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How Much Maternity Underwear Do You Need?
2024-01-02 11:14:59 As your belly grows bigger each day, you will soon need to abandon your old panties and start to look for maternity underwear. The key question is: How much maternity underwear do I need? The answer is 6, here’s why: During pregnancy, you will experience hormonal changes, some pregnant women will have more vaginal discharge. Vaginal…
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Stay at home or Get Back to Work?
2024-01-02 11:14:59 “After using up all the maternity leaves I got, I’m facing a dilemma whether I should return to the workforce or I should spend more time with my newborn becoming a stay-at-home mum?” Many of us share the same problem, making a decision is never easy, especially if this decision is directly related…
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Health Benefits of Dates that You Might Not Know
2024-01-02 11:14:59 Dates are proven as a natural source of sugar, fibre, and folate (folic acid). I am sure that many of us have bought or considering to buy folic acid supplements to assist the baby’s development. Folic acid is a type of vitamin B and is well-known for lowering anemia & birth defects. Dates…
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Breastfeeding in the Workplace? What Should I Wear?
2024-01-02 11:14:59 “I’m a breastfeeding mum, but now I need to get back to work soon. I still want my baby to enjoy all the amazing benefits breast milk has, what should I do?” There are 2 tools you need: Breast pump Nursing clothes Nursing Clothes that Suits Office Dress Code Most mums face the same…
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Should I Speak Baby Talk? Facts About Parentese
2024-01-02 11:14:59 What is parentese? Also known as baby talk, parentese refers to the unique way elders talk to children. Usually, it has the features of sing-song, high-rising tone, simpler word choice and grammar use. For the sake of language development, should I just talk normally? Parents worried that speaking baby talk might hinder toddlers’…
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Maybe You Should Drink More Water in Pregnancy
2024-01-02 11:14:59 You’re pregnant, you have a baby in you, you realised you’re responsible to maintain a good physical condition. So you started buying all kinds of supplements, folic acid, calcium, fish oil, iron, vitamins … the list goes on. We are not discussing pregnancy supplements today. We’re focusing on the simplest tip to maintain…
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Do I need to eat for 2 in pregnancy?
2024-01-02 11:14:59 Eating more does not necessarily mean you will have a healthier baby, here’s why. Average pregnancy weight gain According to Medicine Doctor (MD) Yasmin Holsey, women with normal BMI should gain 11-14 kg during pregnancy, while women with greater BMI should gain around 7 kg. Eating too much might make you gain way…
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How Many Maternity and Nursing Bras Do You Need?
During pregnancy and the post-pregnancy period, women endure a multitude of discomforts and pains. These issues arise due to the numerous changes a woman’s body undergoes in preparation for the baby’s delivery. Various parts of the body, including breasts, experience changes, and maternity and nursing bras serve as essential products for comfort during these transformations.…
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Easy Way to Create Bonding with Your Baby
2024-01-02 11:14:59 Wanting to create more bonding time with your baby? Wanting to raise your children to possess trust and a sense of security? Wanting to learn more about your baby’s cue? Long story short, using a baby sling might solve all the inquiries listed above. Childhood Shapes Adulthood According to attachment theory, children are classified into…
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Can you eat barley when you’re pregnant?
The weather is hot, you just want to grab a cool barley drink but your mum is nagging you never to have barley with a baby or you might experience pregnancy loss…… That leaves you wondering, why? You’re tempted to take another sip, but “pregnancy loss” made you real worried. What did the doctors say?…
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