The Smart Women's Guide to Having a Happy Healthy Pregnancy Ebook

Happy Healthy Pregnancy

• Exactly what goes on in your body in the first trimester and why the change over from the first to the second trimester is the most crucial. You must absolutely know this.

• How you can easily ease morning sickness so you can get on with working and living again without this monster sickness interfering in your life. (In some cases you can even get rid of it completely. Hey, I got rid of mine and I reveal all my tips and secrets at stopping this terrible condition. I went from vomiting in a bucket 8 to 10 times a day to feeling ok and being able to work again, just by this secret tip. I am absolutely honest with you here.)

• You'll discover exactly what baby is doing each week- how they are growing, what is developing when and you can follow their progress as it is happening. You'll see real life photos and be amazed at how your baby develops so rapidly.

• Why even, if this is your second or third pregnancy, you will learn so me amazing things you probably didn't know before, such as how to get baby kicking again if you haven't felt them for a while (that's right, you don't need to be "first time mom" to get the benefits of this book.)

• Finding it hard to fall pregnant? It may be that you are missing valuable information about your body and its fertile "signs". Miss this and you could be trying for years to become pregnant, avoid the frustration now!

• Discover the truth about your menstrual cycle being 28 days- this amazed me when I found out the truth about this. (No wonder women don't fall pregnant when they are trying so hard.)

• Discover how sex education in schools does not explain fertility and pregnancy to its most comprehensive degree and sometimes how 'knowledge' passed down through generations of women can be misleading or even outright wrong. (That's why, the more I learnt from the health professionals, the more I stopped listening to my mother and mother in law about pregnancy.)

• Want to know about what essential oils keep your daily stress levels down? Don't read another thing about essential oils and pregnancy until you know this important tip - getting it wrong could completely affect your health and your babies healthy development.

• Warning! Not all "Oils" are the same! Don't buy anything until you're sure you understand this incredibly important point. Many pregnant women buy this type of oil instead of the proper essential oil which can leave you feeling sick and nauseas and even be bad for baby- read and find out what this oil is and how to avoid it for good.

• Baby's brain cells are rapidly forming... at a rate of 250,000 per minute. Can you guess what week this happens? You will be amazed to learn how early this is!

• You'll find out at week 6, which is important, life-maintaining organ is the slowest organ to mature in your babies body. You'd think it'd be the first.

• Discover what happens to your blood at week 8 and how much it changes over the entire time of your pregnancy. These changes can explain why your body is needs HCG. (The hormone that makes you sick as a dog!)

• You'll discover what week your babies heart begins to beat at about 150 beats per minute (BPM.)

• You'll be amazed at what stage in the pregnancy your baby can clench their fists, bend their wrists, purse their lips and pinch their eyebrows together!

• Find out which week your baby is able to hear sounds outside the womb that travel through the amniotic fluid. They hear your voice at this point!

• " Over the course of this week, Baby will double in size!"- Can you guess which week this happens at?

• A girl or boy? During this week of your pregnancy you will find out...that's if you want to.

• You'll discover what covering of soft, fine hair called lanugo does and how important it is for baby, and, you guessed it, what week this happens at.

• This week you may notice light contractions in your abdomen. Don't worry! These should be painless and may continue for the duration of the pregnancy.

• During this week your baby develops something that is completely unique to them- no other living being has the same kind!

• Find out all the truth about what simple problems may interfere with your woman's ability to fall pregnant. And you won't believe what they are. I was shocked when the GP's told me this!

• What are the first clues that you may be pregnant? In movies, they seem to be the same every time; fainting, morning sickness and a late period. In the course of my research and interviews, I discovered that pregnancy symptoms can be every bit as unpredictable as the menstrual cycle! Find out these remarkable signs...(Did you know that You could have two or three symptoms and not actually be pregnant! This shocked me; how could that be? Find out how you can tell if you are actually pregnant or not)

• Did you know that your growth and texture of your Hair and Nails can change during pregnancy? But do you know why?

• Why you can get nasty Constipation during pregnancy - in fact it's a very good reason.

• You'll discover exactly what's going on inside your body, why it's happening, week by week and month by month. How to know each trimester so well that other moms will be saying "gosh, how did you know that? That's amazing!"

• Stop Heartburn messing with your life for good-here are some sure fires ways to get rid of it. (Lets face it being up in the middle of the night feeling like your chest is on fire is one of the real symptoms of pregnancy. Many books play pregnancy symptoms down, but not my book! I know the hell heartburn can cause you know this and you can get on with feeling good about being pregnancy, not stressed because you're sick all the time.)

• Let's be honest- you can have freaky dreams about babies when you are pregnant- and this is not because your screwed up and just don't know it! Not at all! In fact , its a sign that you are perfectly normal. Now I reveal why this happens and why you should not be afraid and know it is not an indication that something is wrong. (I dreamt my baby wouldn't breast feed because she personally didn't like me- had me worried for week until I found this amazing fact out!)

