Raising miscarriage awareness and how to help those who have experienced loss.October to me is more than Halloween and warm spring days. It’s also pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. That makes October an emotional month for many families as we remember all the babies gone too soon.
Are you looking at getting pregnant at 40? Find out how you can reduce the risk to you & your future baby.There are many reasons why a woman may be trying to fall pregnant after the age of 40. She could be a career woman who gave up the gift of giving birth to focus on her job. Perhaps she was waiting until she was financially stable, or the right man just never came along. Maybe she is trying for another after already having children. There are a multitude of reasons and there are also many myths around the topic. While there are certainly risks to having children later in life, new research is proving there are ways to reduce that risk through simple means.
Here at Baby Vine, we are always receiving a number of questions from you all! Blackmores’ Naturopath, Charmaine Sofia shares some of her answers to some very common questions…
A healthy start in live begins long before a child is born. Dietician Melanie McGrice shares how you can give your little one the best start in life.Some of the most important roles of a mum is to put a bandaid on a grazed knee, hold their child’s hand while they are being immunised and ensure they eat their greens before leaving the table. But research now shows that mums can have a significant impact on their child’s future health even before they are born.
Nothing beats the moment when you first see those two blue lines and get to have fun announcing your pregnancy to loved ones.Do you remember when you found out you were pregnant? Were you trying, or was it a complete surprise? As many of you know by now, our first two pregnancies ended in miscarriage, but nothing can beat that first time I peed on a stick and got two blue lines.
Jo shares just how much her miscarriage affected her entire family.My husband and I have been very blessed. We’ve been together since we were 21, and married at 26. Early on in our relationship we knew we wanted lots of children, and first wanted to adopt – so we did. By the time I was 31, we had adopted four children and our lives were full of joy, mess, noise, love and laughter.
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