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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…
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Top 5 FAQs of Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes occurs when your blood sugar levels become elevated during pregnancy. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t necessarily mean you had diabetes before pregnancy. Typically developing in the second or third trimester, it can impact both your pregnancy and your baby’s health. Here are the most frequently asked questions about having diabetes during pregnancy.…
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Colostrum 101: Breastfeeding in the First Week
Colostrum takes approximately 72 hours to come in. What to do with it? What will it look and feel like? How to express it out more easily and effectively? Read more to see what you will see and do in the first week postpartum. Colostrum Texture Colostrum is the milk that comes in the first…
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Baby’s thriving. How about you?
I hope this article finds you feeling encouraged and affirmed about being a mum. I hope too that feeding – by breast or bottle, is off to a good start, that you’re getting ‘enough’ sleep (that’s a relative one!) and that you are delighting in your new bundle. The early months can be very unpredictable…
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Babywearing helps to keep me fit and strong.
After having her first baby Tara Darlington decided to train to become a Birth Educator and Doula. 14 years later she is now a mother of 6 children as well as a highly qualified Birth Educator, Doula and Yoga Teacher. “I trained as a Birth Educator & Doula after I had my first baby, realizing…
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Difficulty with Expressing Breast Milk ?
Our community of Mums recommends trying these strategies if you have difficulties expressing Breast Milk with an electric pump or by hand, Do you have any suggestions for making expressing breast milk easier? Or do you want to ask our Mum community a question? Visit us on Facebook
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The Breast Crawl – Did you have “Skin to Skin” with your newborn at hospital?
Oddly enough, it’s not a widely known that a newborn human baby is capable of finding his mother’s breast to initiate the first breast feed. This wonderful phenomenon is called, “The Breast Crawl”. In fact some mothers, who had no idea of this newborn ability, were very shocked to see it happen. They said that…