During the 6th and 7th month of pregnancy, I always kept fetal/prenatal education in my mind.
During these two months, important work continues to taking place in the baby’s brain. Beginning the 6th month, her brain continues to grow, eventually it will contain some 100 billion never cells. These ne[......]

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Tags: fetal education | Fetal Education, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | March 26, 2008 8:05 am | Comments (0)

Message 3: I like rubbing and patting

Since I felt my baby’s first movement, I have been noticing she likes rubbing and patting. When she is agitated, anxious, or restless, rubbing and patting always calm her down, or moderate her movements.
Along with rubbing and patting, sometimes I talk to her, [......]

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Tags: Fetal Movements | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Late-Pregnancy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | March 19, 2008 12:57 pm | Comments (0)

Today is close to the end of my 6th month of gestation. After 3 months, my baby will arrive to this world. I am both excited and anxious. What I need to buy to prepare for her arrival?
With this question in mind, I logged in Yahoo Answers, a community site, and posted my first question: what I need [......]

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Tags: Mid-Pregnancy | From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 28, 2008 2:08 pm | Comments (0)

Message 2: I need more space
My baby and I have to come to a compromise on what position I should sleep.

Whenever I tried to sleep on my left side, I felt my baby begin to move, kick and stretch. When I moved to my right side, she didn’t like it either. When I lied on my back, she began to calm dow[......]

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Tags: fetal movement, Mid-Pregnancy | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 26, 2008 8:52 am | Comments (0)

A few months ago, US toy company and Chinese toy manufacturer recalled millions of toys sold in the US, due to the excess lead on the paintings of the surface of the toys. Why lead is so dangerous and harmful for people, especially children?
The hand-outs from my practitioner gave me detailed inform[......]

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Tags: Healthy Pregnancy | Early Pregnancy, From Mommy, Healthy Pregnancy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 20, 2008 7:56 am | Comments (0)

Fetal movement refers to motion of a fetus caused by its own muscle activity. It is usually felt around the 17th – 20th week from the last menstual period. Cyclic patterns of activity/sleep are thought to take place with “quiet” sleep cycles lasting from 10 to 60 minutes. Daily number of movem[......]

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Tags: Fetal Movements, Mid-Pregnancy | Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 19, 2008 8:43 am | Comments (0)

My placenta moved up!
Another good news besides CPC resolved in baby’s brain!
I was so happy and relaxed when the doctor congradualted me with such a promising information.
The placenta, which is a structure that connects the baby to the wall of mom’s womb, can partially or completely cover the open[......]

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Tags: Bleeding in Pregnancy | Bleeding in Pregnancy, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 17, 2008 1:42 pm | Comments (0)

I never smoke and don’t drink any alcohol. But when my practitioner handed me the materials about the information of the damage of alcohol, drugs, smoking to pregnancy, I still carefully read it over.
I think this information might benefit other expectant mothers; therefore I share this information [......]

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Tags: Healthy Pregnancy | Early Pregnancy, From Mommy, Healthy Pregnancy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 14, 2008 2:08 pm | Comments (0)

My baby is a girl!
Acutally the doctor told me this news during my January visit for an ultrasound. At that time I was so overwhelmed by the sad news of finding CPC in baby’s brain! that even this exciting news didn’t excite me at all.
Last week, I came back to the doctor to conduct a follow-up ultr[......]

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Tags: baby's name, Mid-Pregnancy | From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 12, 2008 3:48 pm | Comments (0)

According Dr. Thomas R. Verny, one of the world’s leading authorities on the effect of the prenatal and early postnatal environment on personality development, maternal feelings and moods are linked to hormones and neurotransmitters that travel through the bloodstream and across the placenta t[......]

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Tags: fetal education, Fetal Movements, Mid-Pregnancy | Fetal Education, Fetal Movements, From Mommy, Mid-Pregnancy | mommy | February 11, 2008 12:54 pm | Comments (1)