Just because you have one baby doesn’t mean that getting a second baby would be easy. Some women even have trouble conceiving a third child when the first two births were effortless. Secondary infertility (where couples who have successfully conceived…

What makes a father special? Though mothers often get the credit for birthing children, a good father takes top marks in raising them with the mother. It’s a team effort all the way until the child becomes an adult. With…

Did you know that Malaysian males outnumber females by 1 million? This is equivalent to 100 female babies for every 107 male babies born. And although there is a baby born every minute in the country, there are less than…

What do celebrities like Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow and Gisele Bundchen have in common? They practised yoga during their pregnancies and claimed that it helped keep them fit, calm and centred. Even Daphne Iking swears by it saying that it…

If you are having trouble getting pregnant, visiting a fertility clinic can be a good choice. But before you get started, it’s important to do your research ahead of time. Make sure to only use an accredited and well-established fertility…

So you have been trying to conceive for quite a while now but it just hasn’t happened. Yet you keep receiving these baby shower invites from friends, relatives and colleagues. It would seem that everyone is expecting their bundles of…

Once you’re pregnant, it can feel like everyone suddenly has an opinion on what you can or can’t do. “Don’t touch cats, it’s bad luck!” your friends recommend. “Drink this herbal soup, it will make sure the baby is healthy!”…

Countless women today have to thank their lucky stars for the popular surgical procedure called cesarean section. A cesarean section may be defined as a birth that occurs through an incision in the abdominal wall and uterus rather than through…

If you’re 35 or older and wish to have a baby, you might have questions running through your mind, such as: Will my age affect my pregnancy outcome?; Will be able to have a normal birth?, etc. To some, it…

It’s easy to take things for granted when things are going well. Aches, pains and discomforts aren’t the stuff people generally like to ponder on, especially if their life is free from them. It’s been a somewhat rude awakening for…