During the nine months of your pregnancy, your entire body and mind worked very hard to nurture another life inside you to give birth at the end of your pregnancy. During childbirth, going through tremendous pain and feeling very tired both in your body as well as your mind is common. Health conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and thyroid are also some of the natural occurrences. The thyroid – a small, butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of the neck – is a hormone that travels through the bloodstream and spreads across all the other parts of the body to keep the body process in con ..read more

Most of the challenges during pregnancy are due to hormonal fluctuations and the baby’s development inside your womb. Thanks to the soaring hormones and the growing weight of the baby inside you feel nauseous, swollen, tired, etc. You may also develop other conditions related to your pregnancy. Above all, being less active, and getting the essential nutrients from your food both for you and your baby could impact your bathroom habits, and you’re more likely to feel constipated.  Loose motion or diarrhea could also cause discomfort either in the early or later stage of your pregnancy. So ..read more

Embracing motherhood is a transformative journey for you. You will be faced with a lot of discomfort. Experiencing pain or cramps – in the back, leg, etc is one of the biggest pregnancy challenges. Pelvic girdle pain can also be considered a normal part of abdominal or pelvis adjustment during pregnancy. (The pelvic girdle is made up of several bones, near the hips and thighs, and forms a ring-like structure at the base of the spine. It serves as a foundation for the pelvis and supports the weight of the upper body). During pregnancy, the pelvic girdle may experience pain or discomfort as the ..read more

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurological developmental disorder characterized by cognitive deficits and impaired social and communicative development. The term “spectrum” relates to a wide range of autism spectrum disorder symptoms, and it includes challenges in social skills, communication, and repetitive behaviours. So, while some children with autism spectrum disorder may face difficulty when it comes to learning, there are children with autism disorder who may exhibit signs of lower-than-normal intelligence. Given the varied symptoms of autism, both environmental and genet ..read more

Both pregnancy and postpartum are the transitional phases in both the mom-to-be and the new mom’s life.  In the nine months of the pregnancy journey, you’ll see yourself changing like anything, whether in the body or mind. You’ll swell, put on weight, and feel itchy, and anxious because you’re developing another life inside you.  Intake of a balanced, and nutritious diet, drinking plenty of water,  and staying active can make you feel healthy during your pregnancy.  While you plan to stay active and include a lot of exercises during your pregnancy regime, don’t forget to in ..read more

Pregnancy is the most magical phase of your life. You’re, after all, waiting to hold a cuddly little one after passing the 9-month-long journey. With the baby inside you, you’ll face a lot of changes in your body, as well as your mind. You’ll feel nauseous, constipated, swollen, and anxious. There are also chances that you’ll get signs of blurry vision during pregnancy. Since visiting the doctor is the norm during your pregnancy, by visiting the healthcare you’d come to know that you’re suffering from vision problems is common. There are chances that your eyes may become red, itchy,  or c ..read more

Pregnancy takes a toll on your entire body and mind. Thanks to the soaring pregnancy hormones, it makes you feel swollen and tired. You may also have to deal with the emotional upheavals. Additionally, pregnancy hot flashes cannot be denied. Along with the natural pregnancy alterations, when it’s hot outside, sweaty feelings and heat exhaustion in pregnancy are also normal.  To keep yourself cool during pregnancy, besides drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water during pregnancy, sweet-sipping nutritional-based coconut water is good for you.  So, the health benefits of drinking coconut wate ..read more

The moment you embrace your journey of motherhood, you undergo a lot of changes in your body and mind. After all, you’re developing another life inside you, so eating right, staying active, taking rest, and drinking plenty of water are some of the main sources of nourishment both for you and the baby inside you. As you take in the right kind of diet during your pregnancy, you’d have to include both micro and macronutrients in your pregnancy platter. While micronutrients include vitamins and minerals, macronutrients are the best sources of energy, carbs, fats, and proteins. Out of all the nutri ..read more

You may have reached the 30th week of your pregnancy, but your baby bump hardly remains visible. Being anxious about this won’t help much. It is natural that being a would-be-mum, you’d be worried about the growth of the baby you’re nurturing inside. Visiting the healthcare practitioner would be beneficial at this stage. The doctor will take you through several tests and scans to check you and the health of the growing baby inside you. Getting a Doppler scan done is just one of them. The Reasons Behind a Doppler Scan in Pregnancy  The Doppler scan during pregnancy is done twice. Once in t ..read more

Congratulations! You’ve embarked on a beautiful journey of becoming a mother. While going through the entire journey from the first trimester to the last, you may have several questions about the growing baby and the health of your pregnancy. So, to know how your pregnant body and the baby inside you are functioning, you might have to undergo prenatal screening. What are Prenatal Screening and the Types of Screening? “Prenatal screening test” is a blanket term for the doctor-recommended tests that are first done after 10 weeks of pregnancy. It is mostly carried out during the first and the sec ..read more