The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, according to this article, has declared that pregnant woman need to consume more calories that previously recommended.
For normal-weight women, the extra energy needs during the first trimester of pregnancy were “negligible.” However, these needs rose to 350 kilocalories per day in the second trimester and to 500 kilocalories per [...]

As if cramps, swollen ankles, weak bladders, and exhaustion are not enough to deal with, some lucky women find that the surplus of raging hormones is making their skin break out! Pregnant woman are advised against using treatments such as Accutane, Retin-A, Tetracycline, and products with salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide (some are very dangerous [...]

When something special happens, many people reach for a camera. Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, births… we all want to remember the beauty, the joy, the feeling of anticipation these events bring, and a photo is often the perfect way to capture that fleeting moment. Well, nine months of pregnancy does not exactly qualify as a “fleeting moment,” but [...]

Sometimes I walk around with my huge, pregnanty belly, shlepping my 2-year old daughter and a few package to boot, and I wonder why it is that the “weaker sex” was chosen to bear children while those manly men can only thank thier lucky stars it’s not them.  But while most of them are content to leave it [...]

We all know how important it is to eat healthy, especially when you are growing a baby. But sometimes it seems that the hours speed by so quickly, you don’t have time for well-balanced meals.  Nutritionist Jennifer Putnam begs to differ. She points out that today, low-fat, healthy meals on-the-go are easy to come by. Want [...]

I was walking down the street today and an older woman stopped me to wish me well on my apparent pregnancy. She told me she has been working as a midwife at a hospital for 40 years. Then, looking at me with an experienced eye, she said, “Seven months, huh?” I smiled (what else could [...]

The Nigerian Tribune (do they lack credibility just because I never heard of them before?) cites a study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that states, “women should eat oily fishes like sardines, mackerel, salmon, tuna, etc, during pregnancy so that their children could be brilliant, intelligent, as well as have sharper problem-solving skills.”  When [...]

“I just got pregnant and I’m so worried about stretch marks. What can I do?” wails a distressed woman in this Q&A style article. Dr. Judith Reichman replies that basically, if your body is prone to stretch marks, there’s nothing you can do to prevent them. Just deal with it and move on to more [...]