Eco Pregnancy and Baby

When you’re pregnant or caring for a newborn, you need all the sleep you can get. Thinking about toxic chemicals in your bed linens won’t keep you up nights-if you go organic. To minimize toxins: “Sheets shouldn’t be permanent-press or made with nylon or synthetic materials,” say Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu, co-authors of The [...]

Does it matter which paint you use when you’re pregnant? The truth is you shouldn’t be painting at all. But even if you have someone else do the painting, the less toxic the product is, the better. “Oil-based paints pose a theoretical risk of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) while the paint is drying,” [...]

Want to stay fit during pregnancy and get back into pre-pregnancy shape afterward? Then practice yoga — in addition to being safe and effective, it comes with surprising benefits, such as improving labor and delivery. When researchers in India compared one hour a day of yoga to one hour of walking in a study of [...]

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a new report this week announcing unexpected and unacceptable levels of the pesticide atrazine found in the water supply of the United States’ Southern and Midwest states. You can read all about it and find out if your state’s water is affected in the NRDC’s report Poisoning the [...]

Here’s a mini pregnancy yoga routine with three standing poses you can do anywhere, from the DVD YOGAFIT Prenatal: A YOGAFIT Wokout. Begin each posture in mountain pose (standing with feet slightly wider than your hips and arms at your sides). Listen to your body – discontinue any movement that causes you discomfort right away. [...]