Premature Babies: 7 Things You Should Know

Premature Babies: 7 Things You Should Know

If a baby is born before 37 weeks gestation, it is considered premature (about 11 percent of all babies are premature by this definition). Learn what risks premature infants face, common labor and delivery proceedures, and what you can expect. Determining Gestational Age The duration of a pregnancy is measured by gestational age (or the … Read more about Premature Babies: 7 Things You Should Know

How to Stop Your Toddler from Hitting and Biting

How to Stop Your Toddler from Hitting and Biting

It’s never easy to see your baby get hurt, but having someone hurt him on purpose will raise any mama’s hackles. Why do children hit and bite, and what’s the best way to get through the phase? What’s more embarrassing than a potty accident at the mall? What’s worse than your toddler drawing on the … Read more about How to Stop Your Toddler from Hitting and Biting

Genetic Counselors: How They Can Help You Conceive with Confidence

prenatal genetic counselor

Who needs one, what they do, how to find one. Trying to conceive? Time to take a thorough look at your health. Before you try to get pregnant, it’s a good idea to have a medical checkup to make sure you’re in the best possible health. For some people, it’s a good idea to have a genetic … Read more about Genetic Counselors: How They Can Help You Conceive with Confidence

Spacing Babies: What’s the Ideal Interval Between Pregnancies?

When your kid just won’t stop jumping on the couch

How to decide what’s best for you, your body, and your family? You know how you’ll decorate the nursery, which baby names you want, even what daycare your infant will attend. But do you know when to have a subsequent child? Is there an ideal age difference between siblings, and if so what is it? … Read more about Spacing Babies: What’s the Ideal Interval Between Pregnancies?

Your Fertility: Understanding Natural Conception

Your Fertility: Understanding Natural Conception

For better chances of success in conceiving, or in case conception proves difficult, it is important to have a full understanding of the way things are supposed to work. Here’s what you need to know. Human conception is an elegantly simple and marvelously complex series of events. It is important to have a full understanding … Read more about Your Fertility: Understanding Natural Conception

When to Test His Fertility – How to identify and manage Male Infertility

When to Test His Fertility - How to identify and manage Male Infertility

Are you and your partner having troubles conceiving? Learn how to identify and manage male infertility. What Is Semen Analysis? As many as 40 percent of all couples have difficulty conceiving due to some compromise of the sperm count or sperm function; therefore, a semen analysis should be one of the very first tests done for couples … Read more about When to Test His Fertility – How to identify and manage Male Infertility

Treating Infertility Naturally with Herbs, Supplements, and Aromatherapy

Treating Infertility Naturally with Herbs, Supplements, and Aromatherapy

Discover why more and more couples are turning to Mother Nature to answer their fertility problems and whether this route might work for you. Ginseng root, black cohosh, catnip tea. If someone told you these are remedies for treating infertility, you would probably be skeptical. However, more and more couples are finding success with alternative … Read more about Treating Infertility Naturally with Herbs, Supplements, and Aromatherapy

12 “Hacks” for having a social Life with Kids

12 “HACKS” FOR HAVING A SOCIAL LIFE WITH KIDS

Ever wonder what you did with all your free time before you had kids? I sure do, because now it’s such a precious commodity that I can’t remember what it’s like to regularly have evenings and weekends to myself. Over the years, though, I’ve come up with tactics to make sure that my husband and I still … Read more about 12 “Hacks” for having a social Life with Kids