In recent times, the number of women choosing to have home deliveries has increased drastically. Some do it for the many benefits and others because they don’t really have a choice. If you are grappling with this decision too, here...
Pregnancy is the ultimate gift to every couple, or at least to those that want a child. When you hear it from magazines and other people, it sounds like flowers and sunshine. You imagine rubbing your belly and feeling your...
There may not be many other times in your life that you will be given unsolicited advice more than when you are pregnant. Everybody wants to chip in and tell you what you should and shouldn’t do. It is worse...
The entire pregnancy and birthing experience is hectic, tiresome and full of pain. It is, therefore, only fair that the one giving birth does it on her own terms. In that regard, women have come up with many different ways...
Pregnancy is the ultimate gift to every couple, and one can’t think of anything else that would suddenly lighten up any marriage the way it does. The knowledge that you have a life growing inside you and that it will...
CLOTH DIAPERS OR DISPOSABLE DIAPERS? The debate on whether to use disposable diapers or cloth diapers on babies is still on. Here are a few factors that mums generally use to defend their choices: Health Your choice of diaper should...
HOW TO GET ON WITH WORK AFTER GIVING BIRTH Some women enjoy the period between their sixth or seventh month of pregnancy to the first month or two after delivery. Everyone is so nice to you, your boss even calls...
PREPARING FOR BIRTH: HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Pregnancy is all fun and games until the actual delivery day, or at least, that is a general perception. At some stage in their lives, every woman has probably heard the...
BREASTFEEDING VS. FORMULA FEEDING: THE PROS AND CONS Naturally, the baby’s primary source of nutrients is breastmilk. Some mothers, however, prefer to feed their baby formula that is rich in the same nutrients as those in breastmilk. We shall look...
