1. “Biological Insurance”- The cord blood has lifesaving potential in treating over 75 diseases for your baby and your family.
2. Your baby or family members’ survival rates double when cord blood from a relative is used, if needed.
3. The stem cells from cord blood have proven successful in treating heart disease. Your baby may benefit [...]

Most women who give birth still adopt the conventional position of lying flat on their back, but is it the best?
Recent surveys suggest not, evidence from a trial of 517 women in Cape Town SA, found that those who gave birth in an upright position experienced less pain and trauma to their genital area.
It makes [...]

Concern about drug use during pregnancy has greatly increased in recent years as we have become more aware, that many drugs affect not only the mother who takes them, but also her unborn child.
The effect a drug has on a foetus depends upon many factors, including the nature of the drug, the amount taken by [...]

A layette is a collection of clothes and bedding for a new baby. In the past, women would have hand-sewn everything the baby would need during pregnancy, a craft most of us have lost in modern times.
When you are shopping for your newborn, it’s helpful to know what is useful to buy and what you [...]

For some families, helping a pet make the transition when baby arrives isn’t easy. Pets are creatures of habit, so anything that upsets their routine can be distressing to them. A dog may startle and snap at a baby or jump on his owner while she has a child in her arms. Cats have been [...]

During your early stages of pregnancy, discoloured lines known as stretch marks may appear on the surface of your breasts as you gain weight. A few months later weight gain on your buttocks and tummy may also result in stretch marks. Depending on your skin tone, they start out as pink, reddish brown; they vary [...]

Some pregnant women can experience a certain amount of puffiness, or swelling during pregnancy, it is caused by an increase in fluid volume. Puffiness usually occurs in your fingers, ankles, feet and sometimes in your face.
Hot weather, prolonged standing and tiredness may worsen this condition, you should only become Concerned if the white indentation marks [...]

Constipation is very common in pregnancy. This is apparently due to the body’s high level of progesterone which relaxes the bowel and makes it less efficient. If you are anemic, your Dr. may prescribe iron supplements, which can also add to the problems of constipation.
Eat lots of fibre, raw fruit and vegetables etc. which will [...]

If you are around anyone who smokes, STOP. Did you know that you are inhaling secondhand smoke? Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by burning cigarettes, pipes and cigars. You are also inhaling the exhaled smoke from the lungs of smokers; it lingers in the air hours after the cigarette has [...]

“I went to a friends house and proceeded to take the test. When I saw it was positive, I called him up and told him my car wouldn’t start because a part had fallen off of the car and I had no clue how to put it back on.
I went out and even put the [...]