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When you’re pregnant, you need more water than the average person in order to form amniotic fluid, produce extra blood, build new tissue, carry nutrients, enhance digestion, and flush out wastes and toxins. Since you need more water during pregnancy, how much is enough? It’s recommended that you drink 8-12 glasses of water a day […]

1. Colour your room During pregnancy, one needs to relax a lot. And there can be no better place than the bedroom for this purpose. The bedroom, for example, should make you feel calm and relaxed, whereas the dining room should make you feel more lively and sociable. Red raises a room’s energy level and

Kegel exercise is a form of pelvic floor exercise that involves squeezing and relaxing muscles in the pelvic and genital areas. And now what are pelvic and pelvic organs? Pelvic organs include the bladder, uterus, small intestine, and rectum. You can improve and maintain your bladder and bowel control by increasing the strength, endurance, and

For some reason, a lot of mum to be want to have a belly only pregnancy like the ones shown in magazines cover — perhaps it sounds “ideal” or seems like it will be easier to lose afterwards. How we gain weight in pregnancy depends on our body type and genetics. Some of it is

Any mother will remember how much effort she put into eating a healthy diet, while she was pregnant. The trend slowly moved to expectant mums turning to prenatal supplements to expecting to have a healthy and an “intelligent” baby. However, experts and researchers now suggest that many of these daily vitamins are of little or

Looking back, I could should have done things differently when I was pregnant and I can’t help thinking about the things I didn’t do because of anxiety, personal insecurity and lack of time. Now, with the baby, I regret some decisions I made when I was pregnant. I don’t regret them enough to try and

Dads play an active role during pregnancy to lower moms’ stress levels and help in making a healthier environment for the growing baby. The foremost important thing for a dad to understand is the terms used in pregnancy. You don’t need a dictionary, it will get added on its own to your everyday use of

The basic principles of healthy eating during pregnancy remain more or less the same – getting plenty of fruits, vegetables, lean protein, whole grains and healthy fats. If you are pregnant, you will definitely find yourself in need of some good snacks someday, because one thing pregnancy is sure to do is, increase your cravings.

Hospital emergency rooms, hallways and even children’s hospitals around the world are flooding with coronavirus patients as the pandemic engulfed much of the world this year. However, doctors at several hospitals scattered across the globe noticed that one ward of their facilities was conspicuously quiet: the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). NICU is usually busy

For many women, the most common symptoms of morning sickness are their first signs of pregnancy. Morning sickness is also known as nausea/vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), emesis gravidarum, or pregnancy sickness. However, many would prefer to call it “anytime sickness,” as the nausea can come and go (or even be worse at other times of