Category: Pregnancy

Family/Pregnancy

The Importance of Taking Care of Your Health Before You Get Pregnant

For many people, pregnancy preparation starts the moment a test turns positive. But some of the most important work happens long before that. Preconception health isn’t about chasing perfection or...

Family/Pregnancy

When pregnancy actually begins and how to prepare for it

Pregnancy is rightly considered one of the most amazing and transformative stages in life. In this special physiological state, a woman’s body undergoes tremendous changes from the moment of conception...

Paternity Leave

How much will I be paid on paternity leave?

Many parents and equal rights campaigners have long sought a fairer balance between the amount of time spent available for looking after children by the mother and father. Traditionally the...

Pregnancy

12 Week Dating Scans and 20 Week Anomaly Scans

If you’ve just found out you’re a mom-to-be chances are you’re full of questions about what to expect when you’re expecting. But don’t sweat it! Being nervous is totally normal....

Healthy Eating/Pregnancy

Guest Post – Nutrition Tips For Pregnancy: Avoiding Overeating & Being Healthy

Nutrition is important at any point in your life, if you want to live a long healthy life and feel good you need to eat right, we all know this...

Preparing for a baby/Toddlers

Childproof your kitchen

Of all the rooms in your home, your kitchen is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous when it comes to your children. From sharp knives to burning stoves and heated...

Baby/Children/Family/Maternity/Pregnancy/Preparing for a baby

Parenting: The Cost of Children

Did you calculate the costs of having a baby before you started your family? I’m not talking about all those maternity bits, the baby clothes, pushchairs and all of the...

Baby/Maternity/Pregnancy/Preparing for a baby

How did you choose a baby name?

During pregnancy it took us a while to start thinking about baby names, in my head I already had a little boys name picked out ‘Oliver’ but when we had...