• Learn what causes, beyond any shadow of a doubt, what causes pregnancy complications, premature births, miscarriage, birth defects, and even stillborns. This damage done during pregnancy can sometimes last a lifetime, see what they are and how you can reduce your chances of suffering these terrible things.

• Learn what action to take after seeing a positive pregnancy test. The first thing is not to panic- you have plenty of time, remember!

• At last! The the truth about Prenatal Vitamins- what you need and what you definitely do not need. (Read this and save wasted money and time on supplements you do not need, not to mention how you will be able to take control of your own health to help your body create a beautiful child.)

• We all know that Smoking, Drinking lots of Alcohol and coffee are no-no's but do you know exactly why? You must not miss this important bit of information.

• And guess what? Did you know you can have alcohol during pregnancy- here's how much you can have.

• If you are a coffee lover like me, and are concerned about caffeine intake then you will be pleased to know this! (There's a lot of rubbish about what to intake during pregnancy and this is one of them.)

• How sleep works in pregnancy- the truth about how much extra sleep you do in fact need.

• How to get the sleep you need without it interfering in your working or social live and maintain a good health for you and baby. (In the first trimester I was nodding off at 3pm every day. Telling me to stay awake and alert the whole day long was torture!)

• Do you have a blood sugar problem that's worse now that you're pregnant? Don't worry, pregnancy affects blood sugar and here's what you can do to keep your blood sugars completely stable. You'll be surprised that its not just about eating every few hours, there is a key component that is missing in most pregnancy books about blood sugar and I reveal what this is.

• Speaking of blood sugar, you must also know this; How blood sugar can cause just as many problems in pregnancy as morning sickness and diabetes can- read the hidden truth about blood sugar you simply must know! And what you can do about it. You must read this excellent section.

• Did you know that pregnancy is not actually 9 months? If want to know when your baby is REALLY due, you must read these two ways you can work it out and get a 100% accuracy on your due date. (You'll find out the real due date if you know your conception date. 9 months is a myth.)

• Will my vagina ever be the same again after delivering a baby?

• What does labour feel like?

• Is labour as painful as everyone makes out?

• What are my options for pain relief if I can't handle the pain?

• What happens if I have to have a Caesar?

• How long does it take to recover from a Caesar?

• How long after giving birth vaginally can I have sex again?

• What if I don't want to breast feed because I have always viewed my breasts as a sexual part of my body- I don't know what to do, I'm too embarrassed to admit I feel this way.

• I have had sex with multiple partners before I got pregnant and am worried I have an Sexually transmitted disease, what can I do?

• Will my sex life ever be the same after I have had a baby?

• Are you worried about Previous Sexual Health Issues such as aids, std's, infections? Then you will not want to miss this- things just might not be as bad as you think.

• Did you know that some diseases, if left untreated, can cause scarring on your reproductive organs that could affect your fertility?

• Why Sexually transmitted disease screening is important, what your procedure and advice your Dr will do and give if you have had any Sexually Transmitted Infections or Diseases in the past.

• Did you know that some diseases, if left untreated, can cause scarring on your reproductive organs that could affect your fertility?

• What a "history" of miscarriage means and why, if you have this, what you can do about becoming pregnant again.

• Have you heard that if you have a late miscarriage it is always because of an incompetent cervix? I break the myth on this one completely. You'll be amazed and relieved to hear what the causes for "late" miscarriage are.

• What is considered a "late" miscarriage, and its not towards the end of the first trimester, it's later than that. I finally blow the whistle on the myths about late miscarriage, once and for all!

• Learn why the week 13 to 14 is such an incredibly crucial time for baby and why miscarriage occurs around this point. (You certainly will not find this in any other pregnancy book. I found this out from one of the surgeons I at the Royal Women's Hospital when I had a miscarriage.)

• Had a miscarriage and had people say insensitive things? (Hey three things in life you can rely on; death, taxes and ignorant comments after miscarriage!) Here's some helpful suggestions about getting emotional support and ways you can honour your beautiful baby. (Even though you only carried them for a while they were still YOUR little baby and nothing can change that, not even the dumb comments people make.)

• Had an abortion before and want to become pregnant now? Then you must not miss this section- you will be extremely pleased to hear this fact.

• Had an Ectopic or Ovarian Cyst before? You'll find out how what you can do and what help you can get, also there is some good news!

• If you've had a Caesarean and want to give birth Vaginally, then here is what you must know. (If you wish to try a Vaginal birth after caesarean, there are some precautions that you can take to increase your chances of success.)

• The truth about the Rh factor- About 15% of people are Rh negative. If you are one of them, and have experienced a miscarriage or previous problems before then discover what can be done about it and the procedure that is done.

• Find out what is done for Rh factor women around the 28th week of pregnancy and then again after 72 hours of giving birth. This will save your baby and you to know this information. (The baby will be closely monitored to ensure that their red blood cell count does not reach a dangerous level.)

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