BEAUTY

Image Is Everything

Although nobody likes to admit it, first impressions are often based on appearances and everyone often judges one another based on looks. Has this sobering realization got you over examining yourself and are you now looking for a new Image? Have you been wearing the same hairdo for over ten years and are finally tired of the same old hairstyle? Did you think that once you turned eighteen your acne would finally clear up but now you are one of the countless non-teenagers frustrated by adult acne that just won't go away? Have you heard that plastic surgery is no big deal and are considering getting a nose job or perhaps even a facelift? Do you want to know which clothing is right for your body? Then you've come to the right place. Welcome to our sub section on Beauty where you can discover everything you need to know about how to look beautiful.

All About Your Hair and Your Body

For fitness tips, information on eating disorders, and ideas on how to dress for your body, the Body section is the place to go. But if a new do is more your thing, then check out the Hair section. From great styling tips to hair removal advice to hair concerns and problems (like hair loss!), everything you want to know is here. Fore more details, please download!

HEALTH AND FITNESS

Every woman wants to eat well and stay in shape, but leading a busy life can make it difficult to achieve these goals. Sometimes, the lure of fast food on a hectic day is just too hard to resist. Too often you come home from work tired and decide to put off exercising for another day. Learn how eating well and getting enough exercise is possible even for someone with a busy schedule. Remember, keeping yourself healthy doesn't have to be an uphill battle. This section on Health and Fitness is dedicated to useful weight loss advice, great fitness tips, and delicious (but still nutritious) food recipes. This is the place to find out everything you need to know about Exercise, Diet and Weight Loss, Disease and Health, Smoking and Your Health, and Nutrients and Vitamins.
Fitness
It seems like everyday there is a new fitness craze sweeping the nation and all day long you are bombarded with advertisements telling you about the new greatest diet where you are guaranteed to loose weight easily. Which, if any, of these diets are right for you? Also, you know you need to exercise to loose weight and stay healthy but which fitness routine is right for you? Are low-impact exercises as effective as high-impact workouts? And how does your metabolism affect your workout results? Learn all about fitness at our Fitness section. You'll be looking and feeling your best in no time! Fore more details, please download!

HOME BIRTH

Why is it that when a woman in this country announces that she wants to have her baby at home, she is greeted with horrified stares and talk of cults? Throughout the ages, plenty of people came into this world without the benefit of a hospital … and I'm not talking about the Dark Ages, either.

Today many hospitals have their own birth horror stories: women being handed the wrong baby, misplacing babies, babies being given incorrect doses of medicine, women not being able to bond with their babies because they were whisked away to incubators, etc. Obviously, a homebirth carries its own risks, but unless the pregnancy is high-risk, I don't think there is any reason not to do a homebirth if that's what the mama wants. Fore more details, please download!

BEFORE THE BIRTH

Making a connection with your unborn child can strengthen the bond you share, make you feel closer, and enrich you and your baby's lives.
Jeanne Berkowitz is expecting a baby in late January. In October, Jeanne and her husband went to Hawaii for a "babymoon." While there, Jeanne got a massage from a woman who works frequently with pregnant women.
"She told me that it was important to massage my belly often to introduce the baby to human touch and to the world outside the womb," Jeanne recalls, adding that she now massages the baby regularly, as does her husband. "We can often feel him respond by kicking back and changing positions."
Jeanne says she's not an expert on the benefits of prenatal massage, but reports that "it's fun for us, helps us (especially my husband) think of the baby as a real person, and I can't help but think it has to be good for the baby, too."
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CHILDBIRTH

A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks, or 280 days, after the beginning of the last menstrual period. Occasionally women go into labor before the expected date of birth, resulting in a premature infant. About 7 percent of all infants are premature—that is, born before the 37th week of pregnancy. Babies born just a few weeks early usually develop normally. Recent advances in the care of premature infants now allow many babies who are born after only 25 to 26 weeks of pregnancy to survive.

Delivery, the process by which the baby is expelled from the uterus through the birth canal and into the world, begins with irregular contractions of the uterus that occur every 20 to 30 minutes. As labor progresses, the contractions increase in frequency and severity. The usual length of labor for a first-time mother is about 13 to 14 hours, and about 8 or 9 hours in a woman who has given birth previously. Wide variations exist, however, in the duration of labor.

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