Most women are more than ready to have their pregnancy over by the time the third trimester starts. Three more months, and baby will be here. For many, the third trimester symptoms are the most challenging. Hang in there, baby will be in your arms soon enough. Here are some of the main third trimester [...]

The Low-Down on Prenatal Vitamins Just about every pregnant woman is told by her health care provider that she needs to take a prenatal vitamin. Certain specific nutrients, including folic acid, iron and calcium are essential to your baby’s growth, and so it’s no surprise that so many health care providers recommend supplements. Still, there [...]

Most women will experience Braxton Hicks contractions before experiencing real labor. These “false labor pains” are normal, and nothing to be alarmed about. Some women experience Braxton Hicks contractions while they’re still in their second trimester. Others experience the false contractions late in the third trimester, when you would expect to have true labor pains. [...]

  It’s not uncommon for a woman to want to experience childbirth without pain medications that can dull both the body and the mind. Today especially, women are recognizing that pain medications can take away from the experience of birth, rather than enhancing it. Pain medications can prolong labor, and in some rare cases they [...]

  Doctors across the board prescribe prenatal vitamins to pregnant women these days. Additionally, many doctors suggest continuing to take prenatal vitamins after baby is born, particularly if you are breastfeeding. But why are they important? First of all, understand that no vitamin can make up for a poor diet. Prenatal vitamins are intended to [...]

  Pregnancy can be a time of great joy, excitement and anticipation, but it can also be a time of many fears and worries. One of the things that can cause an excessive amount of stress and worry for a woman who’s pregnant is bleeding. While bleeding in pregnancy isn’t always a sign that there’s [...]

  When you think about being pregnant and all of the various doctor’s appointments involved, as well as the planning you do for labor, chiropractic care isn’t probably the firs thing you think of. The fact of the matter is, however, chiropractic care can be extremely beneficial during pregnancy. You see, your body is going [...]