Non-Alcoholic Mocktails for Moms to Be

If you are pregnant it can be quite a challenge to stay away from alcohol. Instead of having beer, wine or a cocktail, mix up these non-alcoholic alternatives.

Acapulco Treasure
This fancy cocktail drink entails mixing three ounces of pineapple juice, one ounce coconut cream, one ounce whipping cream and half an ounce of grapefruit juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a martini glass and serve with a slice of pineapple and a cherry on a skewer.

Almond Joy Frost
Freeze a banana by sealing it in a plastic bag in your freezer for a couple of hours. Mix one cup coconut milk, half a cup of chocolate sorbet, slices of frozen banana, a dash of coconut extract and a dash of almond extract. Blend together and serve in a martini glass. Sprinkle with coconut flakes for a garnish.

Apricot Fizz
Combine apricot juice, ginger ale and lemon juice together and pour into individual glasses filled with ice. Garnish with lemon.

Baby Bellini
Instead of champagne and orange juice that is the usual mix up for this drink stir two ounces of peach nectar with two ounces of non-alcoholic sparkling wine. Add a splash of grenadine. Garnish with fresh peach slices or drop a couple of frozen raspberries to the bottom of the glass.

The Sunset for Mom
Mix three ounces of cranberry juice with three ounces of pineapple juice. Pour in a tall glass over ice. Top it up with 7 UP and garnish with mint and strawberries.

The Raspberry Martini Cooler
Dip a martini glass in sugar and then in a shaker mix ice, crushed raspberries and half of an ounce of lemon or lime juice with one ounce of pineapple juice. Shake and pour into the martini glass. Top off with sparkling water and add some raspberries.

Ginger Soda Supreme
This nice cocktail helps get rid of morning sickness as well. Peel a real ginger root and marinate in a glass of soda water for an hour or two. Strain into a tall glass with ice. Top off with a splash of Cola for color and garnish a star fruit and a lime.

Mango Frost
Blend ice and mango chunks together in a blender. Add a touch of lime juice and a dash of orange juice to thin. Pour into a martini glass. Garnish with mango.

Yellow Jacket
Mix two ounces of pineapple juice, two ounces of orange juice and 1 ½ ounces of lemon juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Pour into a short tumbler filled with ice cubes and enjoy.

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Pain Relief After Labor

After a woman has a baby her body can be very sore. Post-partum pain is usually caused by sore muscles. The body can go into shock from all of the muscle strain. Everything can hurt, including your arms and legs. Often the hips can really hurt as well. This is s the result of having your feet and legs positioned in stirrups or in an odd position. Your back might also be sore as sometimes there can be a lot of maneuvering of the spine in order to allow the child to emerge from the womb.

People who have had an epidural also might have a sore back from the needle or because they did not feel the back strain happening because the pain killer was masking the feeling.

The thing is that most moms do not want to take drugs after labor because it can get into breast milk and cause you to sleep through paying attention to your baby's cries. That is why many people use other measures including taking warm baths and showers, using rice socks and flax bags for heat, icing the area and massaging the area. Your doctor can also tell you what medications, whether they be over the counter or otherwise are safe for you to take.

Many women experience a lot of post-labor pain in their lower regions. The pain can radiate from the vagina to the rectum. This is because this area expands to allow you to let the baby out of your body. You can also be in pain if forceps or an extruder of some kind was used to help you give birth.

In this case a sitz bath can help soothe damaged tissues. You can get over-the-counter and sitz bathas that are good for this purpose. There are also portable pads known as TUCKS pads that can help soothe the heat or pain emanating from your tissues.

Some women get headaches after giving birth. This is due to hormonal changes and stress. Relaxation can really help take care of this type of headache. Women who have epidural or spinal injections when they give birth are quite prone to this type of headache and may need to rest for a few days after labor.

Breast pain is also common after labor but there is not that can be done about it. You can try applying warm packs to your breasts if they are giving you pain after giving birth.

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