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Great Workouts For Expecting Moms

Great Workouts For Expecting Moms

These Are the 3 Best — and Safest — Workouts to Do While Pregnant When determining your exercise goals during pregnancy, always begin by checking in with your medical professional to find out if exercising is right for you and your pregnancy! Currently the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise per week for non-complicated pregnancies. Exercise prescription while pregnant should follow the same guideli

More Storytime Means Better Development

More Storytime Means Better Development

A mother reads to her 13-month-old son. [GateHouse Media Services/File] Lisa S. Scott: Maximize the benefits of story time for babies Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs like Reach Out and Read and hear from a variety of health professionals and educators that reading to their kids is critical for supporting development. The pro-reading message is getting through to parents, who recognize that it’s an important habit. What this ever-present advice t

Follow These Steps to Stay Positive this Winter

Follow These Steps to Stay Positive this Winter

Fight the Winter Blues During Pregnancy Simple steps to avoid prenatal depression during the dark, cold months. In Milton, Ontario, Canada, where Janice Smith lives, a February day might reach 5 degrees and darkness sets in well before the workday ends—conditions that trigger Smith's yearly bout with seasonal affective disorder, aka SAD or winter depression. "In winter, I can barely get out of bed in the morning, and I typically retreat from my friends," she says. So Smith's

Top Tech Products for New and Future Parents

Top Tech Products for New and Future Parents

10 High-Tech Pregnancy and Parenting Products That Moms Love The way parents raise kids has seriously changed from a hundred years ago — and you can chalk a lot of parenting advances up to modern technology. From conception to grade school, tech gadgets and apps can help track everything from breathing to pooping, protect children online and in real life, and — let’s be honest — give you a little peace and quiet when you just can’t take another round of "I Spy." We asked 10 m

Sleeping positions Recommended by the Famous

Sleeping positions Recommended by the Famous

The Best Sleeping Position during Pregnancy (Celebrities Advice) All mothers-to-be have troubles sleeping as their pregnancy moves along, but celebrities have access to more specialists and better products than us,regular people. Luckily, they are willing to share what helped them get some Z’s even with a bigbaby bump so if you want to be treated like a queen it’s time to take notes (or have your significant other take them). Today we’ll talk about sleeping positions that wil

Newborn Girl attempts to Walk minutes after Birth

Newborn Girl attempts to Walk minutes after Birth

‘WALKING’ NEWBORN BABY STUNS MIDWIVES – VIDEO Nurses in a Brazil hospital were left shocked after a newborn baby girl appeared to make attempts to walk just minutes after she was born. The video of the baby, which was uploaded to social media on Friday, has stunned viewers who declared the new born attempt to walk is nothing short of a miracle. In the video, a midwife is seen cradling the little baby across the chest and supporting her weight with one arm, as the wrestles to

How to Avoid Extra Weight Gain During Pregnancy

How to Avoid Extra Weight Gain During Pregnancy

Revealed: How much weight gain during pregnancy is too much (and the five tips to stop you from putting on extra fat) Excessive weight gain during pregnancy ups health risks for mothers and babies Obese pregnant women also have a higher risk of birth complications Children of obese mothers at a higher risk of becoming obese as a child or adult They are also more likely to have autism or ADHD, research suggests Yet half of mothers-to-be gain too much weight, according to resea

New Technology can Identify Over 190 Diseases in Newborns

New Technology can Identify Over 190 Diseases in Newborns

A new DNA test will look for 190 diseases in your newborn’s genetic code But not all parents may want to know the results. Using a swab of saliva from a newborn’s cheek, a new DNA test will probe the baby’s genes to search for 193 genetic diseases, like anemia, epilepsy, and metabolic disorders. The $649 test is meant for healthy babies, as a supplement to existing screening tests. In the US, the government recommends a newborn screening test that looks for a minimum of 34 di

Planning for the Big B-day

Planning for the Big B-day

How to plan for the birth a mom-to-be wants It is important for a woman to take time early in her pregnancy to think about the kind of birth she wants, and then take steps to increase her chances of getting what she wants. This means creating a birth plan, becoming an active participant in her own care and using her health team as a resource, not unquestioned authority. Her birth plan should outline things like her preference or not for pain medication during labor and delive

Healthy Pregnancy Tips for Mid 30's

Healthy Pregnancy Tips for Mid 30's

Pregnancy after 35: Healthy moms, healthy babies If you're older than age 35 and hoping to get pregnant, you're in good company. Many women are delaying pregnancy well into their 30s and beyond -- and delivering healthy babies. Taking special care can help give your baby the best start. Understand the risks The biological clock is a fact of life, but there's nothing magical about age 35. It's simply an age at which various risks become more discussion worthy. For example: --

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