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Heart rate during pregnancy
Many pregnant women wonder about the appropriate heart rate to respect during training sessions. The following information can be useful in helping you during your exercise!
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Find information on pregnancy progress, giving birth, baby names and more! Each section has sub-sections to facilitate your search. If you do not find what you are looking for, use the search engine!
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Common discomforts
Pregnant and can’t sleep?
Tired of not being able to get a full night’s sleep? Your back hurts and your baby is waking you by kicking up a storm? Welcome to the clubs of pregnant insomniacs!
October 12, 2021
Diet
Avoiding certain foods and eating healthy during pregnancy
Eating shouldn’t be a worry during pregnancy, but there are many types of food that pregnant women should watch out for. Learn how to keep you and your baby safe.
September 13, 2021
Preparation
How to get ready for delivery
Pregnancy is a period of very important postural changes in women. Indeed, their spine is subject to a lot of physical stress that modifies the body’s normal biomechanics.
July 4, 2021
Common discomforts
Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
Your doctor just diagnosed you with preeclampsia, and you are worried? Here is everything you need to know about preeclampsia and Eclampsia.
May 30, 2021
Psychology
Are you having an emotional maternity leave?
How is your maternity leave? Are you happy to have time with your baby or is it a period of questioning?
May 23, 2021
Birth Control and Sexuality
Breasts in all shapes and sizes!
Big, small, slightly drooping, sometimes too soft and other times hard, breasts come in all shapes and sizes.
May 9, 2021
Common discomforts
Gestational diabetes and physical activity
Physical activity should be part of a daily routine for every women struggling with diabetes, whether pregnant or not. Here’s why.
November 16, 2020
Latest news
Pregnancy Denial, a Real Phenomenon
Rosalie went to the emergency room with a stomach ache. A few hours later, she was holding her baby in her arms. She became a mother when she had not even known she was pregnant. Yes, pregnancy denial really exists.
May 18, 2020
In Shape
Abdominal exercises during pregnancy
Pregnant women ask themselves many questions during their pregnancy. Can I continue to do abdominal exercises during pregnancy? If not, are there other exercises that I should be doing?
May 18, 2020
Birth Control and Sexuality
Being a mother changes our life… and sex life!
You knew that having a baby would be life changing. You understood and accepted the fact that your sex life would slow down, but it’s been quiet for months and years now...
May 4, 2020
Common discomforts
Research: New Rapid Test for Preeclampsia Can Provide Life-Saving Diagnosis
Researchers with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found that a simple urine test can rapidly detect one of the world’s deadliest pregnancy-related conditions at the point of care.
