Nutritional Therapist Jackie Lynch shares her advice on the best foods to eat if you are trying for a baby… If you’re looking to start a family, then it makes sense to ensure that you and your partner are giving yourselves the best possible chance, by eating a healthy diet that is full of the ...
Pregnancy is amazing and being a mother is incredibly special, but to get from one to the other, you need to give birth and that’s the bit most of us aren’t so keen on. Few of us relish the thought of giving birth to our baby. Yes we can’t wait to meet the individual we’ve ...
Now that you are pregnant, it’s more important than ever to ensure you are eating a healthy and balanced diet full of the vitamins and minerals that your developing baby needs… A is for Avocados – Avocados are fantastic for you and your unborn baby’s health. A nutritional ‘superstar’ the avocado is packed with goodness ...
Morning sickness effects as many as 85 per cent of women in the early stages of pregnancy and is the term given to the symptoms of nausea and vomiting often experienced in the first trimester. While you may feel awful, there is the comfort in the fact that normal morning sickness is not in any ...
A shocking new report by Holles Street Hospital in Dublin revealed that one in five babies born there weigh over 10lb and run the risk of being ‘fat for life.’ The results followed a study of 358 women at Holles Street, Ireland’s busiest maternity hospital and also revealed that only 20 per cent of women ...
Are you overdue and impatient for your baby to be delivered? Here are some of the most commonly used methods to kick-start labour naturally… Before we begin it’s important to stress that none of these methods should be attempted unless you are 40 weeks pregnant as by this stage your cervix will be ‘ripe’ and ...
Are you normally calm, collected and on top of everything and now you’re, tired, teary and irrational? Don’t worry…you can blame it on your hormones! Pregnancy is a complicated process that involves massive physical change. These changes are the result of different hormones preparing your body for the development, growth and delivery of your baby. ...
Pelvic pain during pregnancy is relatively common. In fact, it is estimated that one in 35 women will get pelvic pain. Symptoms include: Pain in the pubic area and groin; Pain in the inside of the thighs; Lower back and hip pain; Pain while walking, moving or going upstairs; An audible ‘clicking’ sound that you ...
Surely pregnancy is an excuse, if any were needed, to go a little easier on ourselves. To chill out and relax and to stop asking too much of ourselves. Not so for a small proportion of women who insist on seeing pregnancy as another field of endeavour in which to ‘go for gold’ and who ...
What does your reading indicate for your pregnancy? Sharon Dempsey Measuring and recording blood pressure is an essential part of your antenatal appointment, but few of us ever give it a second thought until a problem arises. During a healthy pregnancy the hormone progesterone makes the arteries relax. This means that the heart does not ...
