Being a Dad

A woman goes through a heck of a lot during pregnancy. Mood swings, morning sickness, heartburn and nose bleeds are but a few of the minor problems that go hand in hand with growing a baby. Here’s what we did to cope. Our online pharmacy is the perfect resource for people to get their drugs without any hassles or awkwardness. buy cialis We work hard to make sure you save money every time you shop with us. buy levitrabuy soma At our online store, you pay less and get more. buy viagra

Heartburn

Fiona wakes up a lot during the night. She pee’s about 4 times and often suffers from heartburn caused by Spud pushing stomach juices up during the night. You can’t stop the peeing. Pregnant woman drink a lot more fluid and need to. For heartburn the key seems to be sleeping slightly sat up, not eating too late and Gaviscon, lots of Gaviscon
Nose bleeds

Fiona mainly get nose bleeds when she sits up too quickly. Most woman’s blood pressure goes up while pregnant which can cause nose bleeds so no need to be too alarmed. If however the nose bleed is severe and lasts more than 20 minutes, seek medical advice urgently. Also make sure your blood pressure is checked at each prenatal visit (it should be anyway) as high blood pressure can be a serious problem.

Stretch Marks

Fiona has done really well and is practically stretch mark free. There is no big secret to her success other than moisterising every day. We started off in early pregnancy using Palmers Coco Butter Anti Stretch Mark Cream but the smell made Fiona feel sick so we switched to Boots Sanctuary Mum To Be Body Butter. It’s fragrance free, easy to apply and comes in a huge tub. Oh and it seems to work really well.

Morning Sickness

As mentioned before, we countered morning sickness with a change in breakfast routine, dry biscuits, boiled sweets and not eating too late. More info here.

Mood Swings

Pregnancy mood swings are no different from womens mood swings in general . The best thing to do is let them blow over and be a reassuring adult. It all good practice for the 4th day after birth which from what I have heard doesn’t sound like much fun for us dads. Will keep you posted on that one.

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