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Top Tips for Tackling a Newborn
My five-year old’s Moana doll comes with one… so where’s my newborn’s? A manual! That’s what I needed when I brought my first baby home from the hospital. I couldn’t believe the nurses were actually going to entrust me with the life of another! Surely, they knew I was completely clueless. Bringing a newborn baby…
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What You Need to Know About Pregnancy After Age 35
People are marrying later in life today as they prioritize their careers and wait for the right person. This trend contributes to childbearing after age 35, termed advanced maternal age. While there are potential complications, pregnancy after age 35 doesn’t rule out the possibility of having a healthy baby for older mothers. Get to know…
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How to Deal with Pregnancy Constipation and Hemorrhoids?
Suffer from constipation especially when you are close to your due date? Due to hormonal changes, you are more prone to constipation. As the growing baby presses down on your intestines, it is more difficult and slower for the stool to pass. That’s why you may start feeling bloated, constipated and even have hemorrhoids. If…
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Top 6 Things that Mums Fear About Labour: Are They Worth the Worry?
Giving birth is certainly not easy. You might find yourself scared over the surgical pictures that you saw when you searched “what labour is going to be like”. You might be worried over the tales your friends or families tell to say how painful their experiences are. You might be wondering if those medical complications…
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7 Common Foods You Hear that Can Induce Birth: Do They Actually Work?
“Is there anything I can eat to quicken my labour?” By week 39 or 40, you’d probably be wondering why your baby is still so quiet and hasn’t shown any signs of coming out to the world. While your doctor doesn’t seem troubled by it, you just feel like you have to do something to…
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5 Things You Need to Know about Your Abs
If a sagging tummy, post bub, is what you’re most fearing right now, you’re not alone. But don’t despair, there are some things that you can do to prevent it. During pregnancy, your very cute and weight-gaining mini-human puts a lot of pressure on your abdominal muscles, as it grows. Bless him. With the additional…
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Stable & Ample Breast Milk Supply: Is that a Dream?
We mums dedicated our time and energy just to provide the best and right food for our baby – breast milk but if you’re having a low milk supply you probably will get really frustrated and start thinking of switching to infant formula. Today, we’re going to cover everything you can do to make sure…
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Reform Your Body Following The Birth of Your Baby
The journey following the birth of your baby can be overwhelming. It is a very steep learning curve of which we all feel at times we will never truly understand.It is just as important to follow a path of physical restoration of your own body following the birth as it is to learn to care…
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Hypnobirthing 101: The Power and Myths of Hypnobirthing
Hypnobirthing has gained a lot of attention when rumor has it that Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex who gave birth last year included hypnobirthing in her birth plans. The concept was introduced by a Harvard University Ford Foundation fellow and a highly regarded hypnotherapist Marie Mickey Mongan back in 1991. Hypnobirthing is centralized on the…
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Top 4 Body Changes You Should Know During Pregnancy
You may feel happy with a new life growing inside of you and your body undergoes some changes. Here are some common changes you should expect during pregnancy: morning sickness, weight gain, skin changes and breast changes. Morning Sickness It is common that in early pregnancy you may experience nausea or vomiting, also known as…