“I Just Want To Eat You Up!”: How Cute Aggression Is Linked To Caring For Baby
Ever looked at a cute baby and just wanted to pinch their chubby cheeks or nibble on their toes? Or had an overwhelming urge to squeeze a wriggling little puppy so tight in your arms? Of course, without wanting to hurt it at all! If the answer’s ‘yes’, then you’re one of the many people […]
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome & The Role Your Diet Can Play
Did you know that it takes an average of 2 years and 3 doctors for a woman to be diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). 2 years. 3 doctors. For many women, the painful journey to a PCOS diagnosis can take even longer, as this all-too-common condition continues to mystify healthcare professionals and researchers, leading […]
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4 Low-Sugar Treats to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Earlier this week, we spoke with Eleanor Strang, Registered Nutritional Therapist and advisor for Dr. Morton’s Medical Helpline, about how we can eat well and better manage our blood sugar. It’s always important to pay attention to how the food we put on our plate affects how our body feels; and during pregnancy, that’s more […]
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5 Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Use for Plastic-Free July (& Why It’s Better for Your Health)
Ah, plastic. The pesky stuff is everywhere, even where we can’t see it. Landfills overflowing with plastic bags that will hang around for the next thousand years or so provide enough warning to make us think twice before opting for plastic bags at the grocery store – but how else can we reasonably cut down […]
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Getting Ahead of Gestational Diabetes: How to Better Manage your Blood Sugar
How common is gestational diabetes, really? Well, the number of women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is increasing steadily each year; as many as 10% of all pregnant women will be diagnosed with it. And what’s more, a high proportion of these women will go on to develop Type 2 Diabetes in later life. […]
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Is There Such A Thing As An Optimal Fertility Diet?
“What are the best foods to eat when trying to get pregnant?”. We hear this question a lot, and chances are it’s run through your mind before, too. With the launch of our brand new Trying To Conceive program on the Baby2Body app, we’re so excited to be able to dig deeper into these questions […]
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Track Your Cycles & Optimize Fertility with Our New Trying To Conceive Program!
It’s. Finally. Here. We’ve just launched our brand new Trying To Conceive program (TTC for short!) on the Baby2Body app and we can’t wait for you to check it out. Here’s what you need to know: our TTC program is built to help you optimize your preconception health. Simple as that. Whether you’re actively trying […]
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5 Incredible Ways Dad’s Lifestyle Can Promote Baby’s Health
You probably know that the Baby2Body ethos is based off our firm belief in happy, healthy mothers making for happy, healthy babies. A woman’s lifestyle behaviors in the preconception phase, throughout pregnancy, and in early postpartum have a massive impact on baby’s development in the womb and they even lay the foundation for adult health […]
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Maternal Mental Health Isn’t Created Equal
Do you ever wonder: “How likely am I to have postpartum depression?” Well, one in seven new mothers suffer from postpartum depression (based on U.S. statistics). Additionally, between 50 to 85% of new mothers experience what is known as the “baby blues” after giving birth––and even if the low mood they experience isn’t severe enough to […]
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Feeling Alone? We Take A Look At Pregnancy & Postpartum Loneliness
First-time mothers are especially susceptible to feeling lonely during their pregnancy, primarily due to inaccurate, often unrealistic, representations of what pregnancy is really like and perceived expectations that it will be a time of blooming, relaxing and nesting in complete happiness. One of the common misconceptions with loneliness is that you have to be by […]
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“Trust Your Body”: Baby2Body Mamas Share Their Conception Journeys
Have you heard the news? We’ve been busy building our brand new Trying to Conceive Program on the app, and we’re seriously excited about it! We usually share Baby2Body mamas’ pregnancy and new motherhood experiences here on the blog, but as we expand our program offerings, we’re thrilled to share more TTC (trying to conceive) […]
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Baby Brain: Is It A Myth or Is There Really Something To It?
During pregnancy, and in the months (and years…) after your baby is born, you may experience, or be told that you are experiencing, something commonly referred to as ‘Baby Brain’. Sound familiar mamas? So is Baby Brain a real thing or is it just hearsay? We asked our friends over at Heights, a brain wellness […]
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