Pregnant

What is the ramzi theory? Finding out your baby's sex is an exciting time, from the moment you find out you are pregnant you picture yourself with your baby but everything seems to get a little more real when you can visualise yourself with a baby boy or baby girl.

A miscarriage is defined as "the loss of a pregnancy during the first 23 weeks". Somewhere between 8 and 20 percent of pregancies end in miscarriage. Most miscarriages happen before the 12th week of pregnancy, or during your first trimester.

When can I find out my babies gender? Desperate to know pink or blue? Will you be buying pretty little dresses or action hero suits?

You may have just found out you are expecting, if so – congratulations!!!!…

Tips for Managing Grief While Pregnant When you suffer a loss while you are pregnant, it can be a struggle to manage your emotions while trying to not cause too much distress to your baby. While the actions you take, and items you ingest, can have an effect on your pregnancy, your mental state and mood can also play a part in the safety of your unborn child. Finding ways to manage your grief, and still work through any thoughts or emotions, can protect your baby while still allowing you to acknowledge the loss within your life.

Brown Spotting 5 Weeks Pregnant Brown spotting at 5 weeks pregnant is a surprisingly common occurrence for many mums-to-be. Early pregnancy can be a very anxious time for pregnant women, especially for those experiencing brown discharge and/or vaginal bleeding.

4 Weeks Pregnant - What is Happening? Congratulations on your new pregnancy! At 4 weeks pregnant, you have found out that you're pregnant much sooner than most women do. Your baby/embryo at 4 weeks pregnant

How To Support A Pregnant Friend - Virtually Pregnancy is a very special and unique time for any parent-to-be. However, despite all the excitement, pregnancy can also be filled with anxiety in discomfort in lots of expected and unexpected different ways, especially for first-time Mums. Pregnancy can be tough as well as happy, thanks to body changes, hormonal fluctuations, dropping energy levels, and nerves about a new baby. 

tokophobia-fear-of-childbirth Tokophobia is a pathological dread and avoidance of childbirth. It is a distressing condition which can often be overlooked by medical professionals. As well as specific phobia and anxiety disorders, tokophobia may be associated with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Benefits of having a Doula - A Doula is someone (usually a woman) who is a trained professional providing emotional, physical and educational support to women and birthing people before, during and after the birth of their baby.

Motherhood is a challenging task as you have to go to the edge of a lot of trials, pain, joy, and more just to see your baby happily and healthily stepping onto this world to bring forth joy in your life, and your entire family.

when-do-you-have-ultrasound-scans-in-pregnancy Ultrasounds help to promote a healthy pregnancy and they offer parents the chance to discuss any issues and receive any advice they require. 

courses-for-expectant-parents Minefield, Insane, Crazy, Scary - these are just some of the words expectant parents use to describe this new chapter in their life.Let's face it, from the moment we see two lines on that pregnancy stick, our world as we know it changes. We no longer just think about ourselves and at this point... family life begins!!! Many parents admit "googling" literally everything when it comes to childbirth and keeping calm. And lets be honest the unknown is scary!!

benefits of having a private midwife - benefits-of-having-a-private-midwife In the UK, there are two types of practising midwives – NHS midwives and private midwives, also known as independent midwives. Independent midwives are effectively self-employed but remain under the same regulatory body as NHS midwives – which is the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). In addition to this, it is a requirement for independent midwives to hold 'professional indemnity insurance'; legal cover for any practice they undertake as a midwife.

Let That Shit Go - 10 Tips to Help You Have a Positive Birth Experience I’m a hypnobirthing teacher and postnatal coach and my passion is empowering women to feel good in their choices, their bodies and their capacity to trust themselves and their intuition.The first time I talk to a new client, I ask her to describe her ideal birth. And I want her to be as detailed as possible. That’s what we are aiming for, during the pregnancy with all the relaxation, visualisation and meditation. We are working towards an ideal birth. Our subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between real and imagined. Therefore it makes sense that that’s what we focus on.Certainly a significant proportion of my teaching is concerned with understanding this principle; if we want a positive birth we need to release negative beliefs and limitations and replace them with and focus on positive ones. Simple. Or is it?