Eating right during pregnancy can be daunting, especially when you have to master a restricted menu and battle morning sickness. Just ask Mara Palcisco of Loveland, Ohio. When she learned she was pregnant, the systems engineer happily gave up her Tuesday night wine-and-sushi dinners with the girls from work. But while Palcisco’s OB/Gyn provided a list of forbidden foods, the … [Read more...] about Good eats: 6 perfect foods for your pregnancy
Sleep tips for every trimester
9 Months Of Sound Sleep Everyone tells you to get your rest now before the baby comes. Well, sleeping like a baby while growing a baby is no easy feat! But a good night’s sleep is possible.Here are the biggest sleep obstacles you’ll encounter over the next 40 weeks and some tricky ways to get around them. 1st trimester FATIGUE Feeling exhausted—even narcoleptic!—is sometimes … [Read more...] about Sleep tips for every trimester
11 Nursing must-haves
No matter how much you’ve mentally prepared to become a breastfeeding mom, there’s no way to predict what you’ll feel emotionally and physically when your newborn latches on for the first time. “The first week it was painful when my daughter ate, and when she was done, my nipples looked like the top of a tube of lipstick—kind of triangular,” says Kimberley Collins of Ponte … [Read more...] about 11 Nursing must-haves