Pregnancy & Parenting: Tips, advice and information for Indian parents!
Pregnancy & Parenting: Tips, advice and information for Indian parents!
You are feeling giddy and nauseus. Your menstrual cycle has been delayed. Things don't seem quite right. Consult a gynaecologist. You might be pregnant.
Pregnancy hormones bring about changes to almost every part of the body, including your breasts, skin, hair, teeth and gums.
Smoking is very harmful to pregnancy. Excessive smoking not only causes a feeling of nausea, it slows down the baby's growth.
Very often women embarking on their first pregnancy are plagued with fears of the unknown. Anuradha Gandhi, an expectant mother, sees herself anxious, eager and yet vulnerable.
We like to eat fast foods and do not mind too much if they are frozen or non-seasonal. This has an adverse impact on our health in the long run.
Backache is a common problem during pregnancy. This is caused by certain pregnancy hormones which soften the ligaments supporting the lower back bone and pelvic bone.
The requirement of iron and vitamins increases during pregnancy and the effort should be to get these naturally by adding iron and vitamin rich foods to your diet.
Although a simple problem, heartburn or acidity could cause a lot of discomfort when it gets acute. Here are some tips to treat it the natural way...
The normal period of pregnancy is 280 days or 40 weeks from the first day of the last menstrual period. Therefore, care throughout pregnancy is essential.
Imagine seeing your unborn baby move while she is in your womb! Ultrasound scans are harmless and have many advantages.
You may wake up in the middle of the night with a painful cramp in your leg or in your lower abdomen. This is a very common third-trimester symptom...
When you are pregnant it is very important to eat regular, well-balanced meals as the food you eat provides nutrition to your baby.
Constipation and the pressure of the growing baby may lead to the formation of haemorrhoids which often bleed and can be very painful.
The remarkable physical changes that pregnancy brings about can make you feel that you're losing control over your body. Not only are you bigger, but your sense of balance shifts.
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A systematic evaluation of your diet will allow you to identify areas that need specific changes, and that will help alleviate the problem to quite an extent.
A few problems may arise if a rhesus negative mother carries a rhesus positive child. Here's some information...
Some remedial measures for a problem that is quite common among feeding mothers.
What should the breastfeeding mother have to ensure the right nutrition for herself and her baby?
There are many myths concerning ovulation and the safe period.
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