Needless to say, having friends around who’ve gone through pregnancy can help us navigate the potholes along the way. Web MD has a ‘Pregnancy Exchange” where women ‘talk’ to each other about a variety of topics, come up with creative solutions to dilemmas, and generally help each other get through the rough spots. Take a …
Continue ReadingEating Well to Fight Postpartum Fatigue
We’ve all been there… feeling like a walking zombie, whether its day or night, the fatigue of having a newborn can be trying. Remember your body has also been through a trauma, and is recovering slowly. If you learn to eat well and graze during the day on healthy foods you will notice that you have more energy during the day. …
Continue ReadingPregnancy Weight Gain
What’s the right amount to gain during pregnancy? The answers are different if you are overweight or underweight and varies from woman to woman. A patient who begins a pregnancy with weight issues should have a total weight gain of 15 to 25 pounds, but your ob/gyn can guide you along with each prenatal visit. …
Continue ReadingColic Survival Guide
You bring your newborn home and for weeks you marvel at your “perfect” baby who does little more than sleep, eat, poop, and cry once in a while. Then one evening a few weeks later, like Mount Vesuvius, she erupts with ear-shattering wails of volcanic proportions, complete with clenched fists and an angry red face. …
Continue ReadingBaby Shower Guide – 10 easy steps
Here is an informative guide for the perfect baby shower. Our friends over at Firsttimepregnancy.com have put together a great list of ideas from guest lists to invitations to entertainment!!! Read here for more…..
Continue ReadingStay-at-Home Dad Survival Guide
Its not only Moms who need a survival guide. Recently, growing numbers of men are deciding to stay at home with the kids and let their wives deal with rush hour traffic and casual Fridays. After having made the decision there are of course many issues to deal with. This article points to some of …
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