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FAST – how about getting it over with in 2 minutes? Well it has happened before! A British lady delivered a healthy baby girl in less than 120 seconds after her waters broke. The mother did a lot of walking during her pregnancy and she thinks that the exercise helped the baby’s smooth delivery. No wonder my […]

Although the midwife at my prenatal class said she wouldn’t teach us any particular breathing techniques for labor because our body knows how to breathe, my thirst for knowledge won. I picked up HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method: A natural approach to a safe, easier, more comfortable birthing (3rd Edition) and here’s what I learned about breathing techniques […]

I started my prenatal classes for natural childbirth today and here’s what I learnt: birthing and being a mom is an event you can prepare for, here are some practical things every pregnant lady should do to prepare: PERINEAL MASSAGE – locate your perineum (it’s the area between your vulva and anus). Wash and dry. Apply […]

What are affirmations? In my book Read Me – I Am Magical: Open Me and I Will Reveal 12 Secrets to Love, Happiness & Personal Power. As You Leaf Through Me See How Remarkable You Feel I explain that affirmations are words or phrases that are said over and over in order to affirm thoughts about […]

I lost weight! I had gained 11 kg from the beginning of my pregnancy to week 29 and since then I lost 2 kg! However if you compare the pictures, especially if you look at my growing pregnant belly slideshow you will notice that the bump is getting bigger! So why am I lighter? I’m thinking […]

It’s a catchy title, isn’t it? The PERFECT Pregnancy Workout. Well, to start with, let me say that I don’t think there is something universally perfect for everybody. We are all different and as the old adage goes: “one man’s meat is another man’s poison” but I felt like I owed it to my readers […]

My labor/delivery hospital bag is packed! It’s right under my bed waiting for the big day and it’s…big and heavy! I still have 2 months to go but I had this sudden need to get everything ready. Call it nesting or being a control freak, but it’s there and here’s what’s in it: FOR LABOR […]

It’s one thing to get pregnant, find out that you are expecting around month 3, go through the following months a little worried that you gained weight and then be surprised that a human being is popping out of you. Certainly many centuries ago some women had no idea what was happening to them but […]

Gestational Diabetes Screening is apparently a now standard test for pregnant women between 24 and 28 weeks ( I was a little late doing it in my 31st). While the test is standard, my level of anxiety was most certainly not! I had to stop eating at 8 the night before, get up at 6 […]

A few days ago a stranger finally noticed I was pregnant! It was a little girl standing in line in front of me to get a gelato. She whispered to her friend: “There’s a pregnant lady!” I had to wait 30 entire weeks for somebody to notice but it finally happened! Everything is going great […]

(FARTING) “IT WAS YOU”. I love the “Family Guy” episode in which Peter Griffin farts in the elevator and tells his fellow passenger that it was him! Although I don’t exactly use the phrase “it was you” when I execute one, I have found myself in various social situations, in which I was afraid my […]

I had my 30th week pregnancy ultrasound yesterday and since the doctor was trying out  new equipment it took him around an hour to complete it! I then started wondering: Does my baby like the ultrasound? Do expecting mothers like ultrasounds? How many ultrasounds can you have safely? How many ultrasounds SHOULD you have while […]

“You’re going jogging? Are you crazy? Isn’t that going to hurt the baby?” If I got a nickel every time I heard that, I’d have…well a dollar and fifty cents, but that still means that I’ve been looked down on at least 30 times for my love of fitness during pregnancy. Yet, I might be […]

Pregnancy can be a magical time, full of those amazing flutters in your stomach coming from your baby, when you imagine spending time with him or her, visualize your baby’s face and are so so excited all the time! Or…it can be a time of round-the-clock (not just morning) sickness, bloating, heartburn, fainting, not to […]