Your Pregnancy

Your Pregnancy is the only local magazine that offers relevant, credible and accurate information on all aspects of pregnancy. Its local and international experts answer all questions quickly and respectfully. The magazine acknowledges pregnant women’s need to look and feel good. They are concerned about their baby’s health and wellness, but also care about their own. The magazine provides all the info that’s needed, as well as the latest fashion and beauty trends, health issues and exercises. It covers all aspects of pregnancy. The team loves what it does – and it shows.

Your Pregnancy

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BOY OH BOY, IT'S WORTH IT!

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“Said on social” • A few parenting truths from @mommywinetime that made us giggle.

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Missing child? LOOK LOUD!

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AUTISM ON THE RISE

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PEACHY DREAMS • Mix contemporary and vintage furniture and add lots of different patterns to create a whimsical girl's room.

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME! • The Bartleman family from Pretoria, Gauteng, threw a Lego party for Luan's fifth.

DO-AHEAD BOXED LUNCHES • Save money and boost your protein by preparing your work lunch in advance.

HIV+ & AN INSPIRATION! • Nozibele Mayaba is an HIV activist, internationally recognised podcaster, speaker and TV host who has now published her life story in a book called Positively Me. Here's an extract dealing with her pregnancy.

A LIFE OF FIRSTS

VACCINATE THE NATION Here's an explanation • Your top vaccine questions answered by experts.

How to get off a blacklist • There's actually no such thing as a blacklist – but your credit score can be so low that it seriously impacts on what debt will cost you, or if you can borrow money at all.

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Tips & advice • … from senior financial planner Saville Saharin.

KEEP THE sex fires BURNING • Who says the birth of your baby needs to spell the end of your sex life?

NANNY CAM? Yes or no? • You can, quite literally, keep an eye on what goes on in your home using a “nanny cam”. But before you leap to replace teddy's button eyes with robotic irises, make sure you don't land yourself in trouble by breaching your employee's privacy rights.

PREGNANCY files • Practical advice from conception to birth.

10 SIGNS YOU'RE OVULATING • If your menstrual cycle is regular, and you know what to look for, some of the signs of ovulation – when an egg is released from the ovary – are pretty easy to spot. Here are ways to tell when you're most fertile.

DEEP DIVE INTO IVF Q&A • Email your question for our experts to SHARING@YPBMAGAZINE.COM Please note that experts unfortunately cannot respond to each question personally. The answers provided on these pages should not replace the advice of your doctor.

SUSPECT YOU'RE PREGNANT? • The enormous hormonal changes taking place during pregnancy trigger a variety of symptoms. Here's what to look for…

Q&A LOWER BACK PAIN

PREPPED FOR YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT • Seeing your doctor or midwife for the first time can be very exciting, but it can also be overwhelming.

EVERY BITE is for baby • Meal planning becomes even more important when you're pregnant – whatever you eat makes its way to your growing baby too. And, pregnancy limits your...