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Constipation during pregnancy is very common, affecting three out of four pregnant women. If you are prone to constipation already, have morning sickness which is preventing you from eating much and/ or have irritable bowl syndrome chances are high that you will suffer from constipation during your pregnancy. There are …

If you are not a morning person then you most likely won’t have enough energy or time to make your hair look good in the morning. Add some kids or a newborn baby into the mix and you are basically doomed. Waking up earlier to get your hair groomed is …

You can spend the rest of your life thinking of ways to trim down and still stay fat. Of course, you can’t always hide that fat away by wearing black. You need proven ways to lose weight and the best way to do it is to turn to the experts. …

If you have been trying to lose weight you will have most likely figured out something by now. Weight loss is not purely physical, there is a massive mental component involved in this process too. Let’s face it, losing weight is not easy is it? What I have personally encountered …

Weight loss after giving birth is very often a huge concern to moms. Just remember that the most important straight after giving birth is to make sure that you and your baby are healthy and happy. Try and keep the first few weeks for adjusting to having a new baby, …

Here’s the thing, I’ve never been a fat person. I have never had to worry much about exercise or what I eat but I am now turning into a fat mom. Years ago I remember one of my friends saying she doesn’t even have to eat a biscuit to gain …

Yes you did read that title correctly! I’ve been reading up on the many uses for vinegar and while I have been using vinegar for many years for loads of different things it is only during my research for this post that I came across using vinegar to tighten your …

So I’m on a mission to lose mommy tummy and the first week of my Mum Tum Challenge went really well… and really badly. The badly partly is I think mainly down to having my expectations of myself set too high, as usual. So let me explain exactly what happened …

The time to change my naughty ways has come so fast, and in the build up to the day that I am starting to change my exercise and eating habits I have inevitably gotten worse in the panic. The Mum Tum Challenge is nearly upon me and I find myself …

I hope you all had a great Easter holiday! I had a great one, but I found all those Easter eggs adding to this mum tum and it was the final straw for me. Being a naturally skinny person I now find myself with this flabby, stretch marked tummy and …

So here are two questions that have been on our Facebook page regularly: Is Herbalife safe for pregnancy? Is Herbalife safe while breastfeeding? The fact is that I can research this and write a great article on it for you. Gather all the facts and present them to you. However …

According to Times Live teenage pregnancy in South Africa for the financial year 2013/ 2014 was about 21 000 girls, including 717 primary school girls. Read the article here. The teenage years are a difficult time for most adolescents. A teenage pregnancy will affect every aspect of the girl’s mental …

Post natal depression can be confused with Baby Blues. Baby Blues affects about 80% of mothers and this is when you feel weepy, moody, tired and/ or anxious during the first week after giving birth, these feelings usually disappear within a few days. According to PNDSA (Post Natal Depression Support …

Deworming your baby regularly is important. Ideally your baby should be dewormed every 6 months from 12 months of age. When you deworm do every member of the household including pets! It is important to deworm regularly even if there is no sign of a worm infestation, or it is so …

It has come with a relief that there are new speed laws for taxis in South Africa. We have found the article on News24.com that we thought you might enjoy reading and raising your opinions on: As I understand it from the 1st of December 2016 all taxis, busses and …

Another milestone: today I am 5 years clean and I am not ashamed to say I am an alcoholic and an addict. I cannot believe how my life has changed in the last 5 years. I would like to say a special thank you to everyone in my journey, especially …

Hi, my name is Lynne and I’m an alcoholic and addict. I have said those words so many times in meetings and in rehab that sometimes now when I meet someone I often almost automatically blurt this out! For a very long time I was resentful and angry because I …

Did I suffer from Post Natal Depression or was it Baby Blues? To be honest I will never really know, but I think I suffered from PND for the first 6 months after the birth of my baby girl. All I can tell you is my story and what I …

I hope that this little story of my post natal depression helps someone out there. I want you to realize that PND is not a myth, its not something people are faking, its very real and its very horrible. My name is Lee-Ann and it took me 3 pregnancies to …