Tags: moms, nutrition, stay at home, web conference
Over the past few years my desire for helping moms and their children stay healthy has increased significantly. This change arose when I found out I was pregnant for the first time! Unfortunately, we lost our first baby through a miscarriage. Although my husband and I were devastated by this, looking back now, a lot of good has come out of this.
One of those things is that we ended up learning a lot of information on how to keep myself healthy so that the next time I would get pregnant, I would be as healthy as possible and hopefully deliver our next baby (this did happen a couple years later!!!).
Through the research we did, I realized how much a mother’s health is sacrified. We, as moms, seem to always focus on the health of our baby and children, and we are willing to sacrifice our own health, which later may lead to diseases like oesteoporosis. I even have a friend who suffers from severe oesteoporosis after having 5 kids and not taking care of herself during her pregnancies and she’s only in her 40s.
I would love to share with you information about how you may take care of your health before, during, and after pregnancy. If the information we have for you could make a difference in your life and the life of your baby, it’s definitely worth the few moments you spend receiving this information! We know many moms who are so thankful they received some of this information.
Please contact us if you would like this information. We could set up a time to do a live web conference together from the comfort of our own homes or we could meet for coffee.
Let us know!
Melissa
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We had a fabulous time last night at the Natural Childbirth Clinic with the new moms and moms-2-be! It was definitely a great night having facials and taking some time for ourselves! The conversation was great and we had lots of time to talk about how to take care of ourselves and relax… even with a baby!!! We met new people and developed new friendships, which was by far the best part of the evening. Both Meaghan and I got to spend some time with Rebecca McKay, a mom and professional photographer. She has a fabulous approach to photography and her pricing is great too. Please check out her link (Twinkle Pix).
For those of you who missed our night out, we would be happy to meet with you individually or if you want to get a group of your friends together, we’d be happy to do that too.
A bientôt,
Melissa
Tags: facials, friendships, mom, natural childbirth, professional photographer
For all you moms who are attending the Natural Childbirth Clinic, we would love to see you at our Night 4 You!…. A night for pampering and relaxation in which you will receive a free facial with preservative-free skin care, and learn how to keep you and your baby healthy!
We hope to see you on Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at 7:00pm!
I got to go to the Natural ChidBirth Clinic on Friday for the first time! It was really great to meet a lot of the moms there and I had some fabulous conversations with expecting and new moms. It was a great reminder for me of how I felt when I was pregnant… excited yet scared and unsure about this whole process.
I also got to meet new moms and their babies! How exciting it was! It was great to hear the stories of the moms’ labours. Meaghan and I are thrilled about the work we have been doing in collaboration with the Natural Birthing Clinic. We are especially looking forward to attending the Mom 2 Mom group and hosting a night of pampering for moms in September. It’s really satifying knowing that we can make such a huge difference in this world just by offering resources and information that may help keep a mom and her baby healthy!
I look forward to meeting more moms in the future at the clinic!
Melissa
| It’s amazing how much research there is on the importance of taking Omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil) during pregnancy! Here’s is another study relating to the impact it has on childhood asthma…
Fish oil intake during pregnancy may be associated with lower asthma incidence during childhood Current evidence suggests that asthma development may be associated with maternal intake of marine omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy. A recent study was conducted to examine whether an increase in omega-3 fatty acid intake during pregnancy could affect risk of asthma in their offspring. A population-based sample of 533 women with normal pregnancies were randomly assigned 2:1:1 to receive either four one-gram fish oil capsules/day providing 2.7 grams of omega-3 fatty acids, four similar looking one-gram capsules/day with just olive oil, or no capsules at all. During the 16 years that passed since childbirth, the rate of asthma incidence was reduced by 63% and the rate of allergic asthma was reduced by 87% in the fish oil group as compared to the olive oil group. Assuming that the intake of olive oil had no significant influence one way or another, these results support the theory that increased fish oil omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in late pregnancy may provide important preventive potential in relation to childhood asthma development. Additional studies on this subject are currently in progress, which should shed more light on the mechanism behind this promising discovery. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 88, No. 1, 167-175, July 2008
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Tags: american journal of clinical nutrition, childhood asthma, fish oil capsules, fish oil omega 3, omega 3 fatty acids
Check out this recent study that was published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just last month:
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A double-blind study recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed a significant positive correlation between supplemental zinc during pregnancy and infant growth throughout the first year of life.
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Prenatal zinc supplementation influences lean tissue growth in infants
It has been suggested that maternal zinc intake influences growth in utero and in the first stages of growth after birth. In a recent study, researchers assessed the effect of maternal zinc supplementation during pregnancy as well as its effects on infant growth during the first twelve months.
A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of prenatal zinc supplementation was conducted among women in Lima, Peru between 1995 and 1997. Women enrolled during the second trimester and were assigned to receive daily supplements with zinc (15 mg zinc + 60 mg iron + 250 mcg folic acid) or without zinc (just 60 mg iron + 250 mcg folic acid) through pregnancy to one month after delivery. At birth, 546 infants were followed for 12 months to assess growth. Measurements were collected monthly while health status and dietary intake were monitored weekly.
Infants born to mothers supplemented with zinc had significantly larger average growth measures beginning at 4 months and continuing through month 12. Prenatal zinc was associated with greater weight, calf circumference, chest circumference, and calf muscle area.
In this population of women, zinc supplementation during pregnancy resulted in children with better growth measures (which were in turn associated with healthy increases in lean tissue mass).
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 88, No. 1, 154-160, July 2008
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We have added a number of links to our blog (on the top right hand side) that we have found to be helpful resources, such as Dr. Christine Wood’s website “How to Get Kids to Eat Great” and Lyle MacWilliams’ website for the Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements that lists numerous articles relating to infant and prenatal nutrition. These links are frequently updated, so keep coming back to check them out. If you know of any great links that we could add, let us know too.
Have a great day and enjoy your baby!
Melissa & Meaghan
Tags: baby, comparative guide to nutritional supplements, dr christine wood, helpful resources, infant, Kids, macwilliams, prenatal, prenatal nutrition, Supplements
We would like to welcome you to our new blog! We are two moms that met at a mom’s group and we want to share some of the knowledge and experience we have gained through our own pregnancies, such as how to provide the best nutirition and nutritional supplementation to ourselves and our babies. We hope you enjoy your blog experience with us and leave a comment or question behind!
All the best to all you moms-2-be and we wish you a wonderful pregnancy!
Melissa & Meaghan
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