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5 Lies Pregnant Women Like to Tell
(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”...
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Pregnancy Week 31 – Heartburn Remedies
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...
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My Gestational Diabetes Screening
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...
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10 Videos That Can Change Your Pregnancy
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...
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Hospital Bag For Labor Checklist
Baby’s first clothes 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...
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The Perfect Pregnancy Workout
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...
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Pregnancy Week 32 and Plus 9 Kg
31 weeks pregnant 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...
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Affirmations for Childbirth
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...
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Prenatal Classes – Lesson 1
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...
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Childbirth Breathing Techniques
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...
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5 Surprising Ways To Give Birth
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...
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5 Top Birth Songs
Yes, I’m a freak, I managed to compile 500 songs for my birth playlist. But then I thought – hey, what if I had to make a CD and choose only around 20? So I did it and then I thought – there are really...
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Pregnancy Week 33 – She’s On Her Way
32 weeks pregnant belly She seems more and more real to me with the hiccups and the stretching in my belly and even reminding me to be happy – when I once got sad and started crying she was obviously...
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Childbirth on the Love-Making Continuum
An inspirational phrase for pregnancy is my homework for tomorrow’s prenatal lesson. I did read around 15 books on pregnancy so it is quite likely that this sentence came from one of them, anyway, here...
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First Stage Of Labor – Latent
Today during our second prenatal class we learnt about the first (latent) stage of labor (dilation around 1 cm), which can last between a few hours to a few days! If you don’t go to a prenatal class...
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Hypnobirthing – Women Are Made To Have Babies
On the one hand it seems like I’ve been pregnant for a long time, on the other hand days are flying for me now, so it’s only logical that I prepare for childbirth. HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method: A...
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HypnoBirthing – The Mongan Method
Preparing for childbirth, I keep reading Today I would like to share with you my favorite quotes/takeaways from HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method: A natural approach to a safe, easier, more comfortable...
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Growing Pregnant Belly Week By Week
(Scroll down for pictures of pregnancy.) The pregnant belly is a mystery (well not for your gynecologist, but still), it’s where the miracle of life starts (really that would be the fallopian tube but...
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Pregnancy Week 34 – Same Weight As In Week 26!
33 weeks pregnant I’m already starting my 34th week! How exciting!!! While baby is steadily gaining weight – exactly as Pregnancy Day By Day indicates, I am at the same number of kilos as I was in week...
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Mexican Bola
The Mexican Bola is a musical pendant worn by pregnant mums. It’s worn on the belly and the sound of a tiny xylophone inside the pendant comforts the baby inside your womb. The subtle chime sound can...
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