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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EAT WELL for nine months • Think carefully about your diet while pregnant, because through the placenta, you feed your baby everything you eat. Find out what’s best for your baby from before the first heartbeat all the way to the first breath, writes registered dietician Zelda Ackerman

Know your STATUS • South Africa is fast trying to combat the spread of sexually transmitted infections, especially among vulnerable young women, writes Craig Bishop

PREGNANCY PAMPERING FAQs • Your hair is looking luscious, but should you steer clear of the salon while pregnant? What about chemical peels to keep you in the glow? Here’s how you might need to change your beauty routine for the next nine months, and what’s perfectly safe to keep doing, writes Robyn Lawrenson

Face the pain, HEAD ON • Headaches during pregnancy can be troublesome, but, unless there’s a more serious underlying cause, they’re pretty normal, especially in the first and third trimesters, writes Melany Bendix

READER QUESTION

TOP 10 FOETUS FACTS • A couple of the things happening in your womb might surprise you, writes Shanda Luyt

Here I come, Mama! • Ever wondered how baby experiences labour?

TRUE OR FALSE?

READY, SET PUSH • Our secrets to speed up labour, writes Melany Bendix

LATENT VS ACTIVE

HOW LONG IS LONG?

DURING LABOUR

CALL THE MIDWIFE! • To say that Sharon Marsay, veteran midwife and chair of the Private Practising Midwives Association, is passionate about the power of childbirth is an understatement. She tells Margot Bertelsmann about her near-30-year career and reflects on current trends in birth and parenting

THE big thirst • Does your baby suddenly want to be on the breast the whole day long? Does it seems like she just can’t get enough? It’s probably a growth spurt, writes Shanda Luyt

WHY YOU REALLY SHOULD vaccinate your children • Ardent anti-vaccinators are making so much noise on social media that it’s hard not to become worried about what you’re injecting into your precious baby. Even parents who would normally follow the government-mandated schedule of vaccinations may now flinch before that needle goes into their child’s arm. Because the last thing you want to do is hurt your baby. But here are the facts, writes Margot Bertelsmann

Tummy time makes BABY STRONG • It’s very important for your baby to spend enough time on his belly, writes Shanda Luyt. Here’s how you can make the most of tummy time…

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TOP FIVE TUMMY TIME POSITIONS

SHOULD I PHONE THE DOCTOR? • Most babies get sick in those very early months. Fortunately, it’s seldom serious, but sometimes you do need to call your...