Your Pregnancy

Your Pregnancy is the only local magazine that offers relevant, credible and accurate information on all aspects of pregnancy. Its local and international experts answer all questions quickly and respectfully. The magazine acknowledges pregnant women’s need to look and feel good. They are concerned about their baby’s health and wellness, but also care about their own. The magazine provides all the info that’s needed, as well as the latest fashion and beauty trends, health issues and exercises. It covers all aspects of pregnancy. The team loves what it does – and it shows.

Your Pregnancy

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Barefoot is best • …but not always possible. Five surprising things to look for when buying small shoes:

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CELEBRATE SA! • A selection of recipes showcasing favourite local ingredients and flavours, cleverly made healthier and more accessible to all.

Burrow for baby • A catchy, calming and contemporary nursery with blush walls, classic white and rattan furniture and welcoming pastel shades.

GET SORTED • You know you’re a parent when storage solutions get you all excited!

SCIENCE FOR A GOOD REACTION • Janco Barnard from Kempton Park loves science and making ‘magic potions’. A laboratory vibe was a winning formula for his fourth birthday party.

How old is too old? • When you read headlines about women in their 40s (or even 50s!) having children, it’s easy to believe that age is less of a factor than it used to be with fertility. But this is rather misleading, say the fertility experts – because age does matter.

Breaking news • Turn the conversations on tough stuff into life lessons by knowing how to guide your child through divorce, death and the arrival of a new sibling.

THE SPECIFICS

Your family, YOUR WAY! • Values form part of your child’s grounding from a young age. Here we take a look at some simple ways you can teach your child what is of real importance in life.

THE GOLDEN RULE • “Experience it first, say it later,” says Hettie. “Children will make our values theirs if they see that it is not only words but also deeds and a lifestyle that bear fruit.”

MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU • Working from home? How to thrive when you become your own boss.

PREGNANCY files • Practical advice from conception to birth.

Focus on folate • You and your growing baby need more folic acid during pregnancy than you did before. Here’s why…

COLLAGEN COLLAPSE

SPOTTING SCARE • Everyone knows that bleeding in pregnancy isn’t normal. So seeing blood in your undies at the very beginning of your pregnancy can cause huge concern. Does this mean you’re about to lose your pregnancy?

NAUSEA • ISN’T GETTING BETTER

CAN’T TOUCH THIS! • You’re pregnant, so suddenly everyone has an opinion on what you put in your mouth. Beat the busybodies off with facts.

An inside job • What can your baby hear in utero? And feel? When does she sleep and when is she awake?

FELT a flutter YET? • Medical books call it quickening, but any woman who has been pregnant before will tell you that Baby’s first movement should be called “flutters”.

Stretching & co WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW • You want that glowing feeling? How to deal with five complexion worries.

Do I have to… • With so much varying info on labour and birth, we put your mind at ease on some of your top concerns.

9 EPIDURAL Q&As • An epidural is one of the more commonly known pain-relief methods for labour. Whether you plan one or not, it’s important to know the where, what and how of it – so you’re prepared just in...