Output – S2 – Choices
Your body communicates with you every moment of the day. You can choose to listen to it, and react. Or, you can choose to ignore it and any uncomfortable symptoms that come up assume it
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How much salt is healthy in pregnancy?
For so long, people have thought restricting sodium (which comes from salt) is important for heart-health, including during pregnancy. While rarely this may be necessary, many women don’t get enough salt. Especially in pregnancy, a
Does Calcium Increase Risks in Pregnancy and Birth?
Calcium is vital. Calcium helps create strong bones and teeth, helps muscles contract, helps blood to clot normally, and helps to maintain normal heart rhythms and nerve function. Calcium doesn’t do this alone, though, and
What is Dad’s Role in the Childbearing Year?
Let go of your fear. Show quiet, calm, patience, and kindness. Let go of your desire to control or fix the birth. What is Dad's Role IN PREGNANCY It is helpful to join in
Balancing Blood Sugar
Balanced health is a lifestyle choice, and ideal blood sugar is central to that balance. So many choices that families make today include processed foods high in carbs and often low in protein (and nutrition)
Benefits of Early Prenatal Care
What is the point of prenatal care? Because that’s what people say you should do? To check your blood pressure? Why? To make sure someone will catch the baby? To listen to baby’s heart tones?
Preparation for Miscarriage
Approximately 50% of all pregnancies end in in the first trimester, usually occurring before Mom knows she is pregnant. Usually, miscarriage is due to genetic factors of the parents and it is not necessarily considered
What Supplements are Needed in Pregnancy?
Last month, we talked about Whole Real Food in pregnancy; however, most of us are going to need to take supplements and the kind of supplements you take really matter. You’re not going to get
Thriving on Real Food in Pregnancy
If you couldn’t buy any food or storage items – no flour, no jars, nothing – what would you eat? You would rely heavily on wild foods. The food that grows where God naturally nourishes
How Much Water Do I Need in Pregnancy?
A person can only live about 3 days without water. Thirst, the first sign of dehydration, can occur in just a few hours of low water intake. In less than 24 hours of less-than-ideal water