9 months of pregnancy in a minute!
I love this video of a pregnancy from 4 weeks to 32 weeks. It shows how a woman’s body changes shape week by week.
Category: Pregnancy
"A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months,
in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die." - Mary Mason
Being pregnant can be the most exciting, wonderful time, the scariest, most worrying time, or the time when you just feel sick and fat. Whichever it is for you, whether it is your 1st time or this is your 4th child, welcome to online mum.
Sunshine vitamin – cuts risk of premature births
A new study reveals that women who take Vitamin D when pregnant can cut the risk of premature birth.
The dramatic findings suggest that “mothers who were given ten times the usual dose of Vitamin D during pregnancy had their risk of premature birth reduced by half and had fewer small babies… No test showed any adverse effect of the large dose of vitamin D.” *
This is great news. If a simple vitamin can help boost the health of babies and prevent premature birth, surely every woman should be encouraged to take it. Read more »
Cheese and pregnancy
Yet again eating cheese when you are pregnant has hit the headlines.
“Sainsbury’s shopworker refuses to sell pregnant woman Cheddar cheese” *
But can you eat cheese when you are pregnant? Read more »
My pregnancy – 10 things I NEEDED to survive!
Looking back, there are some things I would NEVER have got through pregnancy without…
1. A body pillow
Basically a pillow that was 5′ long. I would never have been able to sleep without it. I would sit my bump on it and cross my leg on top of it to get ‘comfy’. We named it Rachel. This seemed to make it easier for hubby to sleep with ‘her’ every night! Read more »
Giving birth – where, who with, and how!
No matter how quicly or slowly your pregnancy seems to be progressing, your due date will come round REALLY fast. It is never too early to think about how you want your labour to be. For some women Doctors will make the decision for them, sometimes medical support is the primary priority.
If you and your partner need some ideas on birth and labour support have a look at the following: Read more »
