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Countdown to Baby: 7 Tips to Help You Prepare for Having a Baby

by DP Nguyen 6 Comments

Tips for After Your Baby is Born

Countdown to Giving Birth

Once the excitement of your baby’s presence has set in, and your pregnancy progresses through its beautiful and sometimes challenging phases, there are many important tasks to focus on as you prepare yourself for “go-time.”
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Using a Heating Pad While Pregnant – Safety Tips

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Heating pads in pregnancy

Heating pads in pregnancy

Using a heating pad while pregnant is considered safe, and it offers a safe alternative to having to take medications to deal with every day pregnancy aches and pains.

Heating pads are wonderful for treating achy backs, leg cramps, and achy joints and muscles in pregnancy. You can also ease your pain by taking a hot – but not too hot – bath with epsom salts.

An epsom salt bath is also perfectly safe for pregnant women. But just make sure that the water is not too hot. [Read more…] about Using a Heating Pad While Pregnant – Safety Tips

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Using a Heating Pad While Pregnant: Is it Safe?

by DP Nguyen 2 Comments

heating pad while pregnant

Can you use a heating pad while pregnant? This is a commonly asked pregnancy question, and a very good one. Heating pads can be effective in relieving sore muscles, aches and pains. If you’ve ever been pregnant, you know that you have lots of physical discomforts during pregnancy.

Naturally, many pregnant women are worried about heating pads, because experts have advised them to avoid saunas and hot tubs in pregnancy, due to the risk of raising their core body temperature.

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Green Tea in Pregnancy: Benefits and Risks

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Green Tea During Pregnancy

Green Tea During PregnancyFor over 4,000 years, Asians have sipped and enjoyed green tea as a warming beverage and a form of traditional medicine. Green tea has its origins in China, but it’s beloved in all the Asian countries – including Vietnam, China, Thailand, Japan, and Taiwan. In traditional medicine, green tea is believed to help with digestion, regulate blood sugar, and control bleeding.

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Tanning When Pregnant – Is It Safe?

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Tanning While Pregnant

Tanning While PregnantAll the physical changes that occur during pregnancy can make you feel unattractive. From acne breakouts to bouts of gassiness to swollen feet and ankles, being pregnant isn’t the sexiest feeling in the world. So naturally, tanning while pregnant sounds like a good idea. After all, having sun-kissed skin looks great, and it can do wonders for your self-esteem.

But just how safe is tanning when pregnant? Is it something to stay away from, or is it generally considered safe? The answer depends on the method of tanning.

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Riding a Roller Coaster When Pregnant

by DP Nguyen 6 Comments

roller coasters and pregnancy

roller coasters and pregnancySpending a day at an amusement park is a fun family activity, but if you’re pregnant, you’ll want to avoid the main attraction – the roller coaster. It’s probably safer to play games in the arcade, game booths, or another activity that keeps both feet planted on the ground.

Although there is no scientific data that says roller coaster’s and high-speed theme park rides are dangerous before the second trimester, there’s also no research that says that it’s safe either. It’s always best to play it safe rather than be sorry later.

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