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Swelling on the wall of my Uterus

By Babylove Network | July 3, 2021

WHEN I was 24 weeks pregnant my doctor asked me to go for an ultrasound scan to assess the development of the baby and to check if all was well. It is during this scan that the radiologist noticed I had a swelling on the wall of my uterus. On further observation he told me…

Coping as a Pregnant Reporter

By Babylove Network | July 3, 2021

Being a pregnant reporter can be quite complicated. One has to not only carry equipment, cables and documents; sometimes you have to run to venues or in times of trouble, out of them! The risks to both mum and baby are when it comes to fieldwork. Charity Katago-Kamau says, ‘Business reporting has it’s own challenges…

Are you ready for a baby?

By Babylove Network | July 5, 2021

Janet and Godfrey had been happily married for five years. But in all this time they had not had a child. Parents and friends were starting to worry that there would never be an addition in the family. There was speculation that one of them could be infertile. Many wondered why the couple did not…

Dance to build confidence in your pregnant body

By Babylove Network | July 10, 2021

Dancing is a means of communication, recreation, and also expresses different cultural roots and practices. It has been in existence since the ancient times. Dancing requires balance and correct body posture. As you struggle to find these while dancing, the body adjusts and in the process you gain useful benefits, especially in pregnancy. These are…

Sex talk in pregnancy

By Babylove Network | June 18, 2021

The gateway to fun Unless your care provider, gynaecologist or midwife, advises otherwise, it is perfectly fine to stay close and make love throughout the nine-month journey of pregnancy — even up to the day the baby is due. Sex may even be better than ever at this time Lip Service How to stay close…

‘Everything about my pregnancy has been big’

By Babylove Network | June 22, 2021

My last scan reveled the most content-looking baby ever Big and getting BIGGER! That in a nutshell, defines my second pregnancy. When I asked my husband to point out something unique about this pregnancy he said; ‘Bigger!’ One of the BIG challenges is Sasha my first born son, who is two-and-a-half-years old. He has always been…

Vaginal examinations — what the nurse told me

By Babylove Network | June 27, 2021

For a first timer like me, it probably comes as a very shy incident when a doctor or other medical professionals request to examine one of the most hidden and guarded parts of your body. The first nurse to request me to do this obviously thought she was ‘examining’ me, but in my mind it…

Post Partum Hypertension

By Babylove Network | June 27, 2021

When my editor asked me to write this article, I remember getting goose pimples in my arms and face. It was not an appealing subject for me. Why? I can hear you ask. Because it evokes sad memories … My sister lost her baby to antenatal pre-eclampsia. And just when we thought uuuugh, it’s finally over;…

Plan, don ‘t just conceive

By Babylove Network | June 27, 2021

Times have really changed. Decades ago when our parents, grandparents and great grandparents were building their families, it was not necessary -nay, no one talked about the need to plan before getting pregnant. Some of the detail we go into today when preparing for the unborn was truly not necessary because of the kind of…

Speak … on a pregnant note 25

By Babylove Network | July 9, 2021

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 or sms with your name, postal address and day-time telephone number can be published. The identity of the writer may be withheld only if requested in writing. The…