What to Buy for Your Baby by Liat Hughes Joshi and Caroline Cosgrove Easy, accessible style, and loads of practical advice Ma...

sickness and anxiety. Second trimester the choice widens – neroli, most citrus (mandarin’s a common favourite), frankincense. For the third trimester it’s more of the same, but in the last 2-3 weeks we use more ‘preparing’, ‘pre-birth’ oils, including clary

to feeding chairs for more help.What could come in usefulSmall containers for storage: especially at first, your baby will only be eating small amounts, but it’s easier by far to prepare in bulk and freeze or chill what’s leftover. At stage one, ice cube

). Preparing your perineum for childbirth Perineal massage It’s a practice that’s been going on for centuries and there is some evidence that daily massage to the perineum in the 6-8 weeks before the birth can help to pre-stretch the area so that it

to pregnancy gingivitis (bleeding gums), that acne you thought you’d left behind as a teenager and your increased propensity to sweating. Human placental lactogen (hPL)This one prepares your breasts for lactation, regardless of whether you choose to breastfeed