StemCord Facilities and Laboratories
WHERE ARE THE STEM CELLS STORED?
STEMCORD stores the Cord Blood samples at two of its state-of-the-art laboratories and storage facilities in Singapore’s new lab and Science Park II. StemCord...
Spa-tastic: Spa Treatments For Mum To Be & After!
By Lea Saguisag JusiAre you busy going to childbirth preparation classes, shopping for all that baby paraphernalia, rearranging your house and fixing up the nursery? Or are you...
Pregnancy Week 3
Inside Your Body Congratulations! You have successfully conceived. Technically speaking, your egg has successfully met its sperm “mate”, hence, your zygote (fertilised egg) will undergo the beginning of...
Tips for Choosing the Camcorder that’s Best for You
"Did you see that?!?!?!" Now that you're a mom, chances are you'll be saying that line a million times over the course of the day. And chances are...
Pregnancy Week 17
Inside Your BodyIf you think you are gaining weight rapidly, your baby is doing the same and more. Your baby is now a whopping 12.5cm and weighs about...
What Most Filipino Moms Worry About Their Pregnancy
In the Philippines, being a mom is never easy. Apart from looking after yourself, you are expected to give full and direct baby care simply because you are...