Family History of Birth Defects
Birth defects - or abnormalities in a newborn baby - can be caused by either or both genetic and environmental factors. The environmental factors - bad pregnancy habits...
What is Progesterone? Here is Everything You Need to Know About...
Progesterone is also called the hormone of pregnancy. This is the hormone produced by a woman's ovaries that make her fertile and therefore ready for pregnancy. This is...
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...
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...
Spending All Saints’ Day with parents and family
More than being rest days, holidays are time for family. Annual holidays like Christmas and New Year bring parents and children together at home or someplace else to...
Pregnancy issues: Are x-rays good or bad when you’re expecting?
It's quite safe to assume that just about everyone has heard comments stating that x-rays can possibly be harmful when conducted during the course of pregnancy. The assumption...
Treating swollen feet during pregnancy
Swollen feet are among the most daring pregnancy woes women experience regularly, brought by the increasing size and weight of the developing fetus throughout the nine-month pregnancy period.
Pregnancy...
Everything You Need to Know About An All-natural and Unmedicated birth
For just about any woman, getting through birth is already difficult enough as it is. But there is no question that the notion of child birth is also...
Pregnancy basics: An overview of sweet cravings
It is a universally acknowledged fact that pregnancy brings about several changes in a woman's body. Of course it is completely understandable to have a lot of hormonal...
Guide to baby’s arrival: Dealing with the pain of birth
After the birth of your baby, it's quite understandable if you're over the moon with happiness. Imagine, following several months of drastic hormonal changes and almost unbearable anticipation...