Video: Gaiam Prenatal Yoga Preview

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This short video clip shows the basic prenatal yoga positions including stretches, pelvic floor exercises (Kegels), strength building poses, standing poses and sitting poses.
This is an excerpt from Gaiam’s prenatal yoga DVD. You can follow along [...]

Typical Female Diet Deficient in Nutrient Linked to Infant Brain Developmnent

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ST LOUIS, MO — (MARKET WIRE) — A study by researchers from three of America’s top universities suggests U.S. women aren’t getting adequate amounts of a nutrient thought to promote normal fetal brain development.
Sponsored by the National Institute of Health, researchers found the average American consumes just 314 milligrams [...]

Prenatal Belly Dance

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Prenatal Belly Dance Fitness DVD — Make Your Pregnancy Fun and Sexy
New York, NY (PRWEB) — “Prenatal Bellydance Fitness” — now available on DVD (WorldDance New York) — The ancient art of bellydance is a natural and graceful way to stay active during pregnancy and prepare for motherhood.
Originating in ancient dances and rituals [...]

Importance of Vitamin D in Pregnancy

Vitamin D is important for everyone and with our modern, indoor lifestyle, most of us are deficient in this wonderful sunlight vitamin. A recent study has found that Vitamin D plays a crucial role in pregnancy as well, because prenatal deficiencies can lead to early childhood tooth decay. “Two hundred six pregnant women in [...]

Avoid Preeclampsia With Proper Diet

Can Preeclampsia be prevented?
Preeclampsia is a condition that affects 5-7% of pregnant women, most often first time mothers. It is a potentially dangerous condition that must be monitored once it is detected. Although preeclampsia can strike rapidly and with no symptoms, there are generally a number of warning signs to be on the [...]

Pregnancy Tips

When you find out you are pregnant there is a lot that goes through your mind, and it helps to learn from others who have been there before. I am one of those women who has been through pregnancy and childbirth and I would like to offer some tips on ways I found [...]

Take The Pregnancy Health Quiz

The first few weeks of a pregnancy are essential to a growing baby. During this time, the brain and other organs begin rapidly forming. Poor lifestyle decisions such as obesity, smoking, drinking alcohol, and drug use are not only bad for your own health; they can be extremely harmful to a growing baby. Certain chronic [...]

Exercise During Pregnancy

Many women enjoy a healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise and a good diet. It can be tough to maintain that lifestyle after you become pregnant, especially during the later stages. But it is possible, and in fact preferable, to maintain an exercise regime as long as possible, even through your ninth month.
Pregnancy brings many [...]

Top Pregnancy Nutrition Tips

By having a healthy prenatal diet, you can give your baby the best start that you can, and you will also reap the health benefits. Women who have well-balanced diets during pregnancy are far more likely to return to their pre-pregnancy weight in a shorter period of time than those who eat foods that are [...]