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Baby Buying On A Budget

Now that you are pregnant, you are probably thinking about what you will need to have on hand to take care of your baby’s needs once you bring him home. If you are on a tight budget, you may wonder if you will be able to meet all of baby’s needs because there is so much advertising out there that could lead a person to believe that they need to buy many different items in order to be ready to care for their new arrival. The truth is that babies, especially brand new ones, need very little in the way … Continue reading →

Prenatal Vitamins

When you are pregnant, proper nutrition is important. However, you need more nutritional support than you can get from food alone. A good prenatal vitamin is not only essential for the health of your growing baby, but for your body too. How do you choose the best prenatal vitamin from the vast variety that are on the market? Even more importantly, how do you keep your prenatal vitamin down if you have trouble with nausea and vomiting? Here are some tips for choosing and taking prenatal vitamins. The most important tip for choosing a prenatal vitamin is to work with … Continue reading →

How to Prepare Your Body for Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a wonderful time of life with a lot of unexpected moments here and there. If you can do a little preparation before you get pregnant, you can help things go smoothly for yourself, your baby and your household. Here are some ways that you can prepare for pregnancy even before you get pregnant. Most likely, you won’t realize that you are pregnant for the first three or four weeks of your pregnancy. Meanwhile, anything you ingest could affect your baby, such as prescription drugs or alcohol. A good rule of thumb is to act as though you are … Continue reading →

The Need for Protein (Part V)

…. directly continued from Part IV Pasteurization is when the milk is heated to a specific temperature for certain amount of time and then immediately cooled. This process is said to kill any potentially harmful bacteria. There are two main types of pasteurization: low heat (just plain pasteurization) and high heat (ultra pasteurization). While, regular pasteurization, kills any potentially harmful bacteria it also destroys important and valuable nutrients like whey protein, enzymes that aid digestion, and its natural phosphates which are necessary to properly absorb its calcium. Ultra pasteurization kills all the nutrients in the milk that have a short … Continue reading →

Prenatal Vitamins (part I)

As soon as a woman discovers she is pregnant, she will most likely be advised by her doctor or midwife to take a prenatal vitamin supplement which may bring up a couple of questions: Why do I need to take a prenatal vitamin? Which prenatal vitamin should I take? Maybe you never bothered to ask these questions because your doctor or midwife simply told you to take “this specific prenatal” 3 times a day for the duration of your pregnancy (and while breastfeeding). I think most of us have enough common sense to be able to say that pregnant women … Continue reading →

Do You Remember To Take Your Prenatal Vitamins?

I had a doctor’s appointment yesterday and he reminded me of the importance of taking a daily multivitamin, even when you are not pregnant. He said even if you are only taking a children’s chewable vitamin, it is really beneficial. It got me thinking about how diligent we are when we are pregnant. Does everyone remember to take their prenatal vitamin every day? If you are already in the habit of taking a daily vitamin, it’s probably no big deal, but I always had a hard time remembering. I am ashamed to say that I probably forgot to take my … Continue reading →

DHA Supplements

When I was pregnant (almost two years ago now, has it really been that long?), I remember sitting in my doctor’s office and talking about my health habits. He recommended a prenatal vitamin and then he handed me a free sample of a prenatal with DHA. Honestly, I can’t remember what he told me about it, but I do know that I went home and tossed it in the cupboard and never touched it. I was already taking two vitamins a day; I didn’t think I needed to add another to the mix. DHA? It sounded so foreign to me, … Continue reading →

New Year’s Resolutions

Enjoy these New Year’s Resolutions for pregnant woman and feel free to add your own! I will take my prenatal vitamin every day. I will not forget. I will enjoy that single bowl of Rocky Road ice cream. I will maintain good posture. I will do my kegels every day. I will take the epidural if I need it and not feel guilty. I will quit smoking, for good. I will go to bed early and take naps often, because I can. I will not be ashamed of my pregnant body. I will exercise lightly. I will drink 8-10 glasses … Continue reading →

Dealing With Constipation During Pregnancy

It’s one of the most common complaints in pregnancy. The most regular of women can suddenly find themselves all stopped up. It’s extremely uncomfortable, even downright painful sometimes. Constipation during pregnancy is caused by the hormone progesterone which slows digestion, and is often made worse by all the iron in your prenatal vitamins. Fortunately there are some things you can do to help with constipation that are completely safe for you and your baby. * First of all, talk to your doctor about your prenatal vitamin. It may have more iron than you need. There are many different supplements out … Continue reading →

Top 10 Reactions to a Positive Pregnancy Test

You’ve just found out that you are pregnant. How do you react? 10. You send your husband to the store to buy a second test. The more high tech, the better. If they came out with a pregnancy test that could verbally tell you, “Congratulations! You’re pregnant!”, you would probably buy it. 9. Take a photo of the pregnancy test and post it on the Pregnancy forum on Families.com to see if your forum buddies think it’s positive, too. “Is that a line? Is it an evap?” 8. Google “early pregnancy symptoms” and mentally check off any that you are … Continue reading →