Fantastic resources for mums to be | home and family blogs

Once your pregnancy has been confirmed by a doctor and even with those early signs of pregnancy, you will want to start researching everything you need to know about becoming a mum. In fact right from your first pregnancy test and going online to look at a due date calculator, you will have been thinking about and possibly asking, lots of questions. During your pregnancy this is a great time to get as many answers as you can, obviously a whole many more questions will arise once the baby is born and grows up. Knowing the places you can go to get answers is the first step.

Many of us when we first fall pregnant have questions that we prefer to seek answers for anonymously or feel they are too trivial to go to medical professionals about. That's where online baby sites can be extremely useful.
They will continue to be useful throughout pregnancy and parenthood so it's worth bookmarking them for future reference. Or even making one your home page. These sites can send you weekly reminders about your baby's development from week one of pregnancy right through childhood. They can also help with a due date calculator or information on the early signs of pregnancy.

The internet is a great place for new mums as it has made it much easier to find other parents experiencing the same thing as you. You can post almost any question into a forum and someone will probably respond who has been through the same thing and has all the answers. Blogs too can give answers to questions you hadn't even yet thought of. Other people's experiences often mirror your own and as a result forums and blogs can be an invaluable resource to new mums.

The NHS is the best place to go for medical advice. With many services including NHS Online and NHS Direct to Walk in Centres, GP's and A&E. NHS Direct has been phenomenally successful and is a great service for new mums who have concerns but are not sure if it warrants a hospital or a doctor's visit. The NHS symptom checker is a great feature on the NHS website and can help you come to a decision about where your next port of call is.

Whatever you are going through throughout pregnancy and motherhood, remember your mother or perhaps aunt or older sister all went through it too. A condition such as varicose veins, perineal tears or mastitis may seem an alien problem to you and therefore you may forget that someone else in your family is bound to have suffered the same. You will be surprised at how much knowledge other women have. If you have an informal question or something you are not comfortable discussing with a doctor, have a word with your mum.. She may have just the answer.

When your baby is born you will be advised to attend a local baby weigh in clinic as often as you wish. Once you are there you are free to ask any questions regarding yourself or your baby that you may have. It can be a good idea to jot something down ahead of the clinic to ask the health visitor when you arrive.

Baby and toddler groups or groups' created for first time parents are a brilliant source of support and company for new mums. It can be really useful to meet other babies the same age as your own. The leaders at these groups are usually mums or nursery nurses themselves so can be great at answering informal questions.

During the rollercoaster ride of pregnancy you will have spent time thinking about baby names and consulting a due date calculator, but you will also have tonnes of questions. The questions don't end at birth and first time mums will find themselves online late at night trying to find yet more answers. With great websites, forums, clinics and local groups there is a huge wealth of places to turn to for the many questions and surprises parenthood can bring up.

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