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May 1st, 2013CineMama
Time-lapse pregnancy slideshows are a trend for expectant mothers these days, and the latest app, CineMama, is using this trend to their advantage. This app is available for iPhone and is a fun way to turn pictures into a video and share it through social media.
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Yoga and Pregnancy
March 1st, 2013The little blue line confirms the presence of your new baby. A smile rises from within, igniting your whole being, and an aura of responsibility for another being suddenly takes hold of you. For the next nine months, you become entranced with and sensitive to your growing baby, awakened by each of their movements and hiccups.
Prepare yourself physically and mentally for the birth of your babyHealth News: DHA Supplementation
March 1st, 2013DHA, a member of the omega-3 fatty acid family, is one of nature’s most critical nutrients, playing an essential role in every stage of life. DHA makes up 97 percent of the fatty acids found in the brain and 93 percent in the retina.
Maternal Folic Acid May Benefit Baby’s Brain Health
January 1st, 2013A study published in Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found that mothers who took folic acid supplements during their pregnancy reduced the likelihood of childhood tumors by 45 percent.
While some foods are enriched with folic acid, more research shows that the body absorbs the synthetic version of the vitamin much better than the natural version.
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Calcium Supplementation: What’s a Girl to Do?
January 1st, 2013A recent report suggests that calcium supplementation could be linked to heart attacks. But adequate calcium intake (from both food and supplements) helps with bone health in pregnant women, reduces preeclampsia, and has a positive effect on the growing fetus.
Amos Grunebaum, MD, lists five guidelines for women to remember:
The Mindful Mother
October 1st, 2012Thanks to raging hormones, new mothers often experience an array of unpleasant emotions during pregnancy. In fact, one in five women go through major depression during these nine months, and many don’t like the idea of taking antidepressants out of concern for the safety of their baby.
Mindfulness yoga is here to save the day!
Health Tips: The Mindful Mother
September 1st, 2012Thanks to raging hormones, expecting mothers often experience an array of unpleasant emotions during pregnancy. In fact, one in five women go through major depression during these nine months, and many don’t like the idea of taking antidepressants out of concern for the safety of their baby.
Mindfulness yoga is here to save the day!
Health Tips: 5 or More Cups of Coffee a Day Reduce Success of In Vitro Fertilization
September 1st, 2012Women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day severely reduce their chance of success from in vitro fertilization treatment. The study showed that the consumption of five or more cups of coffee a day reduced the clinical pregnancy rate by 50 percent and the live birth rate by 40 percent.
Increase Your Fertility
September 1st, 2012The dream of motherhood is not always the easy, blissful, or idealistic journey you may have imagined it to be. That twinkle in your eye may take much longer to realize than many parents initially thought.
6 pregnancy tips to rememberObesity Now an Issue for Unborn Infants
August 1st, 2012Doctors in Britain have begun administering the diabetes drug metformin to unborn babies of morbidly obese mothers-to-be in an attempt to reduce the fetuses’ weight.
