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Coping with post-delivery weight

By Babylove Network | June 30, 2021

TERRY ANNE CHEBET It is very easy to gain excess weight during pregnancy and after birth. After delivery, my mother-in-law fed me on all types of foodstuffs including the traditional njahi (black beans) and porridge. For the first three months I ate a lot and gained so much weight! Pregnancy was somewhat ‘depressing’. I used…

No Heart Beat

By Babylove Network | July 9, 2021

As narrated by a maternity nurse It was on a Sunday morning when I had just reported on duty. I received the handover report and by 9am, my colleagues and I were set to start off the day. Little did we know what awaited us. Twenty six year old and 37 weeks pregnant ‘Becky shuffled…

Shy Moments 30

By Babylove Network | July 10, 2021

Muscle trouble When I was 30 weeks pregnant, I went to the bookshop to pick textbooks for my son. Some books were high up. So I asked someone to remove them for me lest I lose my balance. Others were way below, again causing me to ask for the same help. After all the rigorous…

Weight training during pregnancy

By Babylove Network | July 2, 2021

Your doctor’s approval is vital By William Bondi An Instructor in Arena Health & Fitness Centre For a woman who has not been undertaking any exercise before pregnancy, it may seem that to exercise, especially to weight train while pregnant, is a difficult task. The truth is it is possible, perfectly safe and beneficial, but…

Dearest feet

By Babylove Network | July 10, 2021

During the nine months, especially when the belly starts to grow, the feet tend to be forgotten and are only remembered when they swell or ache. An apology to your feet via a pedicure and massage to go with it can do wonders. It would boost your morale reminding you how attractive you really are.…

FOLIC ACID

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

Dr. Edmond Barasa advises that folic acid is important for all women of childbearing age, not just those who are pregnant. Studies have shown that women who get 0.4 milligrams of folic acid daily prior to conception or during early pregnancy reduce the risks of their babies being born with serious neural tube defects by…

Speak …on pregnant note 8

By Babylove Network | July 8, 2021

We want to hear from YOU, because this Magazine is for YOU. Send your mail to: The Editor, Pregnant, P.O. Box 11463-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. Or send your SMS to: +254 722 624174 E-mail: pregnant@integral-advisory.com Only mail and sms with your name, postal address and day-time telephone number will be published. The identity of the writer…

Mja Mzito Journals 47

By Babylove Network | June 18, 2021

A full blessing Angie Mwamigi “My pregnancy was unexpected, considering it was in my honeymoon phase. It took a whole month for it to sink in that I was going to be a mother,” Angie narrates. But her partner was besides himself with the news. The thought of becoming a daddy was exhilarating for him,…

Shy Moments 4

By Babylove Network | July 4, 2021

‘Je, Ana Yake?’ My mother has never been impressed by my boyfriend and has time and again warned me against getting impregnated by him. Finally that has come to be the case and I was scared of telling her. Recently my boyfriend visited us because he and I had decided to tell Mum I am…

My second miracle

By Babylove Network | July 3, 2021

Every pregnant woman’s desire is to have a healthy and beautiful baby—one with all the normal human features, including ten toes and fingers. But what happens when the unexpected happens, when things go wrong? When the baby you get is not what you had hoped for? First child When Ann Ngugi. a news anchor, got…