3 Types Of Music You Must Avoid If You Are Pregnant
Posted on March 7, 2008 - Filed Under Pregnancy And Childbirth | Comments Off
3 Types Of Music You Must Avoid If You Are Pregnant
Studies show that fetuses can hear and react to sound from as early as 20 weeks and begin active listening by the 24th week. Researcher Michele Clements found that playing a lullaby, or calming music by Vivaldi and Mozart soothed 4 to 5 month-old fetuses [...]
Fertility and Ovulation
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Pregnancy And Childbirth | Comments Off
Fertility and Ovulation
Understanding ovulation, the release of the egg from one of the two ovaries, is absolutely crucial to maximizing your chances of conceiving.
Successfully predicting the time of ovulation allows you to time sexual intercourse appropriately, which will greatly increase your likelihood for conceiving during any given cycle.
During the first half of the monthly cycle, [...]
You can have a great pregnancy without all those extra pounds
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Pregnancy And Childbirth | Comments Off
You can have a great pregnancy without all those extra pounds
I just had my first child and I wish that I could have found a program to help me control my weight gain. I did well in the first and second trimester but after that there was no stopping me. I wanted french fries and [...]
Weight Loss After Pregnancy
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Pregnancy And Childbirth | Comments Off
Weight Loss After Pregnancy
The nine long months of waiting have finally come to and end and you’ve brought home your beautiful new baby. You’ve also noticed however, that baby brought with him or her extra pounds and flabby areas that were never there before. You can’t risk diet pills or stimulants while breast feeding and [...]
Fertility Preconception Checklist
Posted on March 2, 2008 - Filed Under Pregnancy And Childbirth | Comments Off
Fertility Preconception Checklist
Are you ready to have a baby?
Here are 11 things that you should do to increase fertility before you decide to conceive.
1. Stop using birth control.
You need to give your body a break. Depending on the type of birth control you use, it may take a while for the female reproductive system and [...]