Category Pregnancy

Keeping fit during pregnancy

Keeping fit during pregnancy can be really challenging. Things like fatigue, morning sickness and back pain can all be extremely discouraging to mothers to be trying to maintain any kind of fitness regimen. Frequent exercise during pregnancy strengthens the muscles…

Getting a healthy post-pregnancy body

It’s no secret that your body changes significantly during pregnancy and once you’ve had your baby it won’t look or feel the same as it did before you were pregnant. Many moms feel despondent about the changes in their body…

The first eight weeks of your pregnancy

The first eight weeks of pregnancy is a crucial time for both the mother and the developing fetus. During this time, the fertilized egg travels down the fallopian tube and implants itself into the uterine wall, where it begins to…

What to expect in your third trimester

Third trimester 28-40 weeks…Finally! The last stage of your pregnancy. What to expect? JOIN OUR PREGNANCY FORUM HERE Unfortunately, the third trimester can be as demanding as the first.  You may find you need to visit the toilet more frequently again,…

The first trimester – what is happening?

It still feels so unreal but also the least enjoyable trimester. Read more and find out why. I always found it confusing that you could be 4 weeks pregnant when you have literally just found out about the pregnancy –  because…

Morning sickness tips and how to deal with it

Morning sickness can strike a pregnant woman at any time. We share a few tips to deal with morning sickness. Is there anything good about it? The good? No good. No good whatsoever, sorry to report. Except maybe the thought…

7 Weeks pregnant – what to expect

Congratulations, you are seven weeks pregnant! You may start to feel a bit “different” now. Of course, if it is a planned pregnancy and you and your partner have been trying to fall pregnant for a while, you’ll be in…

10 Weeks pregnant – what to expect

It is amazing how much growth happens in this period, just over a short span of time like a week. Although it does feel as though the morning sickness is a dragging nightmare, chin up, because not long now and…