Choosing The Sex Of Your Baby
Are you a mum to a brood of energetic boys, yearning for a break from all that testosterone? Or overwhelmed with pink ribbons, dresses and everything girlish, and secretly wishing for a baby boy? BabyTalk investigates the natural and high-tech…
Exercising During Pregnancy - Why Should You?
If you’re pregnant, this might seem to be the perfect time to sit back and relax owing to the fact that you’re carrying a baby. However, being too sedentary isn’t good for you either. Quite understandably, carrying that extra weight…
Getting around Morning Sickness
Morning sickness is the feeling of nausea that is usually experienced somewhere during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. This unpleasant feeling is often caused by hormonal changes in a pregnant woman’s body. Although not a serious issue, it can…
Important Questions You Should Ask Your OB-GYN
Pregnancy is wonderful but it can also be riddled with loads of questions as your body undergoes change after change. Here are some things you might be wondering about but are too shy to ask your OB-GYN. Will my vagina…
Prenatal Iron Deficiency
Iron is needed by the body to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to your organs and tissues. During pregnancy, the body has to make extra blood for the mother and her baby and so…
Family Planning – The Natural Way
If starting a family is not yet in a couple’s plans, then some family planning techniques are called for. While the use of conventional contraceptives are popular among women, not everyone is keen on them. For these women, more natural…
Baby Blues: Do You Have It?
Due to the sudden hormonal and chemical unrest that take place in the body after childbirth, many women experience a form of depression often called the ‘baby blues’, which tends to occur during the first few weeks after giving birth.…
18 Myths On Fertility & Pregnancy
As soon as you tell someone you are trying for a baby, everyone seems to have an opinion about what, where, when and how to do it. Chances are, a lot of what you hear could simply be nonsense, especially…
Confinement: Local theories and best practices
Confinement is an Asian traditional “quarantine” practice for new moms, aimed at helping them recover from the rigours of pregnancy and labour. In Malaysia, all three main ethnic races – Chinese, Indian and Malay – exercise confinement according to their…
Pregnant & Smoking? Stop now!
Pregnancy is a joyous yet delicate period in a woman’s life, which is why stomping out a detrimental habit such as smoking is paramount when one is pregnant. If you happen to be pregnant and are still smoking, this article…
