Pregnancy

When it comes to baby-making old wives’ tales, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction

From Week One (when you won’t even know you’re pregnant!) right through to Week 40, here are useful tips and advice for every stage of pregnancy.

To help you uncover some of the more awkward mysteries of pregnancy and childbirth, here are the answers to some of the questions you’ve be dying to ask us but didn’t know how.

While a number of women — like my friend — complain that pregnancy has made them more forgetful than usual, the research on this topic is mixed.

According to many women, a heightened sense of smell, called hyperosmia, is one of their earliest signs of pregnancy. Although anecdotes of hyperosmia have existed for a century, scientific literature on the topic is sparse.

More than half — perhaps even up to 90% — of pregnant women experience nausea or vomiting to some degree, particularly in the morning.

What happens to your brain when you’re pregnant? Jordan Gaines Lewis, a Neuroscience Doctoral Candidate at Pennsylvania State University, talks about morning sickness, “pregnancy nose”, and the dreaded mummy brain.

Did you know that not only does your body change during pregnancy, your hair changes too?

Revealing the gender of your baby to your family and friends can be a really fun event (deep down, don’t we all love to be the bearer of a little secret!).

Revealing to your family and friends that you’re pregnant can be fun and exciting.

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that being a mum equals sudden sleeplessness. So how come you’re getting no sleep and the baby hasn’t even arrived yet?

In case you’re wondering whether your favourite pastimes and indulgences are safe now that you’re pregnant, here’s your go-to guide