Pregnancy is a remarkable and transformative journey filled with joy, anticipation, and a multitude of questions. Expectant mothers, fathers, and their families find themselves with a head full of questions and many answers to sift through. To ease your concerns,...
Sleep! A Biological Right for the WHOLE Family
Marijke Coetser is a familiar face on our television screens. A popular actress and entrepreneur, she is a mom of two and an internationally certified Sleep Trainer. She believes that sleep is a biological right for the whole family, and we're here for it! I vividly...
From Zygote to Movement: The Wonder of the First Trimester
Finding out you're pregnant is a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Mom and dad's emotional states vary from elation to worry and wonder. There's a ton of development during the first trimester. It's a wonderous show unfolding, and it's essential to understand what...
Diary of a Pregnancy: Weeks 11 to 12
Week 11 Hello little baby, So we are at week 11 and I am slowly starting to feel a bit better. Nausea is coming and going but not all day, thank goodness. Not much has changed physically for me this week. My clothes just feel tighter and my nipples are getting...
Diary of a Pregnancy: Weeks 9 and 10
Week 9 : Hello little baby, I was eating cherries last night after dinner, and realised that that is how big you are already! The visit to the gynae last week was sooo special. I had to keep a full bladder (not unusual!) because they need to still do the intravaginal...
Diary of a Pregnancy: Weeks seven and eight
Week 7: Hello little baby, So I believe you are the size of a Blueberry! So cute, but so good at making me feel yuck, ha ha. The nausea is really getting strong now, and I feel like I have a mouthful of saliva and have to swallow and swallow at times. My sense of...
Diary of a Pregnancy: Week five and six
Diary of a Pregnancy Week 5: Dear Baby, I am so excited! I am finally pregnant and beginning to feel it. I don’t know if it is my imagination, but my waistbands are starting to feel a little bit tight. I am definitely still feeling bloated and almost like I will have...
Diary of a pregnancy: Weeks three and four
Diary of a Pregnancy Week 3 Dear Baby, So, I have a very good idea when I ovulated. Daddy and I went on a romantic weekend, and we thought that this would be a great time to try to make little you. I have been taking great care in what I have been eating and drinking...
Diary of a pregnancy: weeks one and two
Deciding to have a baby and falling pregnant is an exciting time for all who choose to embark on this journey. Doula Donna Bland begins a series about the different stages of pregnancy and what you can expect along the way. Believe it or not, in the first couple of...
My sugar baby: Unpacking gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes wasn’t something that mommy influencer Reevana Govender had planned for. She writes about her experience. Getting the news that I had failed my standard glucose tolerance test at 28 weeks came as a shock to me and being diagnosed as a gestational...