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List of articles in this edition
Irene Kinuthia ‘8 is enough’
Irene Kinuthia has ‘been there’ and is ‘still there’. A mother of seven, she is expectant with her eighth born. She takes us on the ride that is her warm and beautiful life. ‘Hey. I know this girl!’ Irene says, lifting Pregnant’s Issue 19 to get a more convincing view of the cover model. ‘I…
Nicole Ngigi – things seem perfect this time
Just how is your eating nowadays? Hmm … I am eating at least every two hours now and the food has to strictly home made food or cereal. Like my first pregnancy, I still crave for pork which my mum-in-law is always more than glad to prepare for me. My ‘once in a while’ cravings…
Absolutely no stretch marks!
‘Like most women, I was worried about my body during pregnancy – putting on lots of weight and then getting stretch marks. So when I found out I was pregnant I went straight to the pharmacy and bought a bottle of Bio-Oil’. It really was my saviour – I used it throughout and I got…
Did I have to be induced?
Christabel Ashiono, a mother of two did not know what labour pains felt like until her second pregnancy when the doctor decided to induce her. Many doubts and questions have been lingering on her mind since then, the uppermost being whether she had to be precipitated. She narrates her ordeal to Chukky Mbakaya. ‘HAVING children…
Dangerous bleeding
Due to retained placenta Giving birth is a miracle of nature, and is loaded with many uncertainties which can develop at any stage of the process One- such problem is the retained placenta which may occur in the third stage of labor when the placenta and membranes are supposed to be delivered. Nature of the…
Mixed blessings
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,…
A tall glass of health
A tall glass of plain low-fat yogurt has more calcium than milk. It provides 25 per cent of your daily calcium requirement. The yogurt is rich in protein and has lots of vitamins and minerals. It has no added sugar, helping you watch your weight. Yorghurt packaging with a label reading ‘live and active cultures’, means it contains…
Coping with a stillbirth – Rhoda’s experience
Last year I lost my first baby when I was eight months pregnant. It all started with very many complications. I bled during the first three months. I was not just spotting, but bleeding. It would stop for a while, then at other times I would wake up and find my bedding soaked in blood.…
