Category: What to Expect

  • Top 15 Must Haves to Pack into Mom’s Hospital Bag During Pregnancy

    Top 15 Must Haves to Pack into Mom’s Hospital Bag During Pregnancy

    What items do I need to pack in my hospital bag when preparing to have a baby?  Most new moms tend to over pack their own hospital bag and most of the items that they take with them are safely tucked away in their bag and are not used.  Most of the time the hospital…

  • Top 10 Baby Items to Pack in My Newborns Hospital Bag

    Top 10 Baby Items to Pack in My Newborns Hospital Bag

    What should I pack for my baby while staying at the hospital?  Depending on the hospital that you are delivering at most of the time the hospital will provide you and your baby with basic necessities.  In fact, when I was pregnant with my first baby I had no idea what I needed to take…

  • Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy

    Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy

    Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that affects pregnant women typically during the third trimester.  Most women who are diagnosed with gestational diabetes have never experienced or are predisposed to having symptoms of diabetes.  In fact, all of a sudden pregnant women may have an excessive amount of glucose in their bloodstream.  Especially, after…

  • 15 Pregnancy Superfoods – Ensure Proper Nutrition During Pregnancy

    15 Pregnancy Superfoods – Ensure Proper Nutrition During Pregnancy

    Pregnancy isn’t the time to skimp on nutrition.  In fact, while you are pregnant you should eat a variety foods healthy foods to help support your growing baby.  While you are pregnant, your baby will take all of the important nutrients that your baby needs before you even get nutrients from the food that you…

  • Fun Ways To Determine Your Baby’s Gender – Am I Having A Boy or A Girl?

    Fun Ways To Determine Your Baby’s Gender – Am I Having A Boy or A Girl?

    From the moment I found out that I was expecting with each one of my children, I couldn’t wait until I was able to have ultrasound done during the later half of the second trimester so that I could find out the gender of my baby.  In fact, I have figured out how some couples…

  • 18 Tips to Ease the Symptoms of Morning Sickness

    18 Tips to Ease the Symptoms of Morning Sickness

    Many mothers who have been pregnant before will tell you that morning sickness usually hits around the sixth week of pregnancy and it typically goes away during the twelfth week of pregnancy.  There are a few unlucky women who have to deal with the symptoms of morning sickness throughout their entire pregnancy and doesn’t go…

  • 8 Tips for Pregnant Mom’s to Survive a Summer Pregnancy

    8 Tips for Pregnant Mom’s to Survive a Summer Pregnancy

    The summers seem to be getting hotter and hotter each year.  It is not always possible to avoid a pregnancy during the summer months, if not more mom’s would avoid it.  If you do end up pregnant during the summer months, you can expect that it will feel hotter outside than a normal summer due…

  • Why Didn’t Anyone Warn Me About the Severe Leg Cramps During Pregnancy?

    Why Didn’t Anyone Warn Me About the Severe Leg Cramps During Pregnancy?

    When I was pregnant with my daughter, I remember waking up in the middle of the night with severe, painful leg cramps.  I noticed that I began experiencing these leg cramps towards the end of my second trimester and it lasted until I delivered.  These cramps would happen quite frequently and the only way that I could…

  • 3 Alternative Ways Doctors Induce Labor Without Using Medication

    3 Alternative Ways Doctors Induce Labor Without Using Medication

    Women who are nearing their due date are often tired and miserable, which is to be expected, when you are nine months pregnant.  Most people will tell you that your baby will come when he or she is ready, if your like me, you will get tired of hearing this phrase.  However, it is important…

  • When Induction Becomes Necessary – 3 Popular Ways To Induce Labor

    When Induction Becomes Necessary – 3 Popular Ways To Induce Labor

    A pregnant mom often begins to feel as if she is going to be pregnant forever during those final weeks of pregnancy.  Most moms are miserable, are unable to get comfortable, and sleeping is often difficult due to being uncomfortable.  In fact, the closer you get to your due date the more anxious and nervous…