Morning sickness is one battle that most pregnant women have to fight. Feeling sick is not a pleasant feeling and when you are pregnant, it becomes unbearable. Most women would go to any lengths to avoid it, however, before you reach for the sickness relieving drugs (even assuming they work), perhaps you should consider some […]
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Five Things That Your Doctor or Midwife May Not Tell You
Birth and pregnancy go side by side with good maternal care, and for that, most mothers end up trusting their doctors and midwives the most, which is only natural. However, in those ushered little visits for check-ups, more often than not there are a lot of questions that are left as hanging question marks in […]
New Products Coming Soon
At AVASIA we are continually searching out new products to bring to our customers which we feel adhere to the guidelines we have set ourselves relating to sustainability, quality of raw product or ingredients, type/ethos of manufacturing and many others. Whilst our first few products have all been supplements specifically aimed at those intending to […]
Don’t Panic – Keep Taking Your Folate (Folic Acid)
In the last couple of weeks, you may have seen newspaper reports discussing a new study which has suggested that women who have high levels of folic acid in their blood stream when they give birth have a higher risk of that child going on to develop autism. This would obviously be of great importance to […]
Vitamin D from Mushrooms – Fact or Fiction?
It is estimated that up to 80% of adults in the US, or the western world in general are deficient in Vitamin D for some or all of the time. This number rises to 90% in infants and very young children. In many countries, doctors and pediatricians recommend that babies are given Vitamin D drops […]
The Single Most Important Thing You’ll Do Today
We all have busy lives, and hectic schedules. We have our own challenges, our own hurdles to overcome, and sometimes it’s not easy to step back from the complexities of our own lives and see a slightly bigger picture. Perhaps when reading this, you’ve had a stressful day. Perhaps you have a child or children […]
To Swaddle or Not to Swaddle?
This is just one of the many dilemmas facing the soon-to-be or new mom. Swaddling is not a new thing. Parents have been swaddling their infants for centuries – one thinks of a child in swaddling clothes, laying in a manger, but there are various references to swaddling throughout the ages. Then in the later […]
So Many Books on Pregnancy and Childbirth – Which Would You Recommend?
At AVASIA we are passionate about our subscribers being informed enough to make the best choices for themselves and their baby. How to do that? Well, of course, in 2016 there are many ways to do this, and probably a selection is best. There are many extremely good and informative TV programs, YouTube, Radio, podcasts […]
Breastfeeding – A Retrospective
Today we finally stopped breastfeeding. My little one is old enough for me to explain that we are stopping, but looking down at her suckling for the last time, I realized just how much I am going to miss it, to miss that closeness, that intimacy that breastfeeding your child gives you. There will be […]
What Are You Expecting?
AVASIA is a family business begun by two sisters whose ambition is to provide you with the best quality products at this, arguably the most important time of your life. We chose ‘Devoted To Life’ as our tagline as it embodies all the values that are important to us, and the organization. We use the […]