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Each Pregnant Magazine edition covers several topics. CLICK titles to read the articles. To choose another edition, scroll to the bottom of this page. Enjoy!

Tummy butter

By Babylove Network | July 5, 2021

Tummy Butter is a unique moisturizing formula made from cocoa butter, vitamin E, collagen, elastin and soothing lavender essential oil. It is a moisturizing body cream designed to soothe the itchy skin of pregnant women, thus the lavender oil for its soothing qualities, and elastin for the stretching skin It is also used to help…

Constipation during pregnancy

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

Are you pregnant and cringing at the thought of visiting a toilet for a long call because you have hard stool? Passing such stool can be a trying and painful experience. You sit there and push with all your mind and might but alas! Nothing comes out and when it does, it is slow, scant…

Rising above prejudice

By Babylove Network | July 9, 2021

About a month ago, I had the honor of playing host to children’s activity at a company’s AIDS awareness day. As I sat among the children, I was struck by the way they quickly formed friendships. Immediately I had placed them in their respective age-sets, I began to hear the bonding process forming. ‘Hi,’ said…

Baby check up – two weeks after delivery

By Babylove Network | June 29, 2021

Immediately a baby is born, the doctor or nurse who conducted the delivery must take an Apgar score. This refers to a scoring system used to assess the well being of the baby during its first minutes of life after delivery. It is done in every hospital in the country, be it public or private.…

Fashionable Kitenge

By Babylove Network | June 30, 2021

We grace this motherly touch with traditional handmade fabrics displaying cuts that have been influenced by other exotic cultures and tailored to bring out the motherliness of the modern African mum. The prints and accessories, again with an African base, have been used to articulate vibrancy and appreciation of colour and diversity. Turn the pages and…

Real mothers tell us what it is really like…1

By Babylove Network | June 26, 2021

This is a legacy edition story. True stories of past pregnancies in yester days (or years), as published in Pregnant Magazine. Real mothers tell us what it is really like… …my worst moments! Morning sickness. During the first four months of my pregnancy, the nausea was agonizing. Most smells from cooking food and perfumes would send…

I had to let go …

By Babylove Network | June 30, 2021

Esther begins her story with a deep frown that contrasts with her serene surroundings, including a sofa that is beautifully stuffed with teddy bears and stuffed dolls for her baby. I was quite green when I met Mark. We went out for close to a year before I agreed on taking our relationship to another…

Mixed blessings

By Babylove Network | July 5, 2021

Nine months have borne fruit of a healthy baby. Friends and family flock around you and the newborn to celebrate with you. But before you know it, the initial excitement paves way to the rigors of new parenthood. Rebecca Njoki highlights some of these challenges. Whose time? New mothers find themselves attending to the newborn,…

Sex – Joyful positions

By Babylove Network | June 18, 2021

Some expectant women turn into sex queens come pregnancy. More blood flows to the pelvic area increases sensitivity of the vagina and clitoris, causing many of such to have even more orgasms. For others, a sore bust and terrible nausea makes them hanker for sleep, not sex. But if that’s the case, all’s not lost.…

A hands off Christmas in Shaggz

By Babylove Network | June 27, 2021

The gentle December winds blew steadily over the vast harvested corn fields, gathering dusk and dried husks, only to deposit them at random places yonder. The relief these cool winds brought in an environment otherwise colonised by the scorching sun was quite refreshing; except for the load it carried-which proved to be quite a visual…