A happy pregnancy

Keeping both your body and mind fit during pregnancy is so important. Everyone gets stressed and anxious sometimes, and you may even be faced with some potentially risky situations and substances. If you find ways of coping with and avoiding any problems that come up, you'll have a truly happyy pregnancy.

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  Massage for relaxation

  Being massaged by your partner, or doing it yourself, is a wonderful way to relax and unwind at the end of a long day. Massage stimulates the nerve endings in your skin, improves your circulation, and soothes tired muscles, giving you a sense of peace and wellbeing. Your baby will enjoy the...
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  Coping with emotional changes

  It'll help if you accept that you will feel upset from time to time - all pregnant women do - and that there are things you can do to help you cope with your mood swings.
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  Emotional changes during pregnancy

  It's not only your body that alters during pregnancy. Your emotions will change rapidly, too, and you'll experience feelings you've never had before.
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  Own your pregnancy

  People keep telling you about the “best maternity hospital”, the “best way to deliver your child”, the “best pregnancy book”, “the best physiotherapist” and the best food to eat... Now, how about you listen to yourself instead?
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  Newly pregnant, yet feeling unhappy?

  You’ve recently found out you’re pregnant and are filled with happiness and pride. Yet sometimes you're feel overcome and unhappy… Anxious and extremely emotional, you’re constantly on the verge of tears. No worries, most expectant mothers go through this!
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  Pregnant and having weird dreams?

  During pregnancy, women’s dreams are tremendously rich and varied, sometimes even weird. According to French psychoanalyst Pascal Neveu, this is normal as these dreams reflect the intensity of the psychic transformations at work.
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  Pregnancy stress raises risks of child asthma

  Pregnancy can be stressful and anxiety, besides risks to the mother, may also increase chances of having an asthmatic child. This should be reason enough to try and remain as stress-free as possible over the entire duration of your pregnancy.
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  Why doesn’t my baby bump show?

  For women carrying extra weight, a developing foetus may have enough room to grow “sideways” and so the much anticipated baby bump doesn’t swell into view until later in the pregnancy, if at all.
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  Pregnancy alert: the green-eyed monster of jealousy

  Have you noticed how you are more jealous than usual since you fell pregnant? Don’t worry, it’s normal. But do make sure that green-eyed monster doesn’t turn these nine marvellous months into a daily nightmare...
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  Tocophobia: an uncontrollable fear of childbirth

  Most women dread childbirth, but those suffering from tocophobia fear it to such an extent that they may even avoid becoming pregnant.
  
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