Pregnancy is an important but health-sensitive event for every woman. During pregnancy due to the growing foetus in the womb and changes in hormonal levels various physical, nutritious and emotional changes occur to somewhat inconvenience and cause mild problems in every woman during this period. Nausea, (morning sickness) during the early part of pregnancy is thought to be a sign of pregnancy. Back pain is very common too. As women gain weight, walk, sit and work in a new ways, various hormones secreted during pregnancy relax the muscles and tendons. All these can lead to back pain. Back pain usually

There is a whole breed of new-age women who do not choose to have a baby because of work commitments. This new “professional hazard” is spreading like an epidemic especially in metropolitan cities. Professional and personal opportunities have exploded for women over the past 30 years encouraging them to postpone motherhood. A majority of 33% high-achieving women who are childless at the age of 41-55 did not choose to be childless and would still like to have children. They simply forgot that their biological clock ticks in unison with the time-line for other achievements. When to see infertility expert: If

The happiness you feel the moment your little bundle of joy reached your arms is truly immeasurable. However it is important that you know some simple parenting tips that will not only help you make an effective parent but most of all the kind of tips that will help you take good care of your newborn. It is important that you know these parenting tips especially if you are first time parent. Through these you will certainly avoid any accidents and such that will bring you and your family a lot of distress and problems. Being a new mom or

There are many reasons to teach your child to speak another language. Many school curriculums now include foreign languages, some from a very early age, such as preschool. If your child’s school does not include foreign language in its curriculum, you should take steps to facilitate instruction yourself. Travel Convenience Speaking a foreign language makes it easy for your child to travel comfortably to another location. Whether it is for business or a family vacation, your child will reap the social and economic benefits of speaking more than one language.  Also, your child will be able to grasp the culture

Knowing how to read fluently can give your kids the keys to success.  If you are looking for a way to impact the future of your children, consider helping them improve their reading skills.  There are many fun ways that you can help your kids improve in reading without them even realizing it.  Use some of the activities below to help you. Family game night.  Playing games as a family is a fun way of improving reading skills.  Choose games that are on your children’s level and that will encourage them to read. Require them to read aloud during the

Even till a few years ago, teachers and pediatricians used to encourage parents to participate actively in all the activities of their children. But these same people have today realized that some parents take a little too much interest and tend to overwhelm the child. They have coined a new term for it, calling it “over-parenting”,  and, since most of these experts find that mothers are more prone to it and tend to constantly hover and buzz around their children, some wag has coined the term “helicopter moms”. “These are usually highly educated urban mothers, some of whom have given

Well now, when you are ready to welcome the new member in your family and you must have made his/her room and everything ready. But there are a few other things which you will require for yourself and the baby in the nearest future, which is your maternity bag. You should start preparing for your maternity bag just after completion of your seventh month, because its difficult for anybody to prepare it in emergency, you have to take care of very small things for its preparation. Here are some of the items that you need in your maternity bag. Firstly,

Several questions pertaining to pregnancy have been voiced time and again by expectant women. So it’s  no surprise if you find first-time mothers-to-be poring over numerous books, medical journals, listening to any piece of advice that comes their way, just to satisfy their deep-rooted curiosity about motherhood. So here’s help at hand to guide all first-time mothers-to-be safely through pregnancy. To begin with, pregnancy should be well planned. The ideal age would be somewhere between 21 and 25 and postponing it would make things a little difficult. Pregnancy is a physiological process, so essentially there need not be a great

Did you get a BFP (Big Fat Positive as they call it in the motherhood/baby care websites)? So, you are pregnant. Now what lies ahead for you on this beautiful bumpy (pun intended) road in pregnancy? Sharing the news: Sharing the news with family members, friends, colleagues and older kids are all equally important. Colleagues need to know for sure, because back up plans need to be made at your work place during your maternity leave. The sooner, the better they know. You need to break this news in a very careful way to your older kids. Tell them that

When your child graduates from sitting to crawling, crawling to walking and henceforth, you get excited. This is a natural growing-up process. But if your five year- old daughter suddenly begins to show interest in wearing make-up or your 10-year-old girl wants to put on padded bras, or she gyrates to lyrics like Baby Iʼm your slave, Whip me if I misbehave, a popular Justin Timberlake number, its a reason to worry. We hear of such stories all the time and, unfortunately, the trend of children growing up too fast is catching on like wildfire. And, if you as a