Prenatal Massage Therapy: 5 Key Benefits for a Healthy Pregnancy Pregnancy is a time of profound change and anticipation. As an expectant mother navigates these transformative months, prenatal massage therapy emerges as a beacon of relief and support. But what exactly is prenatal massage, and how can it benefit both the mother and child? Understanding […]
Pregnancy and Exercise
A common misconception is that pregnancy is a time to only eat and rest. However, exercise and a healthy diet during pregnancy are twice as important for the health of both mother and child. A woman must try to stay physically active throughout the pregnancy and after, this lowers her chance of excessive weight gain, […]
The Effects of Nutrition During Pregnancy
For a long time, associations have been observed between adverse maternal intrauterine environments and the incidence of non-communicable diseases in later life. For example, the thrifty phenotype hypothesis studies the link between the epidemiological evidence of poor fetal and infant development with permanent detrimental changes in glucose-insulin metabolism (1). These alterations of glucose metabolism can […]
What to Know About Gestational Diabetes
The growing rates of obesity in the United States and around the world have increased the incidences of diabetes during gestation. Women who are overweight or obese at the beginning of pregnancy are at a greater risk for the development of diabetes during pregnancy. However, women with a healthy BMI (body mass index) […]
