Boosting foetal brain development and protecting against neural tube defects, folic acid is recommended as the number one supplement for all mums-to-be; now a new study finds that it could also prove ...
Category: Healthy pregnancy
Pregnancy Diet Plays a Big Part in Children’s Later Health
Sticking to a healthy diet during pregnancy is not just about ensuring your baby develops well inside the womb; your food choices can impact the health and eating habits of your child way beyond po...
Sleep More to Slash Your Gestational Diabetes Risk, says Study
Catching zzz's isn't always easy whilst pregnant; perpetually bursting bladder, night sweats, a bump in the way of every comfortable position...Mission Near-Impossible. (more…)...
Top 5 Tips for Taking Beautiful Pregnancy Photos
Many of us feel less than our best when pregnant. Perpetually sweaty and uncomfortable, our 'glowing' visage blotched with brown spots, and every move restricted by an unwieldy, Mr. Blobby-esque physi...
Exercise During Pregnancy: When, Why and How
I'm gonna be honest, here. It's awesome that the trend for celebrating real women's bodies, particularly post-birth, is catching on. It truly is. And nobody needs a self-esteem boost quite like an exh...
Five top pregnancy pillows
Some mums swear by support pillows for pregnant mums and other call it a ‘short lived luxury’ but the truth is that pregnancy complicates sleep – that giant belly and unwieldy body makes getting...
Proof that unborn babies feel a mums’ stress
It’s no secret that babies in utero pick on a mum’s stress; there have been a mass of studies that say as much. But there has never photographic evidence…until now! Researchers from Durham and ...
50+ Most Popular Mocktails app
So we all know that alcohol is a suggested no-no during pregnancy. There is some debate around a cheeky glass of red a couple of times a week but the hardtack liquor found in the likes of cocktails is...
How to minimise pregnancy weight gain
A new study by Penn State College of Medicine in the US has revealed that a mum-to-be’s attitude during pregnancy has a direct correlation to the amount of weight she will gain. The research focuse...
Need extra energy during labour? Try a protein shake
A new study by researchers from the department of anaesthesiology at the West Virginia University of School of Medicine in Morgantown, V.W, have found that protein shakes can give women energy during ...
