Healthy Mom&Baby: Issue 38
Healthy Mom&Baby magazine Issue 38 features a collection of articles with recommendations to care for yourself and your baby. You will have a new level of awareness after reading topics such as Fun with Fruit for a Healthy Pregnancy, A Comprehensive Guide to Postpartum Care, Understanding Parental Leave, Pushing Positions that Empower You, and Why Breastfeeding is Best for Your Baby.
Healthy Moms
Pack More DHA Into Your Pregnancy – Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a powerful omega-3 fatty acid that supports the development of a baby’s brain, eyes, and nervous system during pregnancy. Since the human body doesn’t make DHA, it’s important that pregnant people include in their diet.
Fun with Fruit for a Healthy Pregnancy – Fruits are amazing because of their distinct taste, shapes, colors, and many health benefits. Most fruits are low in fat, sodium, and calories with the added bonus that they don’t contain cholesterol. Fruits also have essential nutrients that most people don’t get enough of like: Potassium, fiber, vitamin C, and folate.
The ABCs of EDCs – Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), are natural and human-made environmental toxins. EDCs disrupt the endocrine system, which is responsible for controlling the body’s functions through hormones. These hormones affect brain development, mental health, fertility, and much more.
Nurturing the New You: A Comprehensive Guide to Postpartum Care – In this comprehensive guide, learn the importance of caring for yourself postpartum. These tips help to combat putting self-care on the back burner due to frequent feedings and sleep-deprived nights.
Reflux in Pregnancy – Pregnant friends often swap stories about the symptoms they’re experiencing. One frequent issue that’s likely to be discussed is reflux. It’s also called GERD or gastroesophageal reflux disease, learn the many ways to manage this condition.
Great Products and Gifts for Moms – Here’s a gift guide to share with family and friends who want to support your mental, physical, and emotional health needs throughout pregnancy and during baby’s first year. As your needs change over time, get creative with asking for what you need.
Healthy Pregnancy
Healthy Pregnancy 1st Trimester – Discovering you’re pregnant is a life-changing occasion! Whether this is your first, second, third, or sixth pregnancy, growing a new human inside of you is a miraculous feeling. But what does being pregnant mean? What should you be aware of?
Understanding Parental Leave: A Guide to FMLA, PTO, and Financial Savings – Welcoming a new addition to the family is exciting, but it can also bring about significant financial changes. Understand your rights among the different types of parental leave options available.
Healing After Birth Trauma – Giving birth and recovering afterwards is physically and mentally challenging. Your childbirth experience can affect your physical and mental health in ways that lead to difficulty caring for yourself and your baby. Use these strategies to reduce being triggered and improve your overall well-being.
Pushing Positions that Empower You – The urge to push your baby through the birth canal are strong and instinctive. Review these pushing positions that take pressure off your back, protect your perineum, and help you birth spontaneously.
Gentle Solutions: Ways to Avoid Constipation During Pregnancy – Many expectant mothers experience constipation because of all the hormone changes. However, there are gentle and effective ways to avoid constipation so you can focus on enjoying your pregnancy.
Essential Oils for Pregnancy & Labor – Essential oils can help ease your emotions, give you a dash of euphoria, and help you mentally zone in for the pushing phase of labor. Talk with your pregnancy care provider about using essential oils during each phase – pregnancy, labor, and postpartum.
Mom and Baby on the Move: Driving While Pregnant – Traveling safely in a vehicle while pregnant is important for you and for your baby. You don’t have to stop exploring, there’s just more planning involved to remain safe.
Healthy Babies
Baby’s NICU Stay: What to Know – One of the most secure areas of a hospital is the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where the smallest and most vulnerable babies may need to receive extended care. The nurses in the NICU are compassionate and offer their advice for what you can do to support yourself and your baby during their NICU stay.
Your Guide to Breast Milk Storage – Whether you’re a mom returning to work, or busy running the day-to-day operations at home, you may have moments when you need to store your “liquid gold” for baby. Properly storing your breast milk is crucial to maintaining your milk’s quality and safety and ensuring your baby receives the best nutrients and antibodies essential for their growth.
Why Breastfeeding is Best for Your Baby – Breastfeeding is globally recognized as the gold standard in infant nutrition because of its significant health benefits for you and your baby. It improves your health postpartum through your later years, strengthens the bond between you and your baby, gives baby complete nutrition in their earliest months of life, and supports baby’s optimal growth and development.
Baby! It’s Bath Time…Away From Home – Are you planning to travel soon with your baby? Well, make it fun; the same safety basics of bathing baby apply; you simply add a dose of creativity!
Prep Your Fur Baby to Meet Your Newborn – For most pet owners, their furry (or scaly) friends are considered family. Don’t stress though, with a little planning you can prepare your growing family for a successful transition to welcome baby into a home with pets.
Skin-to-Skin Care for Your Baby – Skin-to-skin care immediately after birth is so beneficial for families, it’s standard practice at many hospitals. Learn the benefits and how to advocate for this undisturbed time between you and your baby.
The Golden Hour: Your Prize After Birth – Your bundle of joy is finally here! You carried your baby for months in your womb, now you finally get to hold them in your arms during “The Golden Hour” the first hour after baby’s birth.
A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Treating Diaper Rash – Diaper rash is a common condition that causes redness and discomfort in your baby’s genital area. Do you have the supplies on hand to treat diaper rash?
Best Practices for Safe Infant Sleep – Every year about 3,500 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly while sleeping. Balance your need for evidence-based sleep recommendations with the bonding tips that you may receive from your parents or other relatives.
Deciphering Baby Talk: What is Your Baby Saying? – Your baby begins to talk to you long before they can speak words. Get to know and understand your baby’s personality and temperament. Pay attention to their cues and respond so that your baby hears you talking right back at them.
About Healthy Mom&Baby
Healthy Mom&Baby magazine is nurse-expert-authored health and wellness advice, from preconception and pregnancy to labor, birth, and parenting. More than 1.2 million women read the free online magazine and gain practical advice and information from nurses at Health4Mom.org.
About AWHONN
Healthy Mom&Baby is powered by the nurses at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). It is the foremost authority promoting the health of women and newborns and strengthening the nursing profession through the delivery of superior advocacy, research, education, and other professional and clinical resources. Learn more about AWHONN at www.awhonn.org.
