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Men - is your body ready to make a baby?
By Maria Muennich on 29/04/2010 17:38:35
When trying to conceive, much of the attention is the woman, but your health and fertility is half of the conception equation. Here's what you should know as a would-be dad...
steaming) to keep in the vitamins and slash your intake of sugary drinks and caffeine. The more foods you eat as close to their natural state as possible, the better. Here are some specific ideas on how to improve your diet for conception. Watch your weight
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The wonder of water in pregnancy
By Laura Lee Davies on 10/09/2010 01:47:32
Water is an important part of everyone's diet, but can you drink any water when you're pregnant, and how much is safe per day?
body work better at processing all the other nutrients you're taking in for you and your baby.Interestingly, drinking water helps fight water rentention, too. Regular intake means your body isn't worried about clinging on to what it's got! Why water
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Five easy ways to boost energy in pregnancy
By Maria Muennich on 17/08/2009 01:13:01
Making another human being can put quite a strain on the system so here are some simple pick-me-ups to help keep you going and maybe even put a spring in your step
to the high-sugar, low-nutrition foods that will deliver a quick sugar rush. But it's exactly these kinds of sugar peaks and lows that tax your system and ultimately tire you out further, so think again before you reach out for that sugary snack. What your
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Drinks for your baby at 10-12 months
By Clare Firth on 29/11/2010 05:08:43
Your baby still needs around a pint of milk a day. We explain how to keep this in her diet and how much water she should be drinking
may take longer to drop feeds, as they may enjoy the comfort of feeding more. Don’t worry if your baby’s milk intake is dropping; this is a normal consequence of her upping the amount of solids she eats. As she approaches 12 months, food will take over
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Your pregnancy superdiet
By Hilary Pereira on 11/05/2009 01:53:47
With so much conflicting advice flying about, nutrition during your nine months can be a nightmare...
plenty of starchy, carbohydrate-rich foods to provide energy; lots of fruit and vegetables; and moderate amounts of milk/dairy foods and protein-containing foods such as lean meat, fish, beans and pulses. In particular, you will need plenty of folate
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Pregnancy cravings
By Laura Lee Davies on 26/09/2009 01:50:31
Sitcoms and TV adverts would have the world that all pregnant women begin to eat coal, or pickles and ice cream as soon as they get pregnant, but what's fact and what's fiction?
, and so on. And one of the side effects of these hormonal changes is that it can affect your sense of taste.For some, this might mean they go off certain foods or drinks that they enjoyed before. Neccessary changes to your diet As well as the hormonal
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31 weeks pregnant. Just nine weeks to go
By Maria Muennich on 12/08/2008 07:55:22
What's happening this week and what you can usefully do to gear up for the birth
for your stomach, so you might well find that you are easily over-faced by food, getting full quickly and uncomfortable easily, as well as finding that some of the richer foods you usually enjoy are a too much for you now. Indigestion and heartburn
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Do children need vitamin supplements?
By Laura Lee Davies on 20/02/2009 01:28:49
When babies and toddlers are still developing their feeding habits, does their diet really need a supplement of vitamins?
'. However, there is no reason why those first foods you try him with shouldn't be giving him the best nutritional start possible.What do babies and toddlers really need?Like any of us, it's important that a baby or toddler eats a varied diet to take
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The good vitamin guide
By Cheryl Freedman on 30/09/2011 11:56:32
Concerned your newly weaned baby isn't getting all the nutrients he requires? He may need to take a vitamin supplement – read on to find out why
nutrient intake. If you do decide to use a supplement, make sure it’s not instead of a balanced diet: keep trying to introduce new foods and a wide range of nutrients at this stage, as fussy eating is likely to become more ingrained the older your baby gets
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Hyperemesis – A survivor's pregnancy diary
By Karen Davis on 11/09/2008 01:39:48
A personal account of how one mum-to-be got through severe morning sickness that lasted throughout her pregnancy
he booked an appointment for me three days in a row to check my fluid intake each day. By this stage, I was drinking only half a glass of water a day although bizarrely I could nibble food. On the third appointment my partner drove me to the surgery
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