Category Archives: Just For Mom

Working Out – Family Style

As everyone knows exercise is reaps hug benefits no matter what your age. But, sometimes just the word makes you want to hide. Exercise doesn’t have to seem like work if you do it with someone else. Here are five … Continue reading

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Cramping During Pregnancy

Many women experience cramping during pregnancy. While cramping during pregnancy may be a sign something is wrong, often it is a normal side effect of pregnancy. How do you know if cramping is normal or not? Let’s look at cramping … Continue reading

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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Teen Pregnancy

Cassandra Logan, Ph.D. Emily Holcombe, Suzanne Ryan, Ph.D., Jennifer Manlove, Ph.D. and Kristin Moore, Ph.D. OVERVIEW Pregnancy rates among adolescent females have fallen steadily since 1990, from 116.9 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1990 to 75.4 pregnancies per … Continue reading

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Skin changes during pregnancy

“I hate the fact that my face is covered in spots now that I am pregnant. What happened to the radiant pregnancy ‘glow’ I was supposed to have? I was reassured that my skin would clear up eventually once the … Continue reading

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How To Lose That Baby Fat Once And For All!

Your pregnancy weight may have taken nine months to put on, but it seems to be taking much longer than that to take off. While other new moms seem to snap right back to the pre-pregnancy form, you can’t seem … Continue reading

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Drugs in Pregnancy

GIDEON KOREN, M.D., ANNE PASTUSZAK, M.SC., AND SHINYA ITO ,M.D. Before marketing a new drug, the manufacturer almost never tests the product in pregnant women to determine its effects on the fetus. Consequently, most drugs are not labeled for use … Continue reading

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Drugs and Pregnancy – “Oh My”

By Densie Schlingman DVM Let’s start this article with three facts that need to be understood from the beginning. There are no drugs approved for use in alpacas in Canada at this time. Drugs that are used in alpacas have … Continue reading

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Cure For Yeast Infection During Pregnancy

Yeast infection or Candida leads to the release of toxins in the bloodstream that can affect digestive, nervous, respiratory, endocrinal, urinary and reproductive organs in the body. High-sugar diets, smoking, food allergies and intolerances, diabetes and pregnancy are considered to … Continue reading

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Some Useful Yeast Infection Home Remedies

Yeast infections are often shrugged off by many general physicians as a casual problem. Many times people change doctors, only to be told that the problem is in their brains and that nothing is wrong with them. In fact, yeast … Continue reading

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Breathe Wisdom

What does your power look like? I have been thinking about the call of many visionaries, including the Dali Lama, for women to take a leadership role in healing this Earth. In order for this to happen women first need … Continue reading

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