31. Can Yoga Help With Pregnancy Tiredness?
June 10, 2013
Yoga can be extremely helpful when you are feeling uncomfortable and help encourage your body's natural healing powers - especially with many of those 'minor discomforts' that are often simply dismissed as 'just something you put up with'. If you can ease them - or even cure them - with sensible e...
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32. Pregnancy Nutrition Guide
June 09, 2013
Eating for two doesn't mean eating twice as much! A good diet during pregnancy is not just better for you but better for your unborn baby. Making the right food choices for your baby's well-being and development as well as your own is all part of a fit and healthy pregnancy.This is a time when it's ...
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33. Yoga To Prepare For Birth
June 08, 2013
Giving birth is a tremendous physical exertion and it's a good idea to prepare for it in much the same way you would gear up for any other physical challenge. It's also an emotional challenge and that's why yoga for pregnancy is so worthwhile. Yoga not only helps prepare your body but the breath...
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34. Iodine For Your Pregnancy Diet
June 05, 2013
Studies have shown that iodine should be an essential part of your healthy pregnancy nutrition to ensure the development of your baby's brain and nervous system.
Iodine helps to regulate your thyroid gland and your metabolism. Deficiencies of this essential mineral during pregnancy can i...
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35. Beta Carotene Essential Food for pregnancy
June 05, 2013
Beta-carotene is an orange-red pigment commonly found in vegetables and fruits - and is essential for a healthy pregnancy diet. It's an inactive form of Vitamin A, which is a powerful antioxidant and required by your body for healthy eyesight, especially night vision - all those so-called 'old wiv...
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36. Yoga To Help With Pregnancy Heartburn
June 03, 2013
Yoga is such a wonderful way to keep fit during pregnancy. It has all the advantages of stretching with the added bonus of that the breathing techniques you practise during a yoga session are hugely beneficial when it comes to giving birth. Yoga in pregnancy promotes health and well-being, is great...
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37. Busy Mums Pregnancy Yoga Squatting Poses
June 02, 2013
Squatting - or 'garland' pose is a real mainstay of pregnancy yoga, opening up your pelvis and hip joints and stretching your perineum. In the last few weeks of your pregnancy it will encourage your baby's head to engage in preparation for birth. You may not have squatted since you were a toddl...
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38. Post Pregnancy Exercises To Tone Your Bum!
June 01, 2013
So your pregnancy has reached its natural conclusion and you've given birth - well done you! If you've maintained your fitness in pregnancy you probably can't wait to get up and moving again, or maybe you're just keen to get that wibbly wobbly mummy tummy back under control and lose the baby weigh...
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39. How to Lose Post-Pregnancy Jelly-Belly!
May 31, 2013
Now you've had your baby the chances are that you'll look down at your tum and wonder why it's still there! Whilst some women are back in their jeans within days and have no problem losing their pregnancy weight most of us find that post-baby jelly-belly a bit of a shock!
Pregnancy and post p...
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40. Pregnancy Diet When You Are On A Restricted Diet?
May 31, 2013
If your diet is limited for religious, ethical or health reasons it's important to make sure you don't miss out on any 'must have' nutrients. Make sure you know what to eat during pregnancy to ensure you tick all the right food and nutrition boxes.
Vegetarians and vegan diets:
A well-...
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Author: Alexandra McCabe
