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Pregnancy is a wonderful time for every woman to feel a new life originating within. But there are some factors other than your inside bodily changes that do not let you to cherish this beautiful phase of your life. You will be advised time by time not to do this, not to do that as this might harm the health of your baby.

Heartburn is another area that seems to generate a lot of myths about pregnancy. The most common one being that if you are having a lot of heartburn then you will have a baby with a full head of thick dark hair. You just have to laugh at this. Of course that case of heartburn has nothing to do with your just eating 3 supreme tacos from Taco Bell that you had been craving all day!

Although we are living in a high tech world, and modern science has come up with a lot of results about pregnancy, still there are some myths that continue to exist and get transferred from one generation to other. We shall explain some common myths about pregnancy.

If you are looking more charming throughout the pregnancy, this is because of the girl you are carrying. If you are getting tanner each day this is because of the boy in your womb.

With the proper pregnancy nutrition and continued medical care, you are on your way to enjoying a happy, healthy pregnancy and a wonderful birth. Your next call naturally enough is to your mother who has been through all this twice before and can help to guide you through the murky waters which the whole pregnancy nutrition question put into your head.

In fact, the more pregnant you get, the more often you have to pee. With all three of my babies, starting at about the seventh month, I found myself getting out of bed five or six times a night to hit the bathroom. I also learned very quickly where all the clean public restrooms were along my weekly errands route.

Believed to be weak and “cold” after the delivery of her baby, the new mother should keep warm with “heaty” foods and wear plenty of warm clothing. She is not allowed to go near fans or air-conditioning as she may catch a chill. In observing this tradition, both mother and baby suffer the uncomfortable effects of bad ventilation,especially in the tropical heat of Singapore.

Despite the traditional Chinese ban on hair washing during confinement, new mothers are encouraged to wash their hair when they are more stable on their feet after delivery. The worry is that some women may get giddy spells when shampooing and slip. The tradition is that washing hair during confinement allows “wind” to go into the heads and thus lead to headaches later on. This, again, has no scientific basis.

Especially when trying to conceive by timing intercourse, it is critical to count from the first day of normal bleeding, or full flow, not the spotting at the very start of a period. If not, this could mean your calculations of when you are ovulating could be wrong, and with the short period of time that you ovulate, being off by a day or two can make a big difference to your chances of a successful conception.

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Do You Know that every 9 out of 10 of the world’s mothers breastfeed ?

Benefits of Mother’s milk to infant:

Breast milk provides exactly the right temperature and the correct nutrients whenever your baby wants it which is easy to digest.

Colostrums or first milk which is high in protein is produced during pregnancy and in the first two to four days of life prior to the milk ‘coming in’. This is rich in antibodies to help protect your new baby from infections and build resistance. Colostrums also aid the smooth passage of meconium (sticky dark stool that has been in the bowels of your baby during pregnancy) through the bowels.

Breastfed babies suffer fewer infections in their first year. Their need for antibiotics is also reduced, which avoids any side-effects to their immature immune system. Infections include those to the eyes, ears, chest, urinary system, skin and gastrointestinal system etc.

Common myths of Breast feeding:

- Breastfeed ruins shape of Breast:

Breastfeeding will not ruin the shape of your breasts in the future. Once you have finished feeding, they will return to approximately their pre-pregnant size. Inverted or flat nipples need not be a problem and many women breastfeed successfully with little or no help.

- Can not feed toddler while pregnant:

You can continue to feed your toddler even if you are pregnant with another baby!

- Formula feed is better:

Breast feed is best but women can switch to formula feed when lactating is problem or insufficient.

- Breastfeed leads to irregular periods:

If you exclusively breastfeed, then your periods may not return to regular for up to a year. This is nature’s way of making the natural and therefore safer to keep gap longer between children. This benefits both mother and infant. However, breastfeeding should not be relied upon as a method of contraception.