Enhancing Fertility Through Touch

December 1st, 2011 • Posted by Becoming Mom • Permalink

Massage therapy can help facilitate the conception process both physically by breaking up adhesions and increasing pelvic blood supply, and emotionally by reducing stress… whether you are trying naturally or in conjunction with appropriate medical treatment.

In fact, a study published in “General Medicine” shows the pregnancy rate for women treated with these massage techniques prior to their next IVF transfer to be 63% higher than the national average for IVF success More...

Getting Baby Comfortable

November 17th, 2011 • Posted by Becoming Mom • Permalink

If given the opportunity, an in utero baby would really prefer to be head down when it comes to the end of a woman's pregnancy, but sometimes they find themselves in a different position.  Tense muscles and ligaments and their aberrant effect on the uterus can prevent baby from comfortably assuming the best possible position for birth More...

You Never Know...

May 4th, 2011 • Posted by Becoming Mom • Permalink

By now I trust you have watched our Pregnant Flash Mob to benefit the March of Dimes. If not, click here to watch.

Our mission was to raise money to help the More...

Pregnancy Brain: Myth or Reality?

March 3rd, 2011 • Posted by Becoming Mom • Permalink

New research casts doubt, but most new moms beg to differ.

By Denise Mann

WebMD Feature

Bena Blakeslee, a mother of two in Westchester, N.Y., remembers her brush with "pregnancy brain."

At an airport while pregnant, she frantically paced a parking lot, searching for her Jeep. After an hour, she called her husband to tell him that their car had been stolen More...

When is the Best Time for an Ultrasound?

February 27th, 2011 • Posted by Becoming Mom • Permalink

The most common question we get asked at Becoming Mom is “When’s the best time to have my ultrasound?”.

Like many questions in life, the answer is “it depends”.

Here’s what it depends on:

If you are at least 16 weeks, and are primarily interested in gender determination, we suggest  a 2D Ultrasound More...