Satisfying Alternatives for Pregnancy Cravings Looking for healthier ways to quell cravings? Try these suggestions culled from moms and experts such as Catherine Jones, co-author of Eating for Pregnancy: An Essential Guide to Nutrition with Recipes for the Whole Family. When you’re hankering for salty snacks, try air-popped or light popcorn, whole-grain pretzels, baked … [Read more...] about Eat this – not that to curb pregnancy cravings
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Book Review: Perfect Hormone Balance for Pregnancy
Get off the Hormone Roller Coaster. Are you putting up with a lot of discomfort instead of sailing through pregnancy? If your answer is yes, this new book by an ob/gyn and reproductive endocrinologist might be for you. Dr. Robert Greene’s Perfect Hormone Balance for Pregnancy: A Groundbreaking Plan for Having a Healthy Baby and Feeling Great will put you on track for a … [Read more...] about Book Review: Perfect Hormone Balance for Pregnancy
Road rules for traveling pregnant moms
Road Rules for traveling pregnant moms Summer road trips don’t have to be off-limits now that you’re pregnant. Here’s what you need to know for safe long-distance travel by car When and Where to Go Your second trimester, 13 to 26 weeks into your pregnancy, is the best time to travel—you’re over the constant queasiness but still have plenty of time before your due … [Read more...] about Road rules for traveling pregnant moms
Tips to avoid Melasma from the sun during pregnancy
Getting even a few extra rays during pregnancy can put you at risk for developing melasma, a skin discoloration that’s also called chloasma or “the mask of pregnancy.” While the condition does not cause medical complications in mom or baby, it is visible as brown patches, often on the face. Why does melasma crop up? “During pregnancy, the skin cells that make pigment become … [Read more...] about Tips to avoid Melasma from the sun during pregnancy
How to get your Wife Pregnant & Deal with Fertility Issues
Making a baby can be pure delight or a nightmare. Fertility issues can destroy relationships. If we leave it to the woman to manage this nightmare, it can lead to an imbalance in the relationship that often has long standing detrimental impacts. Fortunately, if we men get in there and know how to help the process, it can not only make conception a lot easier, it can also bring … [Read more...] about How to get your Wife Pregnant & Deal with Fertility Issues