How to Prevent Obsessing About Weight Gain During Pregnancy

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When you first found out that you were pregnant, chances are you were super-excited. Indeed, no matter how often we hear about someone having a child or even watch someone experiencing the joy of labor and delivery on television programs like A Baby Story, conception is always a miracle. Yet, as time is going by [...]

Preggy-Exercise : What Exercises Can You Do While You Are Pregnant?

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The development of a healthy infant during pregnancy depends on the mother’s ability to remain active. The supply of oxygen and nutrients that the child receives is entire dependent on the mother, so that a pregnant woman who gets little exercise will not provide her child with the necessary building blocks for growth and can [...]

Tips To Help Relieve Pregnancy Back Pain

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Back pain is the bane of pregnancy and early motherhood. It may be a sharp pain upon movement or a constant distracting throb. It makes the sometimes already uncomfortable body changes of pregnancy even more uncomfortable and makes lifting and playing with the new baby difficult. Being proactive about back pain can do a lot [...]

Four Tips for Managing Post Partum Depression – Coping and Support

The basic symptoms of depression can make it more difficult to break out of a depressive cycle. You lose energy and don’t want to do anything much of the time, even though remaining active could help relieve some of your symptoms. You can’t cure depression through willpower, but you can do some simple things to [...]

Guest Post: How to Deal with Stress

Stress, whether internal or external, can take a heavy toll. We deal with it every day at home, work and in social settings. External stresses can come from a job, relationship, home life and other factors. Internal stresses may be caused by health and nutrition status, the amount of sleep and exercise you get and [...]