Hospital Bag

What to pack in your hospital bag, also its a good idea to start packing the bag once you hit 30 plus weeks and either put the bag in the car or by the door so you can trip over it every day till its hospital time....

Six Signs that Labor is Within a Few Weeks or Days

-  (email from a Pregnant Muslimah)

1. Lightening: You can breathe again! This is an indication that the baby has dropped, settling deeper into your pelvis and relieving some of the pressure on your diaphragm, so you are not so short of breath. You may feel increased pressure on your bladder, which means more trips to the bathroom. Others may comment on your changed appearance, although you might not be aware of it at all.

How to massage your crying, colic baby

Nazreen Kassam-Bulbulia

For the calming of your baby down when they crying for no reason, use the 6 S's

What to give your newborn for cramps...

1. Diluted gripe water until 3monthes and then plain gripe water (though be careful as gripe water is not always good for all babies) and make sure its the non-alcohol kind.
2. Behoepsmiddel
3.Exercising the babies legs after every nappy change. Press their legs inward on their tummy or do gently do the bicycle.
4. Sister Lillian products
5.Bonnie Care from the TIBB range

The language of babies

- courtesy of Amina via email

I found this to be very useful, courtesy of Great Expectations... How to understand the cries of your baby

Top 5 Myths About Having a Home Birth, by; Tracy Odell

Whenever I'd tell someone I was having a home birth, their reaction would inevitably fall into one of three buckets:

1. "YAY! I wish I'd done that." (Or, "I have done that.")
2. "How? What? Why?" A million questions.
3. "Are you crazy? What if something bad happens?"

3 Tips for a Successful Home Birth

The following is a guest post from Kaitlin Rose, founder of Bring Birth Home, a website dedicated to education and support for home births.

I didn't know birth could be so rewarding until I gave birth at home and became a part of a community of women who had also delivered their babies this way.