Category archives: Health & Personal Care

Best Way to Enjoy Your Pre-Pregnancy Period

You’re planning to embark on a brand new life—being pregnant. This new life will have many of its own rewards, but it’s worthwhile to acknowledge the changes brought with this new phase of life.

One of the most important things you can do for yourself and your partner before pregnancy… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Eat Well during Your Postpartum Period

The number of times your newborn wakes to be fed or changed is likely to cause fatigue, so catching up on sleep may feel more impor­tant than eating and drinking. For the same reason, you might not pay attention to what, or even if, you are eating, and you may… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Eat Healthy During Pregnancy

For healthiest pregnancy eating, follow the rules of the USDA’s Food Guide Pyramid. That means eating foods high in protein and complex carbohydrates and low in fat and sugar. If you’re a vegetarian and/or do not eat dairy products or meat, you need to talk to your doctor to make… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Do Exercise During the Second and Third Trimesters

Upper Body Stretches (for Strength and Flexibility)

  •  While sitting cross-legged on the floor, raise your arms out to the sides to shoulder height and then straight overhead. With palms facing each other. Stretch upward while breathing out. Bring arms down and repeat 5 to 10 times.
  •  While sitting cross-legged,

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Best Way to Deliver Your Baby with Cesarean Section

Several conditions that arise during pregnancy or during labor may necessitate a delivery by cesarean section (c-section). You may know you have a very strong chance of having a cesarean delivery before going into labor. Your doctor or midwife has been watching your pregnancy all along. Recent examinations may have… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal with Unusual Food Craving and Spotting during Pregnancy

Along with the common symptoms, you may experience less common symptoms during pregnancy such as unusual food cravings or spotting.

Unusual Food Cravings

You may not have problems with morning sickness but crave unhealthy foods, nonfood items, or may have no appetite during this first trimester. These responses to early… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal with the Situation When Getting Pregnant Isn’t Easy

Perhaps you’ve been trying to get pregnant for six to eight months without results. You may have, or you’re beginning to have, some con­cerns about being able to get pregnant. Or perhaps you already know that getting pregnant may be difficult for you, or you’ve been pregnant before and have… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal with Preeclampsia during Pregnancy

Pregnancy-induced hypertension can develop into preeclampsia. Preeclampsia warns doctors that your body is not handling the preg­nancy well and is a precondition of the toxic state called eclampsia, or toxemia. These days, full-blown eclampsia is rare because at every pre­natal appointmentOBproviders check for its precursors—PIH and preeclampsia—and they take prompt… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal with Postpartum Depression

If any of the symptoms of the “blues” lasts longer than two weeks, you may be suffering from postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a mental health condition that lasts longer than the “blues” and is more disabling to the mother. It is more likely to occur if you have a… Continue Reading…