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First-Time Pregnancy Tips

If you are pregnant for the first time, you may wonder what to expect and how to deal with your changing body as well as any discomforts and concerns you experience. As with many new experiences, pregnancy may seem overwhelming at first. Knowing how to keep yourself healthy and comfortable while you are growing a new life can help you enjoy your pregnancy and give your baby a great start in life.

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Home Remedies for Morning Sickness During Pregnancy

About half of all pregnant women experience at least a mild morning sickness during their pregnancies, according to the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. If you are one of these women, you know how debilitating the nausea and vomiting can be. Unfortunately, medications are seldom an option during these delicate months. Using home remedies to manage your morning sickness is likely your best bet to getting back to a normal life before the baby arrives.

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Weekly Diet Planning

Planning a week’s worth of healthy, diet-conscious meals for you and your family is important to ensure that your meals are nutritious and within your calorie goals. Though it can be tough to find time to plan menus, shop for ingredients and actually make the food each day, the added nutrients you get from eating fresh food prepared at home are significant. And if you can manage to stick to a meal plan, the process becomes easier and easier in time. Keep simple tips and advice in mind to help pull off a weekly diet plan.

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Cooking From Bulk on a Budget

Tighter times are causing many people to return to simple, old-fashioned meals that have practical shopping and cooking strategies. Bulk cooking can cut your monthly grocery bill, the overall amount of time you spend in the kitchen and the grocery store in a big way. Whether you have a large or small kitchen and storage, bulk cooking can work for you. Here’s how to save big time and money:

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Home Births – What You Need to Know About Delivering Your Baby at Home

What do Meryl Streep, Demi Moore, Ricki Lake, Cindy Crawford, and most recently, supermodel Giselle, all have in common? In addition to the obvious being beautiful and talented they have all experienced a home birth. Now although no new mom will ever receive an academy award for forgoing pain medication and delivering her baby at home, a homebirth can be a very rewarding choice for some mothers-to-be to make. But is a home birth the right choice for you? Read on