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4 Prenatal Yoga Moves To Do At Home
Pregnant? Here’s a soothing prenatal yoga routine you can do at home…
Is The Thule Urban Glide 3 The Best Running Stroller? I Tried It Out
Avoid pram regret – check out this review before you buy!
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These awesome fit moms find adorable ways to incorporate tiny humans into their fit and healthy lifestyle. We’re inspired!
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4 Postpartum Exercises That’ll Give You A Tighter Core
Before you start crunching out or holding a plank for 2 minutes, instead, try these 4 postpartum exercises to regain strength and tighten up your core muscles.
How Triathlete Vicky van der Merwe Balances Training With Motherhood
Well-known Stellenbosch-based triathlete Vicky van der Merwe is on the comeback after a break after her son was born. She will be competing at the Woolworths X TRI off-road triathlon in Elgin on Saturday 4 December.
Flying Pregnant? Get These Health Checks First
Flying pregnant? Despite concerns, science considers you safe to fly up until 36 weeks of your pregnancy. Still, there are a few things to take into consideration.
Apparently 35 Percent Of People Think It’s Totally Fine To Drink During Pregnancy
Listen: It’s totally normal to want a glass of wine or a drink after a long day at work—yes, even (or, honestly, especially) when you’re pregnant.
Exercising While Pregnant: How One Flitfluencer Scaled Down Her Approach
For many women who value their fitness, exercising while pregnant can be a significant stumbling block. Hormonal shifts can make tasks that were once easy suddenly more difficult. Such was the case for fitfluencer and lawyer Angelique van der Linde. “I did not feel...
No, Women’s Fertility Isn’t Suddenly Doomed At Age 35
Tick, tick, tick. If you, like me, are a woman in her childbearing years, you may recognise that sound as your biological clock. The noise isn’t so bad in your mid-to-late 20s, a faint hum, maybe. But once you turn 30, the volume gradually turns up, and if you’re...
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Superfetation, or getting pregnant while pregnant, is a real thing, but super rare. A gynae shares how, and in what trimesters, this can happen.
Wait, Is It Safe To Take Cold Medicine When You’re Breastfeeding?
A gynae explains which cold medicines are safe for breastfeeding moms, whether you should pump and dump, and how meds may affect milk supply.
Um, What Is Gestational Diabetes? Here Are 3 Signs All Pregnant Women Should Look Out For
Many women with gestational diabetes can deliver healthy babies, but there are risks. Here are the signs all pregnant women should look out for…
Is It Okay To Smoke Weed While Breastfeeding?
With the decriminalisation of marijuana, there’s no denying the stigma surrounding the drug is slowly dissipating. As such, more and more questions are arising as to the appropriate time and place to bust out a joint. And those looming questions apply to everyone, including moms-to-be and new moms, particularly when it comes to breastfeeding. After all, if some experts now say it’s acceptable to have the occasional glass of wine while pregnant and breastfeeding, does the same go for marijuana?
Here’s What You Should Know About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Drinking during pregnancy may be a moment on the lips, but it will affect your unborn baby in the long run. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a physical and mental birth deficiency caused by alcohol consumption by a pregnant mother. FAS can affect the physical and mental development of a child, causing problems with their behaviour and learning.
5 Ways Breastfeeding Is Encouraged Around The World
Mother’s all over the world should feel empowered to breastfeed in public. These countries are changing the way society perceives breastfeeding.
7 Important Facts to Know if You’re Considering IVF
There’s a lot you need to know before taking the plunge into IVF… like what is it exactly, how does it work and does it affect your health.
The New Routine That’s Making LootLove Look So Glowy After Pregnancy
There’s nothing like a fresh start. The best is having a goal to work towards and LootLove had this with an obstacle course challenge…
What’s The Difference Between Postpartum Anxiety And Postpartum Depression?
If you’re a new or expectant parent, or even just thinking about starting a family, you’ve probably heard at least a little bit about postpartum depression (PPD). But what often gets glossed over in the conversation surrounding maternal mental health is the postpartum anxiety component.