Moms-2-Be http://www.moms2be.org Striving for Healthy Moms-to-be! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 La Leche League http://www.moms2be.org/?p=123 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=123#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:57:28 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=123 A few weeks ago I went to my first La Leche League meeting… It was so nice to meet with other moms to talk about breastfeeding, the benefits of breastfeeding, and to get support. The topic was overcoming difficulties that we experience while breastfeeding. It can be a lonely world and feel like it’s easy to give up on breastfeeding when there are difficulties, so it’s really nice to meet with other moms to get the support we need. I know I sure felt encouraged!

Check out the La Leche League website at www.lllc.ca … it even has breastfeeding tips on it.

]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=123 0 Pregnancy Morning Sickness http://www.moms2be.org/?p=118 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=118#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:34:27 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=118 Many women experience morning sickness, myself included. With my daughter, I had morning sickness up until 37 weeks; however, most women who experience morning sickness find that it subsides by the end of their first trimester!!! Yeah!!!

Luckily this pregnancy my morning sickness has gone away already and I only experience some mild nausea. There are lots of ideas about how to get rid of this… eatting soda crackers before getting up in the morning, sucking on hard candies, drinking ginger or raspberry tea, and then there is the suggestion I received from our midwife… cut up fresh ginger, mix it with hot water, and sip it throughout the day.

I found a site that quotes some studies about ginger and has some ideas for pregnancy nausea. I have never purchased any products from them, but their articles look interesting.
Here is the link for ginger: http://www.morningsicknesshelp.com/ginger-morning-sickness.html.
Here is the link for ideas for morning sickness relief: http://www.morningsicknesshelp.com/morning-sickness-relief.html

Let us know if you have any ideas or share your ideas of what’s worked for you.

]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=118 0 Exciting news!!! http://www.moms2be.org/?p=109 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=109#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:46:38 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=109 My husband and I are really excited that we are expecting our second child!!! What a blessing and a joy filled moment when we found out that we are pregnant again. Our daughter is really cute too since she has been waving to my tummy to say hello to our baby. This is such a wonderful experience. Please feel free to share your pregnancy stories.

I look forward to sharing our experiences throughout this pregnancy!

Enjoy every moment of your pregnancy,

Melissa

]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=109 0 Benefits of Folic Acid Continue http://www.moms2be.org/?p=104 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=104#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:35:32 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=104

Here is a recent study that came out about folic acid reducing the risk of preterm birth if it is taken prior to conception. This is just another reason why women need to be taking care of themselves at all times, particularly by taking a good quality, pharmaceutical grade nutritional supplement with a potency guarentee that includes folic acid, among other important antioxidants, minerals, and B cofactors.

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Supplementing with folic acid prior to conception reduces risk of preterm birth

At a Glance

Results of a new study indicate that the risk of spontaneous preterm birth decreases with the duration of pre-conception folic acid supplementation and is the lowest in women who supplement for at least one year prior to conception.
Read more about this study below.

 

Births that take place prior to 37 weeks of gestation have been associated with developmental disabilities and decreased survival. It is also known that women who have low plasma folate concentrations during pregnancy are at higher risk of giving birth prematurely.

An article published online on May 11, 2009 in the journal PLoS Medicine reports that women who consumed folic acid supplements for a year or more before conceiving experienced a significantly lower risk of preterm births.

Natural length of pregnancy was defined as gestational age at delivery in pregnancies with no medical or obstetrical complications that would make early delivery necessary. Spontaneous preterm birth was defined as duration of pregnancy between 20 and 37 weeks without those complications.

The risk of preterm delivery was directly related to the duration of folic supplementation.

Compared to women who did not supplement, women who supplemented for at least one year prior to conception experienced a 70 percent lower risk of premature delivery between the 20  and 28 week of gestation, and a 50 percent decrease between the 28 and 32 week.

Pre-conception folic acid supplementation is associated with a 50-70 percent reduction in the incidence of early spontaneous preterm birth, and the risk of preterm birth is decreased the most in women who supplement the longest before conception.

PLoS Med 6(5):2009.

]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=104 0 Meet the Doula ~ Fun & Pregnancy Info. Night http://www.moms2be.org/?p=86 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=86#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:54:20 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=86
Here is an event that a friend is hosting who is a doula. We will be attending this event and hope you can join us!!!
Melissa and Meaghan
Pregnant? Wanna have a relaxing night? Learn some great childbirth related information? Come on out!
Host:
SuperMomma Doula Services- Natasha Longridge
Type:
Network:  
Date:
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
Stony Plain Room, Tri Leisure Centre
City/Town:
Spruce Grove, AB
Phone:
7807103594
Email:
supermommadoula@live.ca

Description

SuperMomma Doula Services, is hosting a Meet the Doula night! We will be having Spa treatments by Moms2be.org, a fasion show by a local pregnancy boutique, a certificate draw from Smiley Eyes Photography, a gift certificate draw for Servings, and other wonderful fun and prizes.
Come see what all the fuss is about! Meet some doulas, and have your pregnant self pampered!

Links

Here is our friend, Natasha’s, event that we will be attending! We hope you can join us!!!
Melissa and Meaghan
]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=86 0 Calling All Moms! http://www.moms2be.org/?p=78 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=78#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:26:09 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=78

Connect with other moms on how to stay home with your children. Learn about how you may keep you and your children healthy.
 
We will be hosting a special web conference for all those who would like to get some information from us about prenatal and postnatal nutrition and how to you may be able to stay at home with your children. This web conference will be October 14th from 7:00pm – 8:00pm. Please contact us (guzik@moms2be.org) if you are interested in attending and we will provide you with the appropriate information on how to join the web conference. If you are unable to make this date and time, but would still like information, we can let you know when our next web conference will be.
We hope to connect with you on the 14th!

 

 

 

]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=78 0 On a Mission… From Heart Ache to Changing Lives! http://www.moms2be.org/?p=71 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=71#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:36:43 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=71 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 sacrificed. 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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]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=71 0 After the Night of Pampering! http://www.moms2be.org/?p=66 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=66#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:25:38 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=66 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

]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=66 0 A Night of Pampering! http://www.moms2be.org/?p=51 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=51#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:15:43 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=51

 

 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!

]]> http://www.moms2be.org/?feed=rss2&p=51 0 At the Natural ChildBirth Clinic… http://www.moms2be.org/?p=44 http://www.moms2be.org/?p=44#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:10:34 +0000 admin http://www.moms2be.org/?p=44 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

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