{"id":144519,"date":"2017-02-23T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/144519\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/"},"modified":"2017-02-23T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T12:55:53","slug":"a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"A tour of pregnancy and parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The journey to motherhood is filled with joy and special moments, but also some uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, Life Roseacres Hospital hosted the Little Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop, at the hospital, last Saturday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The morning workshop aimed to celebrate everything about pregnancy, as well as to offer mothers-to-be some helpful tips on what to expect during pregnancy and when baby arrives.<\/p>\n<p>A number of pregnancy-related talks were given on the day, to offer the guests more insight into the different areas of pregnancy.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pregnancy workshop 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rpW_dJoUIJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Experts from various disciplines spoke to moms- and dads-to-be about a number of important issues, including the importance of breastfeeding, the risks of smoking and drinking during pregnancy, the importance of exercise during and after pregnancy and the importance of a hearing test in newborn babies.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pregnancy workshop 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PWnG1JucaKo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Attendees then received some hands-on experience with an interactive demonstration on baby bathing, given by Sister Sharon Kock.<\/p>\n<p>Some helpful tips given during the demonstration included how to test the water temperature and what sequence of steps to follow when bathing a baby.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pregnancy workshop 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bFW94joOw-A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The event ended with guests being treated to a selection of eats before taking a tour of the hospital\u2019s maternity ward, including the neo-natal ICU.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-144519 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh2-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH2-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145411\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145411'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh3-2-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH3-2-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145417\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145417'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh3-4-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH3-4-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145418\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145418'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh3-7-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH3-7-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145419\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145419'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh3-10-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH3-10-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145422\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145422'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh3-18-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH3-18-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145423\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145423'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh3-22-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH3-22-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145424\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145424'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/07-gcn-general-preg-lh3-26-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/07-GCN-GENERAL-PREG-LH3-26-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145425\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145425'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/img_4761-custom-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/IMG_4761-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145426\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145426'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/img_4765-custom-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/IMG_4765-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145427\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145427'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/img_4767-custom-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/IMG_4767-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145428\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145428'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/img_4769-custom-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/IMG_4769-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145429\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145429'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/img_4771-custom-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/IMG_4771-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145430\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145430'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/img_4808-custom-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/IMG_4808-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145431\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145431'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/23\/a-tour-of-pregnancy-and-parenthood\/attachment\/img_4815-custom-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/02\/IMG_4815-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145432\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145432'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/75827\/roseacres-clinic-celebrates-world-aids-day\/\">Roseacres Clinic celebrates World Aids Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/104638\/roseacres-welcomes-four-sets-of-twins\/\">Roseacres welcomes four sets of twins\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/75237\/the-new-chapter-begins\/\">The new chapter begins<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='078dd365ebc98784af7f8df76a98f53a'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Roseacres Hospital hosted an informative and interactive Little Life Pregnancy and Baby Workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":144520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,8967],"class_list":["post-144519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-life-roseacres-hospital"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","life roseacres hospital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}