FirstBorn-UK

Well, I'm now nearly 14 weeks pregnant, which is why I've not updated this blog. I wanted to wait until the first scan to make sure everything was OK and it is!

Turns out that this happened naturally, no need for private fertility treatment as the consultant told us. The risk of miscarriage is slightly higher when you have PCOS which is why I wanted to wait before posting the good news. Just shows what a healthier diet, a bit more exercise and reflexology can do!

So all I can say to anyone trying to conceive with PCOS is don't give up.

A new pay-as-you-go MasterCard® card has been created specifically to help mothers manage their finances and save hundreds of pounds off their day-to-day expenses. The BaBee Prepaid MasterCard Card (www.babeecard.com) lets mums budget for their families, earn money with a referral scheme and save money with a broad range of discounts, all at a time when their income is reduced to maternity pay or less and household costs escalate. read more »

“You’re not just having a baby, you’re becoming a parent!” is the sentiment underpinning the work of parenting expert Christine Meadows and her newly-launched website – www.christinemeadows.com

Designed to offer straight-talking advice and inspire confidence to those who have just started a family, the fresh-thinking site offers informed advice, contemporary articles, audio guides, book reviews and a regularly updated blog, following the author’s 20 years of experience in the field. read more »

Choosing a name for your Baby can be a difficult and exciting time. You might have a family name that has followed generations or you might be looking for the latest fashionable name that the stars are using.

The 2007 Bounty Baby Name Chart a national survey of 380,000 babies born in 2007 indicates that Hollywood legends are still inspiring the top names. read more »

Recently a report stated that women are still deeply ambivalent about independence and success in the business world, and tend to stay at home with their children for the wrong reasons. In the midst of this ongoing controversy surrounding working mothers, Denise Tyler confronts the issues head on in her book, Working Mothers – The Essential Guide. read more »

When I got pregnant I didn't really have much idea about what I should be eating or not eating, what changes my body would go through or even when to know I was in labour. read more »

Teenage Pregnancy – A Parent’s Guide, directly engages and tackles the anxieties and decisions parents face when discovering their teenage daughter is pregnant.

Author Nicolette Heaton-Harris gives parents the essential information they need to identify whether their daughter is pregnant, how to help their daughter to stay healthy during the pregnancy and preparing their daughter for pregnancy and birth. Other issues covered include what a baby needs, legal matters, abortion and adoption, and education. read more »

Justina is passionate about working with mothers and babies. As a qualified holistic massage therapist and teacher of baby massage and baby yoga, her focus is very much on nurturing mothers, as well as their babies, throughout pregnancy and early motherhood, which is when we all really need that extra TLC! read more »

Australian fruit experts Sunraysia - the brains behind the first 100% Pure Squeezed Prune Juice (the only juice of its kind not to be made from concentrate but from directly crushed prunes) are seeking to make life more ‘comfortable’ for pregnant women. read more »

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