There is a common misconception while pregnant, that eating for two means you need to consume more food. While pregnant you only need 250 -300 more calories then you do before you were pregnant. Chances are if you are eating a typical American diet you are getting way over the daily calories needed even without a baby growing inside. Instead of worrying about eating enough … [Read more...] about Eating For Quality When Pregnant
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Home Made Belly Butter To Help Prevent Pregnancy Stretch Marks
Stretch marks are very common during pregnancy - often the result of rapid weight loss or gain and pregnancy hormones like progesterone. There's no telling if you'll get them; some woman do and others don't. There are a few factors that determine if someone will develop stretch marks or not during pregnancy. A lot depends on hereditary, so chances are that if your mother had … [Read more...] about Home Made Belly Butter To Help Prevent Pregnancy Stretch Marks
Cancer Forced Me To Take An Unlikely Path To Parenthood
The following is a guest post by Alice K. CrisciWhen I met my son for the first time his eyes were wide open. His little eyes locked onto mine with such love and intensity, I knew then the concept of “my life would never be the same” was now a reality. My heart exploded with love, gratitude and joy, permanently captured by this 7 pound squishy baby with such long hair it could … [Read more...] about Cancer Forced Me To Take An Unlikely Path To Parenthood
When My Child With Autism Was Diagnosed With Cancer
This week I want to share a guest post from Jess Block Nerren. Her son has autism and was recently diagnosed with cancer. Here is her heartfelt story:Autism and pediatric cancer. Autism and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. No matter how you say those two together, it sounds tough.My son Royce, 8, with autism was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma about 60 days ago, on March 3, 2014.We went … [Read more...] about When My Child With Autism Was Diagnosed With Cancer
Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas
Our seven-year old daughter enjoys eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. What's so strange about that? Absolutely nothing! Except that’s all she’s eaten since she was weaned off of breast milk. Perhaps the strange part, if there really is one, is that not only does eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds seem perfectly normal to our daughter, but also that we … [Read more...] about Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas