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Some people will say that you can never really prepare for labour. And while from an emotional and physical perspective that can be true (up to a point), there are certainly things you can do to make sure that, when the time comes, you are as prepared and as comfortable as you can be.These include having your hospital bag packed and ready to go by week 32 (read our blog post on what hospital essentials to include), ensuring you are eating a healthy diet all the way up to your due date, lo …

Experienced in about 1 out of 300 pregnancies, Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) is a fairly common condition, with some experts raising that figure to 25 percent of all pregnant women.What is SPD? To prepare for delivery and giving birth, the body produces a hormone called Relaxin to soften the ligaments in the Symphysis Pubis, the joint which connects the two halves of the pelvis. If the ligaments become too relaxed and stretchy too soon before birth, the pelvic joint can become unstabl …