Your Blood Sugar During Pregnancy:
In women with diabetes, increasing hemoglobin A1C levels early in pregnancy — an indicator of poor blood sugar control — are associated with increasing risk of poor pregnancy outcomes according to a report in the journal Diabetes Care. In other words, when you have your blood sugar under control during your […]

MOTHERS who are expecting or breastfeeding require more essential fatty acids (EFA) and energy. The World Health Organisation recommends that dietary EFA should be raised to 4.5 per cent of energy (± 10g) […]

You’ve missed your period and you think you may be pregnant. You’ve been trying for so long and you really would like to know!
What should you do now? Well, in the early days, there was a trip to the […]

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that women gain somewhere between 25 and 35 pounds during pregnancy. Of course, this poundage depends on the woman’s starting weight. If she is overweight, […]