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Pregnancy is so wonderful and important and that is why I have started my doula training. Hopefully this year I will attend my first birth. Listed below are some other posts I have on pregnancy, along with some great links.
Pregnancy Site, Books, & Tips
Mothers of Preschoolers, ages 0-5
Birthing Links
Free Pregnancy Fitness Help
I am going to start doing a topic of the day with tips, sites and reviews or products. Anyways, todays site is so beautiful, but before you click, let me explain it.
The site is I am Pregnant.com. Pregnancy is such a such an amazing part of life. Anyways this site is all about pregnancy from trying to delivery I believe the site says. However there is a naked model on the front page of the site for symptoms of pregnancy. That is the warning I wanted to give. But it can show you what is going on with the baby during each week of your pregnancy, and help you through the ups and downs of the pain and excitement. Here is the link.
So to go with the pregnancy theme, the tips I would like to share today are about pregnancy. I have done a lot of research since my last pregnancy on being a doula, so in learning so much more about being pregnant, I have some tips to offer that I will follow the next time around.
1. I would definitely get a doula- somewhat like a midwife, helps you through pregnancy, labor, delivery, and bringing the baby home and adjusting within the family.
2. Massage Therapy or seeing a Chiropractor, or bonus, Both. I went to a Chiropractor at the end of my last pregnancy and just one adjustment made a huge difference. Check with your doctor or doula before going to either though.
3. Healthy Diet, from all the reading I have done, having a healthy diet, like fruits and vegetables is suppose to help morning sickness, or as though of us who have been pregnant might say, first trimester sickness.
4. Exercise. Pilates for pregnancy seems to me like such a great exercise. I love pilates, and though I don’t do it enough, I know just a little of the exercise can make a difference within a couple of days, and is so relaxing. Also I have heard that walking is great for pregnancy, because you can do it all the way through.
5. Never turn down help. All trimesters of pregnancy have their down times, like aching backs, nausea, tiredness, and many more. So when someone offers help, take it, the rest would be well worth it, and the person helping would feel good that they helped you, so you both win.
Pregnancy items, products, reviews:
What to expect the website group
What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Third Edition
Pregnancy Secrets- e-book with extras
Being pregnant is so great, lol, putting on those extra pounds. But when I was pregnant I worried about all the weight I was gaining, and could not find much help for it online, because the sites were only geared to people who were not pregnant, and it would say to talk to your doctor and all of that. Well now I am not pregnant, and I need to lose weight so I went to Spark People, a free site for people trying to lose weight, and saw that there is also a site like it called Babyfit, it is also free and helpful and informative about your pregnancy, what your babe is up to in there and keeping you both healthy. It is free so it is atleast worth a try if you are pregnant and worry about eating right and taking care of yourself while you are carrying your wonderful bundle of joy.
