Pregnancy | Pregnant Possibilities

Your Baby Can Hear You

Long before they are born, babies are thinking, feeling and even acting. They can learn and remember. The renowned conductor, Boris Brott, found that he knew a piece of music sight unseen. He was surprised to discover that it was a piece his mother, a professional cellist, had practised many...
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20 Pregnancy Symptoms You May Not Expect

There are lots of things to know about pregnancy – things that don’t get mentioned very often or could be too embarrassing to mention to anyone. So, what weird things might you face during pregnancy? 1. You can get nosebleeds. This actually is often due to the increased blood in...
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Squatting for Birth Preparation

By Katy Bowman of Katy Says One of the biggest supporting arguments of natural and non-hospital births is that the birthing process is a instinctual and natural event, happening for hundreds of thousands of years without outside aid. This is true. But there are many additional things the hunter-and-gathering mother...
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Pregnancy Complaints

Typically, morning sickness begins about the same time the placenta begins serious production of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a special pregnancy hormone around week six of pregnancy. In most women, symptoms peak during week eight or nine and wane after week 13. The good news is that morning sickness seems...
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Probiotics during Pregnancy can reduce the occurence of Gestational Diabetes

We all know that prenatal nutrition impacts upon the health and well-being of the child, but it can also impact on the mother in the long term. A recent Finland study examined the safety and efficacy of perinatal probiotic-supplement in conjunction with dietary counseling by evaluating pregnancy outcome and fetal...
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Pelvic Floor Exercises vs Squatting

Article written by Mama Sweat… Recently I met a woman who told me she used to be a runner. Naturally, I asked: Why don’t you still run? The answer: “Because 60 hours of labor with my first child and a forceps delivery ruined my desire to run anymore.” To sum...
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What is Homeopathy and how can it help you?

Homeopathy is perfect for women in their childbearing years because it is a gentle yet highly effective system of medicine. During pregnancy, some women prefer to live with the discomforts and minor complaints, such as morning sickness or constipation, rather than seek treatment due to the concerns over the possible...
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Hypnotherapy for Conception, Pregnancy & Birth

Hypnotherapy or the use of hypnosis for emotional and physical healing is known worldwide to have many benefits. Having regular or occasional session with a hypnotherapist when pregnant or wanting to conceive is no different to going to the gym with a personal trainer to keep your body in great...
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Baby Brain – the real cause

Baby Brain or Pregnancy Brain: A temporary condition whereby short-term memory loss or forgetfulness occurs that may happen in the first trimester but more common in the third trimester of pregnancy and may continue into the postpartum and breast feeding period. Studies have shown that a pregnant woman’s brain by...
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20 Pregnancy Symptoms you may not expect!

There are lots of things to know about pregnancy – things that don’t get mentioned very often or could be too embarrassing to mention to anyone. So, what weird things might you face during pregnancy? 1. You can get nosebleeds. This actually is often due to the increased blood in...
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