Natural Fertility Wonder

Immune Boosters

With winter around the corner and the unstable climate of autumn still in the air, many of us might catch a cold.

If you would like to skip your turn this year, you can opt for a flu shot. However, if injecting yourself with a virus seems a bit daunting, why not start eating your way towards a stronger immune system? A diet containing healthy portions of foods with Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Folate (or Folic Acid), Phytochemicals and Zinc could safeguard you from gross bugs floating around your office, street or house.

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24 March 2011, 08:19

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Special Pregnancy Dietary Needs

If you eat healthily, you could ensure your baby’s wellbeing as well. During pregnancy your normal healthy eating plan still applies but there are specific nutrients that you need more of. You can get some of them through supplements but it is good to eat more of specific foods to assist your health, the natural way.

Take in more Calcium, about 700-800mg daily will assist with your baby’s bone and teeth development and also protect your own. Drink a large glass of skimmed milk; eat a pot of yogurt or a matchbox-sized piece of cheese. Calcium is also found in sources such as oranges, beans and spinach.

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24 March 2011, 08:15

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The Effects of Smoking on Pre- and Post Pregnancy

The Effects Of Smoking On Pre - And Post Pregnancy

One in every three adults in South Africa smokes. Nearly 52% of the country’s male and 17% of our female population inhale between 10 and 20 cigarettes daily and according to the Medical Research Council (MRC) one in every ten deaths nationally is related to tobacco use. In a society where smoking has been banned from public places because of its harm to others, it is almost hard to believe that there are between these smoking statistics expectant mothers and fathers.

Although you might know of several friends who became pregnant while she or her partner smoked, it doesn’t change the fact that it reduces your chances dramatically. If you or your partner smokes, fertility levels are immediately lower. Nicotine affects a women’s hormone production and also obstructs the normal transportation of the egg through the fallopian tubes towards the womb. Sperm count in men who smoke are 15% less than non-smokers and smoking can also affect their sperm’s shape and mobility. Cigarettes can also cause erectile problems due to the influence nicotine has on blood vessels within the penis.

When you smoke, some of the oxygen in your blood is replaced with carbon monoxide. A mother who smokes while being pregnant deprives her baby of nutrients and oxygen vital for growth. A mother shouldn’t forget that her unborn baby is totally dependent on her for everything.

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24 March 2011, 08:12

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Keeping the weight off this winter

Keeping The Weight Off This Winter

As soon as the sun sets at half past six and you fall into the winter wardrobe, the guilt of not going to gym starts to vanish as well. Suddenly eating pizza or pasta on a Tuesday night sounds like a great idea and treating yourself to a hot chocolaty drink afterwards, even better. You soon forget how hard you worked to get rid of last winter’s bread rolls and instead visualise eating freshly baked and buttered ones everyday. In all fairness, nobody is in the mood for rigid diets or going to the gym during the winter.

So, how about doing things differently this cold season? How about tricking yourself into doing small things everyday that could lessen your hate for the scale come September?

Before things get out of hand, make an active decision now not to yield, not completely anyway…

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24 March 2011, 08:08

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Success Stories

Samantha du Toit (34) from Germiston: “I was on the pill for 13 years and people said it would take years before I would fall pregnant. After being off the pill for nine months I fell pregnant but unfortunately I had a miscarriage on 8 weeks. I then battled for eight months to fall pregnant again and went to visit Natural Fertility Wonder. After only two months on the treatment I fell pregnant. I am now 8 weeks pregnant and cann’t wait for the little one….it will be a Christmas baby.”

Tina Schoombee (30) from Bonaero Park: “My husband Andre and I experienced two premature labours, one on 20 weeks and the other during week 22. The reason for the premature labours was a direct result of a hormonal imbalance. Middle November 2009, Andre and I decided to visit Natural Fertility Wonder Venter to start treatment and I fell pregnant at the end of December 2009. We are taking it extremely easy at the moment but so far we haven’t experienced any of our previous problems.”

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22 March 2011, 12:26

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Dear Natural Fertility Wonder Subscribers

Thank you to everyone who responded to our previous newsletter and helped us expand our database. We gained nearly 200 new e-mail addresses and hope that through this newsletter we are able to help potential mothers, mothers and women in general and thus experience a healthier winter.

The month of May is also a month in which we celebrate motherhood and I want to congratulate all the mothers for being what they are: magnificent.

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22 March 2011, 12:25

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