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Current health issues and topics relating to Maternal and Child Health. More babies are sleeping on their backs now- which is a huge eliminator of SIDS! Because of this, providing tummy time. Can be such a valuable concept to improve the infants strength in coordination. It used to be that tummy time was encouraged around 3 months, but now they recommend infants to have tum.

Sunday, June 28, 2009. Yoga For Pregnancy Can Help Before, During And After The Birth. It seems strange to even read that someone can be practicing yoga while giving birth to a baby, but there are some poses that can actually help the delivery process and make child birth a less painful and traumatic time for many mothers. Yoga is a non-drug method of soothing the aches and pains based on thousands of years of ancient practices and time tested asanas or poses and breathing and relaxation techniques.

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