The Fun Times Guide to Pregnancy

By Regina on Nov 20, 9:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

Traveling While Pregnant - 6 Ways To Travel Safe When You're Pregnant

Sometimes it's hard to know what's safe for you and your unborn baby. Travel is one of those things that pregnant women often question.

Fortunately, it is safe to travel, as long as you keep a few things in mind:

If you travel during your first trimester, you may be uncomfortable due to nausea. So it's important to bring something with you to help with that.
When you get up from your seat, be sure and hold onto the seats -- because your center of gravity is different when you're pregnant.
Get up and walk around every 2 hours. Blood clots are a problem when you're seated for too long. Walking every couple of hours will help to reduce the risk.
If you're traveling after your 8th month of pregnancy, be sure and carry your pregnancy records with you so that if you go into labor or have a problem while you're gone another doctor can view your pregnancy records.
If you're traveling to a foreign country, be aware of infections that you could be exposed to that could harm your baby.
Have an emergency plan in place -- especially if you're traveling late in your pregnancy.

Will you be traveling during your first trimester? Are you worried about what you can do to combat nausea and other symptoms of morning sickness while in car for a long time -- or maybe on board a train or plane? There are several natural cures for morning sickness. They are easy to do, and you can carry them with you when you're traveling.

By Regina on Nov 19, 9:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

4 Foods That Can Boost Your Fertility When Trying To Get Pregnant

Did you know that what you eat when you're trying to get pregnant is just as important as what you eat when you're pregnant?

That's right, science has shown there are certain foods that can actually help to boost your fertility.

To get you started (and so you can start adding these foods to your diet right away), here are 4 foods that will help you increase your chances of getting pregnant:

Almonds. Almonds offer the best protection from free radical damage, a type of damage that affects cells, including sperm and eggs.
Wheat Germ. Wheat germ has Vitamins B6, E, and selenium, all of which help to prevent miscarriage once you get pregnant.
Pizza. This one's for the guys. The tomatoes and onions assist sperm in growing stronger.
Canola Oil. Canola oil is loaded with omega 3 fatty acids which help to protect your eggs and keep them healthy.

Worried about taking care of your skin once you get pregnant? Lots of women are. Fortunately, there are lots of foods that are good for you and your skin.

By Regina on Nov 18, 9:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

Inducing Labor: The 5 Ways That Doctors Can Induce Labor

If your baby is late in coming, your doctor may decide to induce labor.

When your doctor induces labor, he will try one or more of these 5 different methods for inducing labor:

A finger inserted to separate the amniotic sac from the cervix. This causes the body to release prostoglandins and induces labor.
Your doctor may give you synthetic prostoglandins to get labor started.
A plastic balloon device may be inserted into your cervix and then filled with water to ripen the cervix.
Your doctor may insert a plastic hook into the cervix and break the amniotic sac to help induce labor.
You may be given the drug Pitosin to strengthen your contractions.

Concerned that your doctor may have to induce labor? Learn how to tell what position your baby is in in the womb.

By Regina on Nov 17, 9:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

The Evolution Of Infertility - Does The Environment Play A Part?

Infertility is something that about 10% of couples deal with when trying to become pregnant.

It can be frustrating and upsetting when you're trying to conceive and find that for some reason you aren't able to.

Many doctors are now saying that part of the problem is how polluted our environment is. Another doctor, Dr. Oren Hasson an evolutionary biologist, has a bit of a different take.

Dr. Hasson believes that it is evolution that has turned our bodies against us forcing men to create supersperm, and women to create an environment that only allows one sperm to fertilize an egg and which kills off all other sperm.

As a couple's bodies fine tune to each other, they combine with the problems of evolution mentioned above, and create a situation of infertility.

Here are some different viewpoints regarding infertility, as documented in baby blogs which document individual mothers' stories about infertility.

