Pregnancy dental care
With all the changes that the hormonal balance shifts of your pregnancy are having on your body, your teeth and gums can also be affected.
Dealing With Stress During Pregnancy
Add pregnancy to the mix of an already busy life and stress can follow. Try our ideas for ways to release the tension.
Hair care during pregnancy
Just like your skin and body, your hair can also be affected by your pregnancy. While some women report that their hair has never looked so lustrous and thick, others experience some hair loss.
Essential pregnancy equipment
Find out a few things that are essential to making your life easier during pregnancy
Alcohol during pregnancy
As with many drugs, alcohol crosses the placenta. The more alcohol that is consumed during pregnancy, the more likely it is that the child will experience significant long-term learning and behavioural problems.
Pregnancy anxiety
Crazy emotions are all a natural part of pregnancy. If you're feeling overwhelmed, read through some of our helpful tips and remind yourself that you're not alone.
Pregnancy mood swings
Mood swings during pregnancy are normal. Sometimes simply understanding that (and ensuring that the people closest to you also understand) is all you need to cope.
Exercise during pregnancy
Being fit and healthy can help prepare your body for labour and the physical and emotional demands that caring for your newborn baby will bring.
The Impact Of Age On Fertility
There are many reasons couples delay starting a family, but advancing age does have an impact on both partners' fertility - in fact, it is the single biggest factor affecting the chance to conceive and carry a healthy baby to full term. We take a look at the range of factors that over time cause a decline in fertility and getting pregnant.
Myths about fertility
The female menstrual cycle is still one of the most misunderstood human biological processes! Find out what myths are being spread and the truth behind them.
Your Pre-Pregnancy Checklist
Just like most other major decisions in life, pregnancy is something that benefits from some careful planning. To provide the best care for both yourself and your baby, being well-informed and prepared can make the experience much more enjoyable. Join us as we take a look at things to consider before you start trying to get pregnant.
Getting ready to conceive
Before you start trying for a baby, here are a few things you may want to think about and talk to your doctor about.
Ten Reasons To Use Billings Ovulation Method™
Fertility control should be reliable, harmless, immediately reversible, and inexpensive. And it shouldn't detract from the pleasure of sex.
The Billings Ovulation Method™
By learning to identify natural signs of fertility, you can use the Billings Ovulation Method™ to achieve or avoid pregnancy and to safeguard your reproductive health.
Your pregnancy at week 41
Did someone forget to tell baby your due date because it doesn't seem as if he is making any moves to leave the comfort of your womb.
Your pregnancy at week 40
Don't be discouraged - only 5 per cent of babies are born on their due date with most babies coming within a week of the day estimated.
Your pregnancy at week 39
It would be unusual for you not to be uncomfortable and feel huge at this time. Your uterus has filled your pelvis and most of your abdomen and it has pushed everything else out of the way.
Your pregnancy at week 36
At week 36 your baby is perfecting her Ulnar grip reflex and will show this off to you when you put your finger on her palm after she is born.
Your pregnancy at week 34
All five senses within your baby are now working. She can see, hear, smell, taste and touch and can even taste what you had for dinner a few hours later
Your pregnancy at week 33
During week 33 your baby's head will grow by up to centimetre in circumference – a huge spurt in a short time period.
Your pregnancy at week 32
All five senses within your baby are now working. She can see, hear, smell, taste and touch and can even taste what you had for dinner a few hours later
Your pregnancy at week 24
At week 24 baby is now looking and behaving much the same way now as she will when she is born
Your pregnancy at week 22
During week 22 your baby's skin will make the transformation from being translucent to opaque. No longer will you be able to see everything underneath all of that skin.
Your pregnancy at week 14
Week 12 in your baby's development continues to see fast physical development. Follow your baby's growth with week by week pregnancy information.
Your pregnancy at week 13
Week 12 in your baby's development continues to see fast physical development. Follow your baby's growth with week by week pregnancy information.
Your pregnancy at week 9
This week the baby's eyelids have started to develop and a nose is starting to form, making a nice change from the nasal pits decorating the baby’s face of a few weeks ago.
Your pregnancy at week 6
Follow your baby's development through your pregnancy with weekly development updates. This week is week 6 and your baby's heart is already beating.
Your pregnancy at week 8
Your baby will now have five little ridges on each hand and foot.
Your pregnancy at week 7
Just last week your baby looked like a tadpole and now it is turning into a proper critter.