Pregnancy is a period with unique nutritional demands. Not only do you need to keep yourself nutritionally healthy, but your fetus also relies on your nutrition for optimal development. The basic principles of healthy eating are not too different during pregnancy. You need to be eating a balanced diet, containing all the major food varieties.

Many women have some initial anxieties about the use of contraceptives. Most of such anxieties are however based on inadequate information, or even from biased anecdotes. The safety of reversible contraceptives is not in question. Not only do they prevent unwanted pregnancies, but contraceptives are also linked to a multitude of other health benefits.

As the phrase puts it, it’s an estimated date of delivery (commonly termed as EDD). It’s never an accurate date, you may deliver several days before or after the EDD. There are several ways of calculating the EDD.