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Babymoons
If you've got a baby on the way, chances are you're putting a lot of effort into getting ready. Birthing classes: Check! Baby equipment: Check! Nursery ready: Check! Now, how about taking a Babymoon? A babymoon? More and more, expectant parents are slipping away for a romantic, pampering pre-baby t
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Baby's Fourth Trimester: Helping Your Baby Make a Peaceful Transition from Womb to World
Little Mia Garretson had the perfect place to sleep. It was warm and comforting with a built-in rhythmic sound and a shock-absorbent rocking motion most of us can only get close to on trains or airplanes. With this constant lulling, Mia experienced absolute security. But one snowy night, her world s
Read More »Memorable baby showers
If you are going to host a baby shower soon, take note of what many moms-to-be don't want these days: humiliating or boring shower games and discussions about labor. New mom Lisa Power, of Auburn, was very clear about what she wanted from her baby shower. "I've never been the cutesy kind of girl
Read More »Healthy Nutrition for Two
Rachel Hyman, a Mercer Island mother of two, was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during both her pregnancies. Because of her dietary restrictions -- no sweets and limited carbohydrates -- she wound up losing a few pounds. "Although emotionally it was difficult for me not to eat what I wanted, th
Read More »Coping with a high-risk pregnancy
As Piglet points out in Pooh's Little Instruction Book, "It is hard to be brave when you're only a very small animal." And when you are pregnant with a very small baby, and things go awry, it is even harder to be brave. Many mothers who have gone through a high-risk pregnancy describe it as o
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Vaginal birth after C-section
One mom's story I believe in love at first sight: I felt it the moment my son was born. His birth will forever be fixed in my memory, both as his beginning and my triumph over something I did not believe I could do. His birthday was the day I had a natural childbirth after giving birth to my da
Read More »Kids of Your Own
"So, are you going to have kids of your own?" It's one of those questions I'm simply not sure if I should be offended by. More personal than, "How much money do you make?" and less intrusive than "How many times do you and the missus do it?" It's a combo Q of if I can get it up, when I stopped b
Read More »'Childbirth' a valuable multimedia resource for expecting parents
Here we go again. My midsection is stretching to an extent I would have thought impossible had I not experienced it twice before. Insomnia is kicking in, and the indigestion is growing worse. And as the end result of all this starts coming into view, I again feel that strange mix of thrilled
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