Beat Pregnancy Nausea And Cravings With Your Diet! Although pregnancy nausea is often blamed on a woman’s changing hormones, it’s important to remember that some hormones are produced in the gut… This mostly-forgotten fact may partly be why a woman’s digestive system seems to rebel in early pregnancy! A [...]
Where Body And Soul Meet Diets and exercise plans are so yesterday! And yet, good nutrition and physical activity are the fundamentals that shape mind and body health. Contrary to popular opinion, it can be easy to eat well and be fit as a fiddle. There are a number of innovative [...]
Period Problems – Solved! Menstruation – the one week a month we love to hate, and yet, something we have to come to grips with … Read up more on what it is, how to combat PMS and some common menstruation problems. The menstrual cycle is about more than just your [...]
Frequently Asked Fertility Questions – Answered! How can I work out when I’m ovulating? Ovulation, the most likely time to fall pregnant, usually occurs close to mid-cycle. In an average 28 day cycle, where Day 1 is the first day of your menstrual period, you would mostly ovulate on [...]
Endometriosis - What Women Need To Know This is one of those lifestyle-related conditions that plague many women. Often, women themselves hold the key to alleviation. Endometriosis is a condition that occurs when the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus, known as the endometrium, grows outside of [...]
Bladder Infections - The Nitty Gritty Details Did you know that at least 56% of women will have a urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetime, and for many these often recur? The most common UTI is an infection of the bladder. Although urine itself is sterile, the proximity [...]
Shaken Baby Syndrome Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a form of child abuse that occurs when a baby's brain or eyes are injured because he was shaken to such an extent that his brain bounced back and forth against his skull. SBS usually occurs in babies younger than two [...]
Away With Postnatal Emotional Problems It’s normal to experience a bit of emotional upheaval when a baby is born. Most women get ‘baby blues’ or ‘third day blues’ a few days after giving birth and have a week or two of increased anxiety and emotionality before things return to [...]
Calcium Really Counts Did you know that women absorb calcium better during pregnancy than when not pregnant? Even outside of pregnancy, calcium is one of the body’s most important and abundant minerals, forming 2% of a person’s body weight. Although mostly associated with promoting healthy bones, calcium is used [...]
When Crying Is Colic And When It Is Not Colic is often the first suspect when newborns cry a lot, and nothing seems to help. But, not every cramp and cry is colic – often Baby just has digestive discomfort which can be solved if you think out of [...]
