Tag: pregnancy
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Keeping Yourself Safe While You are Pregnant
Today I wanted to share with you some tips on how to ensure that you and your baby are safe throughout your pregnancy. Most of pregnant mother’s continue doing their normal routine and don’t think twice about protecting themselves as much as possible from potentially dangerous situations. Dangerous situations can increase the mother’s stress levels.…
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Uplifting Families Was Established to Help Other Families – What I Want People to Remember When They See Uplifting Families
Welcome to my page! Thank you for stopping by Uplifting Families. I wanted to take the time and thank all of those people that have made Uplifting Families successful. Without your love and support, my blog wouldn’t be where it is today. I started blogging in November of 2011, shortly after my youngest son was…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Story of My Final Pregnancy
I was super excited and nervous when I found out that I was expecting in September of 2010. Just a few weeks before I found out, I was watching my mother struggle with her battle with Pick’s disease. Pick’s disease is a rare form of Alzheimer’s that affects the frontal lobe of the brain. In…
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What to Expect During A C-Section Delivery
A C-Section is a major surgery and can be very scary for most moms, it was for me. I was terrified when the ultrasound technician discovered that my son was breech. My doctor order an ultrasound to check my amniotic fluid levels once I reached 40 weeks because with my oldest son, my fluid levels…
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What is Implantation Bleeding?
If you are expecting your period, implantation during early pregnancy often mimics the signs and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, especially if you don’t know that you are pregnant or your pregnancy is a complete surprise. Implantation bleeding occurs in roughly 1 to 2 percent of women and many women often mistake it for their period. Implantation…
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Lamaze Birthing Classes are Designed to Empower Expectant Mothers
The Lamaze birthing technique is probably the most common child birthing technique that is taught by hospitals and child birth educators. This birthing technique was created by Dr Fernand Lamaze in the 1940’s to help women cope with the pain of childbirth. He felt that women were capable of giving birth without the need of…