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Easy ways to get fit for labour from pregnancy fitness expert Amanda Hargreaves
By Kimberley Smith on 08/06/2011 11:17:20
Pregnancy exercise is great for you and your baby and can help make your body prepare for labour, but there are some things to bear in mind as a working out mum-to-be
really cut the hours you spend in the delivery room!Fitness expert Amanda Hargreaves, is championing pregnancy exercise, encouraging mums to keep active right up to birth (and beyond!). We grilled her on how to get fit for you and your baby.Where to start
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Real mothers: breastfeeding experiences
By Louise Cook on 11/09/2006 09:31:29
Voices and experiences from the real-life end of breastfeeding
and decided that at three weeks I would move to a mixture of breast and bottle feeding, so that my husband Niall could ensure he was involved. Unfortunately, this was not to be."Tabitha was born weighing 11 pounds, a beautiful and healthy baby and I was keen
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Spring Pregnancy
By ThinkBaby on 17/05/2008 01:21:42
The weather heats up, pollen is in the air – how to cope with a spring pregnancy!
clothes that still fit you! If you're only just pregnant, you might not be suffering so much (unless you're in the throes of morning sickness). But if you are into the second or third trimester of your pregnancy, here's the ThinkBaby whistlestop guide
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Why music is so important when you're giving birth
By Rachel Beckett on 21/09/2011 09:32:16
iPod at the ready! Plan your soundtrack for delivering your baby and you could have a smoother birth
tunes which energise, relax or just lift our mood. All of these can be useful in labour. Trials show that music can lower perception of pain, help to regulate heart rate and breathing, reducing the amount of morphine type drugs needed. Music can also
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The home birthing option
By Maria Muennich on 17/06/2009 01:32:58
The government plans to make home birth an option to all mums in two years' time, but is it worth the fuss?
be missing out on: currently only one in five women is even given the option of a home birth and just 2% of babies are born at home. So is home birth an option worth considering and how do you go about securing one if you decide it's right for you?If you
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No more babies for Amanda Holden
By Anna Lewis on 28/02/2012 11:37:56
After nearly dying during the birth of daughter Hollie, Amanda says her family is perfect
on Britain's Got Talent.After admitting that they weren’t ready to talk about the traumatic birth of Hollie straight away, the couple have only recently revealed the horrific details, which saw Amanda flatlining for 40 seconds after losing “13 to 15 litres
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The first 48 hours after birth for baby
By Maria Muennich on 12/04/2008 02:32:10
How your baby adjusts to life outside the womb
to open their lungs up fully, but some babies breathe quietly without crying, and a few will need a little help to establish breathing. As your baby starts to breathe, his body releases hormones stimulating his heart to take oxygen-rich blood from
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Breath holding in babies and toddlers
By Sarah Lawson on 13/11/2006 01:03:02
Shock, anger or frustration can sometimes lead to breath-holding. In smaller children, the reaction is genuine, older toddlers may be doing it for effect. How can you read the signs?
There are always those moments, when a child has tripped or bumped into something, when we hold our breath: is our baby going to be soothed happy again or are we about to see a wave of traumatised tears? However, breath-holding in children
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Third Trimester: Staying Healthy
By ThinkBaby on 06/04/2009 01:17:14
Feeling good and staying well is perfect in the last weeks of pregnancy, but what kinds of health problems might be round the corner?
It's when you get to the third trimester of your pregnancy that the reality of the impending birth really hits home. Now, your bump is getting bigger, you can feel your baby move and, even if you didn't suffer from early pregnancy discomforts like
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Babies and hot weather
By Laura Lee Davies on 13/06/2006 00:15:25
Just as you do, your baby will feel the heat in hot weather – and need to dress and drink liquids appropriately.
has a chance to do this.You're already aware of the importance of making sure your baby isn't too hot or cold in bed or the bath, but at this time of the year, your heart goes out to babies who have to be kept covered up but not too hot.Keeping out
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