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Lullabelly

Posted by html404 on May 30, 2010
in Pregnancy and Birth

This review is done in cooperation with The Healthy Moms Review Team that I am a part of. I did receive free products, but that in no way affects my review.

Lullabelly is a wonderful concept. It is “belt” that wraps around an expectant mom’s tummy, but it isn’t just any maternity belt, it contains a little “pouch” or pocket with a built-in, but removable speaker as well as a pair of earphones so that both mama and baby can listen to music together. The belt itself is made of a very soft fabric that comes in pink, blue, green, chocolate brown, or sunshine yellow. Mine is princess pink. It encircles mom with Velcro closures and is machine washable, just remember to remove the speaker, earphones etc. from the pouch before you wash it.

I really love the idea of the Lullabelly, as I have been known to chit-chat with my babies in utero and I love music. However, I did not like the feel of the Lullabelly around my protruding belly and found it hard to wrap around me, even with an extension. It didn’t leave me with a warm fuzzy feeling shall we say. I don’t expect that to be every mother’s response, but to be honest it made me huge having to order an extension and to wrap it around myself just didn’t make me feel very good. Once it was on I was usually ok with it.

Once I tried playing a mellow song and then an upbeat one just to see if I could purposely illicit a response and I think baby responded to the upbeat song just a little better. I cannot say whether or not I noticed if my baby responded every time I wore the Lullabelly though. It was hard to take mental notes when I was usually trying to work, use the Lullabelly and take notes. The times I tried hard to pay attention, I did notice that baby was responding to the music. I will say that baby has definitely responded to my other children playing the piano! There was movement from baby once that piano was being played right across the room from where I was seated; whereas prior to the piano being played baby had been quiet.

Thank you to Lullabelly and to Happy and Healthy Mom for the opportunity!

Resources:

http://www.lullabelly.com/benefits.html

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Prego Planner

Posted by html404 on April 30, 2010
in Pregnancy and Birth

This review is done in cooperation with The Healthy Moms Review Team that I am a part of. I did receive free products, but that in no way affects my review.

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The Prego Planner is a neat little planner that is probably best suited for first-time moms. It comes in a binder that includes a calendar, OB/GYN/Midwife section, a section for Pediatrician research and appointments once baby arrives, a checklist section for your newborn, a gift list to keep track of all the wonderful things friends, family and co-workers supply for your new family member. Finally, the last section is for labor and delivery, which includes a place to record your birthing class notes, your birth plan, your preparation checklist, a place to record your thoughts of baby’s birth (weight, height, apgar etc.), a call list, a post delivery checklist and postpartum checklist.

This planner is very thorough and I can see it being of help to husband’s too, especially the checklists for birth, call list etc.
I love the poems and saying on each of the section dividers. The calendar gives an expectant mom a place to record when she hears baby’s heartbeat, feels his/her first movements, appointments etc. The Prego Planner is definitely a handy little tool to keep everything pregnancy related together in one place instead of scrounging around for little pieces of paper that may be in multiple places.

If you are already use to using a planner, then transitioning to a pregnancy planner won’t be a problem. But if you are new to using a planner, then it might take a bit of time to get use to recording everything, at least at first. Most expectant first-time moms want to remember all the wonderful things they experience and the Prego Planner just makes it that much easier to do so.

I like the idea of the Prego Planner and think it would have been more useful in my first pregnancy. Since this is my eighth live (actually my 13th pregnancy) I actually haven’t found it as useful as I thought I would. I think that is because I know what to expect, what to plan for and have most of my baby items already. Plus, our family tends to do things differently now than when we were first starting our family.

Resources:

www.pregoplanner.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prego-Planner/73389632697

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Preggie Pop Drops and Preggie Pops

Posted by html404 on March 1, 2010
in All Natural Products, Pregnancy and Birth

This review is done in participation with Happy and Healthy Moms Review Team of which I am a member. I did receive free products, but that in no way affects my review. Thanks, Heather!

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Last week, I received a surprise box in the mail because I somehow missed the memo that all the expectant mamas on the Happy and Healthy Moms Review Team would be receiving Preggie Pop Drops and Preggie Pops. It was a delightful surprise and came on a day I was experiencing some of my worst nausea in this pregnancy.

First of all, both the Preggie Pop Drops, small fruit flavored hard candies, and the Preggie Pops, medium sized fruit flavored lollipops, tasted very good. The only flavor I didn’t particularly enjoy was the ginger flavored Preggie Pop. I loved the sour lemon, raspberry, tangerine, spearmint, green apple, lavender and peppermint.
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I found that they did ward off the nausea, but only for a short time. I would need a large supply of both products to get me through the whole first trimester! That and I have a sweet tooth anyway!

I could see myself using the Preggie Pop Drops and Pops in early labor, but not during hard labor because I need to breathe and whistle (yep, I whistle).

The other nice thing about Preggie Pop Drops and Pops is that the ingredients include: brown rice syrup, evaporated cane juice, citric acid, natural flavors (made with essential oils) and natural colors. Now, usually I’d like to know what exactly the natural flavors and colors really are, but…they don’t list them. Too bad.

These two products for being all natural are decently priced – $3.95 for a box of 7 Preggie Pops and $5.50 for 21 Preggie Pop Drops. They may be purchased at Three Lollies.

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Morning Sickness

Posted by html404 on February 12, 2010
in Pregnancy and Birth

This pregnancy has been different. I know, each pregnancy is different anyway and I should know that more than the average woman, having been pregnant 13 times now. But the thing is, why does it catch you off guard? Why does it throw a wrench in my daily routine?

I had an extremely busy weekend last weekend and paid for it this week. I was thankful that I felt relatively good all weekend with the errands, shopping, birthday meal preparations, church and visiting my mother-in-law. This week though, I have felt pretty rotten, nauseated, tired and suffering from back pain – I think we need a new mattress, at least I am hoping that’s what is causing this discomfort and not something amiss with baby!

That’s not to complain, but to share that I haven’t been able to do everything that I want to do. I’ve just felt like zoning, so I have been watching movies, sleeping and doing the bare necessities. I miss my older girls a lot while they help my mother-in-law, but this is helping my younger crew learn more responsibility without having to rely on their big sisters and mom so much. I just hope they don’t hate me when they grow up! The worries of a mother, eh?

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Preggers Trouser Socks

Posted by html404 on January 26, 2010
in Pregnancy and Birth

Two or three weeks ago I came across the website for Preggers and filled out their survey. For doing their survey I received a free test product – Trouser Socks. They came in a neat little box shown below.

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They are very comfortable! They stay up and do not sag down. They are light weight but still did a satisfactory job of keeping my feet warm in the house. Sorry, I haven’t worn them out of the house yet! However, I am very impressed. I like to wear knee socks during the winter, so these trouser socks were very comparable to what I usually wear. The thing is I haven’t bought trouser socks for a long time because the last pair I wore never stayed up on my legs.

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These trouser socks were made specifically with expectant moms in mind. It will be interesting to see how they feel later on in my pregnancy as my legs and feet start to swell. I will have to remember to give you all an update. The thing is I tend to go without socks in the summer months, but by June I should still be wearing them and will be in my last trimester. I’ll have to write myself a note to let you all know how the trouser socks feel then.

Preggers appears to be still accepting testers, so if you are interested, visit www.rupreggers.com