Category Archives: Pregnancy

Studio: Kino International Release Date: 12/05/2006 Run time: 100 minutes

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Buns of Steel instructor Leisa Hart continues to create dynamic programs that are safe, fun and effective to get you the results you deserve! Her warm, approachable personality and impeccable cueing has motivated millions to embrace exercise. As an ACE and AFAA certified instructor with over 19 years fitness industry experience, Leisa specializes in Prenatal Exercise, Lifestyle Weight Management, Yoga and Toning.

Prenatal exercise will help you:

- Ease back pain
– Improve digestion
– Avoid calf cramps
– Increase energy levels
– Avoid excessive weight gain
– Ease emotional highs and lows
– Prepare for labor and delivery
– Bond with your baby
– Bounce back more quickly after delivery

Stay fit through each stage of your pregnancy with International Fitness Expert and expectant mom Leisa Hart. This innovative method helped her stay fit and energetic during her first pregnancy. FitMama Prenatal Workout follows the guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians Gynecologists. Leisa will help you increase your self-confidence with your changing body and feel great from conception to delivery!

Every pregnant woman recognizes that what she eats, drinks and does with her body directly affects the baby developing within her. Yet mothers-to-be-between juggling work, other children, and their many other responsibilities-often don’t have the time they’d like to devote to their nutrition. Now, Eating for Pregnancy addresses the nutritional needs of pregnant women today, helping them to navigate through frozen food aisles and prepared food sections and to create healthy, easy-to-prepare homemade meals. Authors Jones and Hudson provide reassuring, up-to-date nutritional information; shopping and eating tips to keep nutrient-intake high and unnecessary weight-gain to a minimum; and guilt-free, smart-choice convenience and semi-prepared food options. Their more than 120 recipes, organized into six main sections, are high in vitamins, iron, calcium, protein, and fiber and moderate in amounts of fat, sodium, and sugar. Each recipe highlights “What’s in this for baby and me” and includes complete nutritional breakdowns and meal planning advice; many offer suggestions for substitutions and other time-saving shortcuts. Eating for Pregnancy also caters to women with gestational diabetes with diabetic tips and ADA exchange values. A vegetarian chapter offers essential advice to pregnant vegetarians along with inspiring recipes.

Our Early-Detection Pregnancy Test Strips are FDA-Approved, over 99% accurate, and are capable of detecting human chorionic gonadotropin or hCG (a hormone present in women’s urine during pregnancy) at levels of just 20 mIU/ml. That means you can begin testing accurately just 6 to 8 days after conception – well before your first missed period. These are the same type of tests relied upon by clinics, universities, and hospitals.

Pilates During Pregnancy with Niece Pecenka – An inpiring Pilates based routine adapted for busy women in all trimesters who want to feel fit, healthy, and fabulous.

Pilates requires you to move consciously – using the breath to revitalize and energize – something you will need to depend on during and after childbirth. Every movement in Pilates emanates from the “center” – helping you focus on those muscles necessary for labor and delivery.

This routine is comprised of two distinct sections to make the most of you time.

Section I – abdominal and breath work = 15 minutes

Section II – side leg series, lower body work = 30 minutes

Sections I and II can be combined for a longer workout depending upon your time and energy level.

You will need a minimum of three blankets, folded and stacked. So Let’s Move!

Congratulations! You are beginning the most exciting and challenging chapter of your life: having a baby! But that doesn’t mean you can’t stay in shape. With Fit Firm: Pregnancy, fitness icon (and the mother of two) Denise Austin delivers an energy-boosting program that focuses on everyday strength, “perfect pregnancy posture” and reshaping your after-baby body! Breathing and Core Awareness: Stimulate your core muscles and elevate your spirit during this 5-minute preparatory segment. Cardio Workout: Give your energy a boost with this low-impact, fun, 20-minute, heart-healthy workout adapted for all three trimesters. 1st – 2nd Trimester Toning: Rejuvenate and sculpt your body from head to toe with 20 minutes of prenatal-fitness fun! 3rd Trimester Toning: Soothe sore muscles and maintain core strength with this 20-minute, refreshing workout that helps prepare you for delivery! “Bonus” Post Bounce-Back Workout: Bounce back fast with this 10-minute, invigorating routine that re-educates the abs for a waist-slimming workout.

Results 5 days sooner (First Response can detect the pregnancy hormone 5 days sooner than the day of your missed period.) First to detect the pregnancy hormone (Versus digital-read tests). Over 99% accurate (99% Accurate at detecting typical pregnancy hormone levels. Note that hormone levels vary. See insert.) Easy to read with easy read result line. Now you no longer have to wait until you miss your period! In clinical testing, First Response detected the hormone levels in 69% of women 4 days before their expected period, in 83% of women 3 days before their expected period, in 93% of women 2 days before their expected period, and in 93% of women 1 day before ther expected period. For in-vitro diagnostic use. This Kit Contains: 3 – First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test Sticks and Instructions (in English and Spanish).

As baby grows, it becomes more difficult for mom to get the rest she needs. The dense foam of the Pregnancy Sleep Wedge cushion supplies support when positioned under the belly. Its lightweight portability makes it easy for mom-to-be to move it about during sleep. A lavish 360-thread count cotton slipcover makes for easy washing.

Help remember all of life’s journeys with this easy to fill-in format. Each of our journals is complete with thoughtful prompts true to the Journals Unlimited style. Maternity, My Pregnancy Journal is formatted with prompts to document your journey with new life. Prompt include; I am concerned/anxious about, I am excited about, Crazy cravings or favorite foods, Health (body changes, weight gain, vitamins, diet, etc.), and Questions for next doctor/practitioner visit. The first page begins your story including; My first reaction, First person I told, and How I found out. The backside of every page is lined for notes and thoughts (doctor appointments, tests, babys growth, etc.). Life is an adventure, Write it Down treasure the memory forever! (Window frame varies, four colors.)

Finally-A Pregnancy Book That Won’t Put Men to Sleep
My Boys Can Swim! tells real men everything they really want to know about pregnancy, such as: How much is it going to cost? Why does your wife primp before seeing her doctor when she hasn’t put a stitch of make-up on for you in months? And, most important, what’s it going to do to your sex life?
This rollicking, laugh-out-loud book is for expectant dads in search of bottom-line pregnancy information, without all that boring touchy-feely stuff you find in those books written for women. Inside you’ll discover helpful-and hilarious-information and insights on such topics as:
The Maternity Wardrobe: “A key part of the maternity wardrobe is maternity underwear-parachute-like undies big enough to fit an NFL defensive lineman.”
Baby Names: “Don’t give your kids mockable names like Thaddeus, which is Greek for ‘I’m a dork and should be beaten up.’”
The Birth: “No one told me it’s normal that babies’ heads can be misshapen at birth. I was convinced that my wife gave birth to Veldar, the conehead.”