Is Born Yet

Jun 28

“Sex Facts: Urinating after sex does not prevent pregnancy and is not a form of birth control, but it can help prevent urinary tract infections”

You’ve got pregnancy questions?? So do we!

Great resource for pregnancy FAQs :D They cover tons of things like:

Check it out here: http://www.justthefactsbaby.com/experts/pregnancy

Jun 27

What should I bring to the hospital?

Here is an informal list of items that I find helpful whenever we have to go to the hospital to bring a new baby in to the world!  Hopefully you will find this helpful too!

For Labor:

For your partner / labor coach

“Less than 1% of women in the US choose to give birth at home, unlike the 30% of Dutch women have home deliveries”

“Babies will play with umbilical cord in the womb along with sucking their thumb, cry and dream.”

“When a woman is pregnant her sense of smell can increase by 2x and all other sense are heightened.”

Jun 26

“The number of multiple births has quadrupled during the past 20 years. Point and case: Octo-mom”

“On average the woman’s uterus expands up to 500 times its normal size during pregnancy. it only takes 6 - 8 weeks for it to shrink”

“The average age for a first time mother is 25 - 29. It used to be 21 in 1970”

Coping with the first trimester

Found this to be an interesting read!  The author covers many things including:

Enjoy the article!

The first 0-12 weeks of a abigail’s pregnancy is called the essential trimester. It is during this interval that a old lady’s confederation experiences drastic changes during pregnancy. Discomforts and others may or may not be savvy by way of a replete lass during this era, to refrain from you against with it here are a rota of the most general changes and discomforts and how to effectively contract with them.

Morning sickness and Nausea

-http://belgiumprop.com/pregnancy-facts-coping-with-the-first-trimester/