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Nestlé Start Strong Stay Strong aims to provide support to encourage your breastfeeding journey.

There are many things you can do to prepare for the delivery of a healthy baby. One of the most important things is eating right to gain the extra weight you’ll need to support another life.

Many parents are surprised or even alarmed at the sight of their newborn. It is important to understand that the effects of birth are usually temporary and the baby’s looks improve rapidly.

All parents worry about the possibility of complications such as prematurity, abnormality, stillbirth and neonatal death.

Progressive relaxation

The terrific twos and beyond.

Babies all have individual temperaments, which will affect their sleep patterns. Some are sleepy and others more alert and wakeful.

Routines are difficult to establish with a new baby. You may feel as if your life revolves around the insatiable needs of your baby.

As your pregnancy advances, the uterus exerts an increased upward pressure on your diaphragm. As you near your due date you may find that you breathe less deeply, although more efficiently.

Older siblings learn about sharing, life-long love and friendship.

The experience of childbirth and parenthood is an unknown adventure, which results in major changes to your life. 

Discuss questions or concerns you or your partner may have with your caregiver at any stage of your pregnancy.

Parent-infant interaction

Interaction with your baby begins before she is born. You usually feel life at about 20 weeks into pregnancy as light, fluttering sensations.

Clinics and primary health services are freely available in most countries in Southern Africa. Locate your closest clinic and the telephone number from your local authority or hospital.

Safety Tips

The aim of immunisation is to prevent disease. It protects the community as well as individuals.

A detailed medical history, of you and your partner, will be recorded at your first prenatal visit.

Sharing the adventure of pregnancy, birth and parenting can make this one of life’s most rewarding experiences.