The Food You Consume Can Influence Your Unborn Child

The miracle of human development, which begins from two cells and is completed when a new human organism is ready to be born, is a complex process that requires the expecting mother to consume a great variety of nutritional substances in different quantities and at the right time.

Baby Shower Match Game and Other Easy Ideas

How to set up the Match Game for a baby shower, with creative prizes. Plus three additional games that are easy to prepare and play.

Creative Birth Announcement for Twins

Having a twin may bring new excitement and adventure in your life you. The thoughts of sending out birth announcements may be crossing your mind every now and then ever since you discovered you were pregnant. Baby announcement notes for twins that are sent through mail to your family and closest friends only signify that a new life is brought to world.

Who Wants a Natural Childbirth? Prepare with Prenatal Yoga!

Prenatal yoga is a powerful way to prepare for your natural childbirth. Practicing yoga throughout your pregnancy will help you to increase your flexibility, master your breathing, and tone your muscles.

The Stages of Pregnancy

For pregnant women, it is important to note on the various stages of pregnancy so that you will be able to anticipate what changes to occur and tailor the care you are doing for your body, and for the loved ones, coordinate the support needed by the pregnant woman.

Signs of Being Pregnant

Pregnancy brings about a lot of changes in the body. The signs of being pregnant are essentially the same yet, ironically, vary from woman to woman. Also, there are women who may experience some symptoms within a few days after conception, while others begin to experience and take notice of these signs a few weeks after conception.

Why Piano Students Knew More About Sex Than The Other Kids In My Home Town

The center for sex education in Auburn in the mid-to-late 40’s was not the home, the church, the school, or the health clinic. Not that these did not contribute to our growing body of knowledge – they certainly did – but the center for the dissemination of actual facts was a piano studio on Jasper Way.

How Doulas, Midwives, and other Childbirth Professionals Can Best Nurture Their Clients

Practical tips for birth workers on tuning in and supporting clients in the childbearing year.

Consicous Pregnancy - How to Have the Healthiest, Most Positive Pregnancy

Don't let fears and worry rob you of having a healthy, happy pregnancy. Here is everything you need to know to get fully present and enjoy the process of being pregnant.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

The ill effects of alcohol consumed during pregnancy causes a pattern of mental and physical defects in some unborn babies, known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Fetal alcohol syndrome was named in 1973 by two dysmorphologists, Kenneth Lyons Jones and David W. Smith of the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle.

Natural Childbirth or Not?

Many pregnant women spend allot of time debating if natural childbirth is for them. It is such a decision to make for any expecting mom. Many women falsely believe that natural labor will make them a better mom, when in fact that has nothing to do with motherhood.

Do You Have Morning Sickness?

One of the biggest signals of being pregnant is that awful feeling of morning sickness. How can you describe it? Unless you've ever been pregnant it's impossible for anyone else to really know how if feels.

Infertility or Imbalance?

There is no such thing as infertility; it is a myth! Many factors can cause a woman to have difficulty conceiving, but once these factors are overcome and a woman's body is restored to health, conception can occur naturally.

So You Want a Natural Childbirth? Think About a Water Birth

You'd like effective pain relief during labor, but you're worried about the side effects of drugs. You want your baby's birth to be gentle and intimate, but you're worried about the harsh transition from womb to world. What can you do?