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When a baby makes three
Having a baby changes your life forever – but how do you deal with the stress it puts on your relationship? Relationship expert, Suzanne Drew-Edwards, show you how to baby-proof your partnership. One of the happy by-products of having a baby is that it can bring you and your partner closer together. Yet even though this might be…
Anxiety in pregnancy
No matter how much your pregnancy was wanted and planned for, and no matter how much you are looking forward to the birth of your baby, you may have moments of anxiety and even fear. Sometimes, severe anxiety can cause physical symptoms, including palpitations (rapid beating of your heart), headaches, nausea, diarrhoea and rashes. Anxiety…
Pregnant and stressed?
Besides the physical stresses of pregnancy (nausea, backache, swelling, etc.), many pregnant women also face their own situational stresses, such as work life, finances, and family relationships. Add in all the questions and even fears you might face regarding your pregnancy, and you may really be feeling the pressure. How do I know if I’m stressed? You may already have…
Posted in Pregnancy, Pregnancy Health
Tagged antenatal depression, Baby, Caffeine, Cortisol, depression, headache, Miscarriage, nausea, Nicotine, Placenta, Pregnancy, premature birth, Sleepless Nights, Stress, tension headaches
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Antenatal depression
Antenatal depression is surprisingly common yet not much is known about it. Pregnancy is a time when the world expects you to be a cheery person – blooming with good health and optimism (despite morning sickness and other problems). However, according to a study carried out in 2001 by Dr Jonathan Evans at Bristol University,…
Pregnancy incontinence
At times during pregnancy, many women find that they wet themselves slightly when they cough, laugh, exercise, bend over, or lift something. This condition is known as stress incontinence – very embarrassing, but extremely common. Your pelvic floor muscles are under considerate strain during pregnancy. They have to support the weight of your growing uterus,…
Posted in Pregnancy, Pregnancy Health
Tagged Amniotic fluid, bladder, Incontinence, Pelvic floor, Pregnancy, Stress, Urinary incontinence, Urine infection, Uterus
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Postnatal depression: help from partners and friends
Practical help from partners and friends Look after the babies, for example take them out for a walk in the buggy so your partner can have half an hour to herself. Play with them while she has a shower/ bath or gets dressed. Help with the baby-related chores, especially towards the end of the day…
Posted in Post natal-pregnancy, Pregnancy
Tagged depression, Help, PND, postnatal depression, Stress, support
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Coping with the early days
Having a baby is a major life event and like any big life event, it brings stresses with it. In addition, you also have to cope with lack of sleep, which is stressful too. Here are a few tips for coping with the stresses and exhaustion of the early days: Get as much rest as…
Posted in Baby, Baby Care, Online antenatal classes
Tagged antenatal class, Baby, babyworld online antenatal class, Birth, class 10, exhaustion, Sleep, Stress
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Anxiety about birth
Anxiety or fear about the birth is very common. It can range from mild anxiety to a phobia of birth, called tocophobia. Anxiety or fear of the birth can happen not only to women who haven’t given birth before, but also to those who have had a previous birth experience which has left them traumatised…
1 in 4 Women forced to reconsider or delay having a baby due to the recession
The annual Red Magazine Fertility Report 2011 Baby prices haves dropped more than house prices, with the average amount women would pay to conceived dropping by 20% The recession is having a direct effect on birth rates, with one in four women being forced to delay or reconsider having a baby, according to the 2011…
Posted in Advertorial, Conception, Infertility, News
Tagged Baby, Fertility, fertility report, financial, Infertility, IVF, ivf cycle, Money, Pregnancy, recesssion, red magazine, Stress
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Stress management for working parents
Work stress is a major challenge facing the UK workforce at present with Government figures showing that one in five people suffers from workplace stress. A recent article in The Times about the long hours being worked in the UK includes statements such as: Millions would happily put in a few extra hours during 2010…
Posted in Money matters, Parenting styles, Work Postnatal
Tagged Business, Day care, Parenting, pregnant worker, Stress, working, working parents, Workplace stress
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