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Fertility and pregnancy
You are on a strange and wonderful journey - and you're going to need some good advice! Read on for helpful tips covering what to expect during pregnancy, infertility issues, adoption advice, prenatal yoga and much more! |
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We all know women “nest” while waiting for their baby to arrive. Nearly everyone has a story about an expectant mom going a bit crazy preparing for baby — obsessively washing and rewashing mountains of tiny socks, dismantling doorknobs to bleach the interior parts or, in my case, deciding the future
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If you’re an expectant or nursing mom, chances are everyone has been eager to offer advice about what you shouldn’t eat or drink. Some of these suggestions seem to conflict with each other; others, you’re certain, date back from your grandmother’s era. So how do you make the right choices? Here are
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More couples than ever are looking to medicine and cutting-edge technology to help them conceive. Today, more than 1 percent of the babies born in the United States are conceived using the latest fertility treatments, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dubbed “assist
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Give a Gnome a Home Choose to give baby one of these lovable gnome dolls from the Tadpole Creations Etsy shop at your next baby shower, and you’ll be sure to get the award for the most-talked-about gift! Affordable and baby-friendly, these gnomes are fabricated with organic or reclaimed fabric and
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You may think you don’t need to know about cesarean sections, or “C-sections.” That’s what I thought, too. But after several days of labor with a Pitocin and a failed epidural, my cervix was only partially dilated and my contractions were causing trauma to my baby. Suddenly, I was having a C-section
...David Robison always knew he wanted to have kids, so he set out to find a partner who wanted the same thing. After years of searching, of dating and dreaming, he finally found his perfect match — someone who wanted children, too; a stable home, a family to come home to. Six years ago, at a ceremony
...Sara Bracken is a Seattle-area stay-home mom and writer. If yoga is a gift to be treasured, as I believe it is, then prenatal yoga is like a birthday-Christmas-Mother’s Day surprise all wrapped up in one. This practice is one of the kindest things you can do for yourself, both spiritually and phy
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The H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, has become a worldwide health concern. Health authorities — such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization — are keeping a close eye on the virus, and new data is becoming available every day. Durin
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