1 Pair of Tickets to Give Away

The Baby Show will be taking place at ExCel, London 18-20 February 2011.

We have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky winner – and it really couldn’t be easier to enter!

Simply visit our facebook page at www.facebook.com/BabyFirstCalendar hit the “like” button and post the following comment on our wall:

“I’d like to win tickets to the baby show from Baby’s First Calendar, pretty please!”

Simple!

If you would like a second entry giving you double the chance of winning and are on twitter simply tweet the following:

“To win £100 cash at The Baby Show ExCel visit @BabyCalendars on stand E47″

We will announce the winner on Friday 11th February on both facebook and twitter and will contact the winner directly.

Good Luck!

There are no cure all’s as far as preventing stretch marks goes but hopefully by following these 5 simple tips you can help your body avoid them.

Here are our top 5 tips to help prevent stretch marks during pregnancy.

1: Massage Your Skin

Better still, have your partner massage your skin every day while you are pregnant! Gently massaging the skin helps to improve circulation and helps new skin tissue to grow. Plus baby will like it too!

2: Use a Lotion or Oil

When massaging your skin as above using a lotion which has vitimin E will help the skins elasticity making it less likely to tear and cause stretch marks. Bio Oil worked wonders for my partner (yes I massaged her every night!), find one that you like or is recommended by friends and use it everyday throughout your pregnancy.

3: Drink Plenty of Water

Drinking plenty of water helps to keep your skin hydrated as it grows, keeps your body healthy and in turn helps your baby, it’s a no brainer really!

4: Dont Eat for Two!

Ok so this one is easier said than done, it’s very tempting to use the old “Eating for two” excuse to eat lots more than you usually would, but if you’re gaining weight from excessive eating as well as gaining weight from your growing baby your skin can find it hard to keep up.

5: Use a Wash Puff

When bathing using a wash puff can help to remove dead skin, improve circulation and promote new skin growth.

We hope you found our top 5 tips to prevent stretch marks useful, if so please leave a comment and let us know your thoughts.

You can find other useful hints and tips on all things pregnancy by exploring our Pregnancy category.

We are Dan & Ange, Parents to Cameron and creators of Baby’s First Calendar, treat yourself and your baby to our Personalised Baby Gift before your baby is even born, also makes a fantastic baby shower gift.

Feeling a little different? Think you may be pregnant? Read the early signs of pregnancy here. They are not exhaustive and we suggest a visit to you GP as early as possible if you think you might be pregnant.

Missing Your Period

If you are usually as regular as clockwork and are late, this is the easiest tale tale sign to spot.

Everything Tastes Different

If all of a sudden things that you usually can’t get enough of start to taste unpleasant, or you have a metallic taste in your mouth this could be one of the early signs of pregnancy.

Feeling VERY Tired

If you feel unusually tired and there is no obvious reason (like its the day after a night on the tiles!) it could be the increased levels of progesterone in your body, although not a huge sign of early pregnancy on its own, along with other signs it can help to build a bigger picture.

Sore or Swollen Breasts

During the early stages of pregnancy your body has a huge hormone surge, this can lead to increasingly sore breasts, once your body is used to it the tenderness usually subsides. This is one of the more common early signs of pregnancy.

Areolae Are Darker

If the skin around your nipples is darker than usual this could be a sign that you are pregnant.

Positive Pregnancy Test

The one we all know, time for a trip to the doctors!

We hope you found our early signs of pregnancy blog useful, if so please leave a comment and let us know your thoughts.

You can find other useful hints and tips on all things pregnancy by exploring our Pregnancy category.

We are Dan & Ange, Parents to Cameron and creators of Baby’s First Calendar, treat yourself and your baby to our

Personalised Baby Gift before your baby is even born, also makes a fantastic baby shower gift for a pregnant friend!