Parenting success relies on understanding developmental benchmarks, managing maternal health during and after pregnancy, and implementing effective behavioral strategies for toddlers and teenagers.
During the last nine months, the skin on your belly has been stretched to its limits. Now that your baby has arrived, your belly is smaller but, unfortunately, your skin is still stretched and saggy.
Read more →
If there was ever an important time to eat healthy foods, pregnancy is it. Your baby relies on your intake of vitamins and minerals for proper growth and development so adding a variety of nutritious foods to your diet is healthy for both you and your little one. MayoClinic.
Read more →
In vitro fertilization is often characterized as an assisted reproductive technology where eggs are extracted from the ovaries and then inseminated outside the body before being placed into the uterus. Following embryo transfer, most women must abide by certain restrictions.
Read more →
The best stomach exercises for kids are designed to improve your child's strength in his lower and upper abdominal muscles as well as his core muscles.
Read more →
After having a baby, it's normal to want to start exercising and get back into shape as soon as you can. If you gave birth via C-section, though, you may have to hold off until your body has healed, BabyCenter says.
Read more →
Physical education is an important component for any age, but middle school students are at an in-between period where fitness can have a big impact on their physical health and overall outlook. Middle school is an awkward time of physical development and often significant changes in social relationships.
Read more →
Breast milk can be an optimal source of nutrition for infants, provided that new mothers make healthful food and beverage choices. Dietary preferences can affect breast milk in a number of ways: Certain foods may flavor breast milk, make infants fussy or negatively impact their development.
Read more →
Much is said about the benefits of prenatal exercise, but itโs your fitness level prior to conception that sets the stage for the type of exercise youโll be able to continue throughout a healthy pregnancy.
Read more →
A C-section, or cesarean section, is necessary when a vaginal birth is not possible. Recovery time takes longer after a C-section than after a vaginal birth. Although you can be released from the hospital two to four days after the surgery, you will still need to spend several weeks recovering at home.
Read more →
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) affects up to 10% of pregnancies, increasing the risk of pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP syndrome. Learn about signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and complications.
Read more →
As you approach the end of your pregnancy, you may begin to feel anxious about the end of pregnancy and consider ways of getting labor to kick in so you can meet your baby. This is a natural and nearly universal thought at the end of pregnancy, but it's not generally advisable.
Read more →
Whether you're trying to get pregnant now or want to maintain your natural fertility for later, the use of herbal medicinal therapies is an alternative to taking conventional fertility medication. While teas provide a relatively easy way to ingest herbs, you should consult a doctor before using them.
Read more →
Your abdominal muscles are weakened and stretched after birth. Some of the best types of exercises to tone and tighten your postpartum abs are those that work your transversus abdominis, or lower belly muscles.
Read more →
Although team sports can provide fun-filled memories that can last your child a lifetime, they are also a teaching tool for the development of important social skills. Sports can teach him to be competitive, yet fair and honest.
Read more →
Once you and your partner have decided to have a baby, you're probably impatiently looking for signs that you've accomplished that goal. If it's taking longer than you expected to get a positive pregnancy result, you might be wondering if there is anything you can do to up your chances of conceiving.
Read more →
Everything you consume during pregnancy has the potential to affect your baby in a positive or negative way. You may not think twice before sprinkling feta cheese on your salad or cooking it into your eggs, but the wrong type of feta cheese can actually be dangerous for you and your unborn baby.
Read more →
As you approach the end of your pregnancy -- and in some cases, pass your due date without delivering -- it's natural to want to induce labor. While there are many natural and herbal induction techniques you may have heard about -- red raspberry leaf tea among them -- few have any support in the scientific literature.
Read more →
Kickboxing is a fun and effective exercise, but you should think carefully before incorporating it into your exercise plans during your pregnancy.
Read more →
Prenatal vitamins are a great way to give your baby a jump start on the road to good health. They can help you feel better and stay healthy, too.
Read more →
Becoming pregnant seems to bring up dozens of new questions pertaining to every facet of your life. You may already know, for example, that getting regular exercise throughout a healthy pregnancy delivers many benefits to both you and your developing baby. But what type of exercise is safest?
Read more →