By Regina on Nov 16, 9:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

Fun Pregnancy T-Shirts & Baby Onesies With An Attitude

When you're pregnant, there are lots of fun ways to bring attention to your belly... and your personality!

Don't like people touching your pregnant belly? There are maternity t-shirts with slogans like:

Ever been slapped by a pregnant chick? Touch my belly and live the experience!
Rub my belly and I will barf on you!
Or my personal favorite, "Hands off the bump!"

There are also cute little onesies you can get for your baby:

If you don't like my attitude then stop talking to me!
It's not gas, I just want you to go away!
If you're not here to change my diaper, then you're wasting my time!

Want more fun pregnancy stuff? Check out these pregnancy tickers!

By Regina on Nov 15, 9:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

Pregnant With Morning Sickness? Metoclopramide May Help

A new study found that metoclopramide, an anti-nausea drug, is safe for pregnant women to take to ward off morning sickness.

82,000 births where this drug was used were analyzed. The study found that no difference in the number of birth defects between the women who took the drug and those who did not.

Despite this, many women still will not take a drug to control morning sickness. The reason? In the past, such drugs have caused deformities in babies and mothers simply don't want to risk that.

For more information on this new finding, consult The New England Journal of Medicine.

By Regina on Nov 14, 9:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

Warning: Pregnant Women Can Get STD's

We don't often worry about getting an STD (sexually transmitted disease) when we're pregnant, but the fact is you can contract one if you're not careful and/or not in a committed relationship where both partners are monogamous.

There are 3 ways to prevent yourself from contracting an STD during pregnancy:

Abstain from sex.
Only have sex within a mutually monogamous relationship where you know your partner is clean because he's been tested.
Use condoms when having sex.

STD's can harm your baby by causing the baby to be stillborn, have a low birth weight, or even be born with conjunctivitis, pneumonia, deafness, blindness, hepatitis, meningitis, liver disease and several other problems.

For these reasons it's important to avoid getting STD's when you're pregnant.

For more information, visit these sites:

By Regina on Nov 13, 10:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

EXPOSED: Certain Foods Are Dangerous To Eat When You're Pregnant!

Did you know there are some foods that are actually dangerous to eat when you're pregnant?

When you're pregnant, your immune system is much more susceptible to being compromised than when you aren't pregnant.

There are a number of foods that you should avoid eating while pregnant:

Eggs and milk products that aren't pasteurized. This leaves them open to being tainted with bacteria that can cause infections and endanger your pregnancy.
Lunch meat and hotdogs. This also includes cured meats like ham too! They can be tainted with listeria monocytogenes another type of bacteria.
Soft serve ice cream and frozen yogurt. These can contain listeria.

There is one other item you want to be sure is pasteurized before you buy it. I bet you would never think of this one. After all, apple cider is perfectly safe to drink, right?

Well...yes and no. If you purchase your apple cider at a farmer's market for example, it might not be. Not all of the apple cider at markets is pasteurized, so it's simply a good idea to ask before you buy.

By Regina on Nov 12, 10:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

Premature Births Are On The Rise, But It's Not Clear Why

Premature babies are a fact of life, and most moms-to-be know there is always a possibility that their baby may be born premature.

However, in the last 20+ years, premature births have increased by 36%, and doctors don't really know why.

In fact, in 40% of premature births, the cause is unknown.

When the cause of premature birth is known, it's usually one of these reasons:

Infections
The uterus being overstretched as can sometimes happen in cases of multiple births
Bleeding such as can happen with placental abruption and placenta previa
Either the mom or the baby -- or both -- are under some kind of stress.

By Regina on Nov 11, 10:00 AM | Unpublish this post | 0 | 0 Comments

VIDEO: 9 Months Of Pregnancy In 20 Seconds!

If you're newly pregnant and want to see how you're going to look over time, then this is the video for you! You can see in 20 seconds how much your body changes in 9 months.

I really liked the end too, where you get to see the new baby as well.