What can I eat? Apps for mobile devices.

      What’s safe to eat during pregnancy? Parenting.com’s pregnancy diet and nutrition app, the resource for moms-to-be on what’s safe to eat during pregnancy, has all the info you need. For example, can you eat cheese while pregnant? What about cold cuts, sushi, peanut butter and coffee? Parenting.com’s Can I Eat It? app …

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10 Good-for-You Pregnancy Snacks

by Jacqueline Tourville Following a nutritious prenatal diet? Don’t skip snack time! Snacks are a great chance to get in another serving of a fruit, vegetable, or calcium food. you can read more here. Click here for a free information packet and special coupon for MAZE Cord Blood Laboratories! }

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The Truth About Sex After Baby

  By Sia Cooper Sex after baby is a highly talked about topic when it comes to the postpartum experience. Doctors say “no sex” until after getting the clear at your 6 week postpartum check up. If you had any complications during the delivery, then that time may even be extended. Regardless of when the …

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Green pregnancy: Protect your baby from outside toxins

Having a “green pregnancy” isn’t about morning sickness. During the nine months of pregnancy, more women are paying attention to what’s going on outside of the womb, in an effort to protect the health of their baby inside the womb. Every day there seem to be more  and more ways to protect yourself and your …

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Pre baby bucket list

There are so many things to do and so little time before your LO gets here. Besides all the baby preparing you will need to do, such as the checklists,  the birth plan, etc, you need to plan for a day just for you. It might be filled with pampering, or shopping or a restful …

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Prenatal Checkups and Tests

What You need to Know Pamela Brawer Save a Tot Prenatal care is the care you get while you are pregnant. This care can be provided by a doctor, midwife or other health care professional. The goal of prenatal care is to monitor the progress of a pregnancy and to identify potential problems before they …

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Acupuncture and Morning Sickness

Morning sickness…. It can be a vague feeling of nausea at the start of the pregnancy or being physically sick several times a day. It can disappear after the famous 12 weeks mark or it can go on for months afterwards, up to 20 weeks, sometimes for even longer. Research has shown that between 50% …

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Stem cell hope for multiple sclerosis

Read our updated blog: Hopeful Cord Blood Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis Stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis is now a reality, not just a dream, says a leading neuro-immunologist. Gianvito Martino, director of neuroscience at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, said although the therapy was still experimental, it was yielding some exciting results. Professor Martino …

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Healthy Eating Tips During Pregnancy

Jodi Greebel, MS, RD www.citrition.com There is so much conflicting information out there about what to eat and what not to eat when you are pregnant. Here is a quick guideline of what to eat and what to avoid. What to Include in Your Diet: Variety. A diet with a lot of variety helps you …

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