New Year's Cheer without the Alcohol
Saturday December 31, 2011
Let's face it the, New Year's Eve means tons of parties and plenty of opportunities for alcoholic beverages. If you're used to celebrating the holidays with a drink or two, ... Read More
Save Money on Your Taxes by Pregnancy Related Charitable Giving
Friday December 30, 2011
There are a lot of worthy organizations who are asking for money, particularly as the end of the year comes up for tax benefits. If you are looking to ... Read More
New Year's Baby Names
Friday December 30, 2011
If you have the first baby of the new year, you often get a few gifts from the local hospital or other organizations. But what do you do for a ... Read More
Beyonce Baby Rumors!
Thursday December 29, 2011
Baby and pregnancy rumors are flying around Beyonce and partner Jay-Z's pregnancy faster than contractions in transition. We've got the rumors about her faking a pregnancy to the point where ... Read More
Don't Dumpster Dive for Pregnancy Tests
Wednesday December 28, 2011
No, this isn't dumpster diving in the "traditional" sense of the word - this is where you go after the pregnancy test you took last night and threw away and ... Read More
Where were you when your water blew?
Monday December 26, 2011
So, we've been discussing where you were when your water broke. Some of the stories are really hilarious and others you can just breathe a sigh of relief for ... Read More
Dido Welcomes a Baby Boy on Christmas Day
Sunday December 25, 2011
Initial reports that baby was born this weekend were incorrect. Dido had the baby in July, but she was born on Christmas and just announced his birth.
Singer Dido, 40, has ... Read More
Yoga in Pregnancy
Sunday December 25, 2011
I think yoga is perfect for pregnancy. It can be an easy place for beginners to start and yet can pack quit the workout for the advanced practitioner. ... Read More
Did Santa bring you a big fat positive pregnancy test?
Saturday December 24, 2011
If so, congratulations! Are you planning to share the big news of your pregnancy today at Christmas? Well here are some special ideas for sharing the good ... Read More
Watch Talking About Pregnancy Too Much
Friday December 23, 2011
Pregnancy - Is that all you can talk about? I can't tell you how many times I met this question with that deer in the headlights look. Was I ... Read More
5 Things Families Fight About in Pregnancy
Thursday December 22, 2011
As all the holidays are rolling up on us, it might be time to talk about some of the most common fights that pregnant moms have with family, particularly during ... Read More
A Twin Birth Story at 40+ Weeks
Wednesday December 21, 2011
Nearly ten years ago I got the news - we were expecting twins. When I was pregnant with my twins, I thought for sure there ought to be some way ... Read More
Free Pregnancy Classes Online
Tuesday December 20, 2011
There are a ton of free classes available online that are completely free and all you have to do is to pick one or two and sign up. This ... Read More
5 Ways to Hide Your Pregnancy
Monday December 19, 2011
Pregnancy is a special time, but as they say, timing is everything. And sometimes, it's just not the right time to tell everyone you're pregnant. Perhaps you're waiting for ... Read More
Holiday Maternity Fashion Advice
Saturday December 17, 2011
With a ton of holiday parties hurtling towards us all at an astonishing speed, you may be wondering what you're going to wear now that you're expecting. What maternity fashion ... Read More
What Causes Stillbirth?
Saturday December 17, 2011
About 1 in every 160 pregnancies end in stillbirth. This number is about 59% higher than the expected rate according to public health goals set for 2010. You are also ... Read More
Men and Miscarriage: We had a miscarriage.
Friday December 16, 2011
Having a miscarriage or other pregnancy loss is hard on anyone. I know that when we had our pregnancy losses, my husband was just as devastated as I was, only ... Read More
Flexible Spending Accounts, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Thursday December 15, 2011
If you have a place of employment that offers flexible spending accounts (FSA), you have money put aside or be able to put aside money to spend on certain medical ... Read More
Christmas Birthdays and Labor Induction
Thursday December 15, 2011
It's that time of year when all the pregnant women start lamenting having a December birthday, particularly a birthday on Christmas Day. (In fact, no fewer than three celebrities had ... Read More
Grossest Thing to Cure Morning Sickness
Wednesday December 14, 2011
I've been pregnancy a lot of times, so I don't even want to begin to calculate the number of times I've experienced morning sickness (all day, all pregnancy sickness). This ... Read More
Special Pregnancy Stocking Stuffer: It's a...
Tuesday December 13, 2011
My sister is finding out today if her new baby is going to be a girl or a boy. She's very excited about it. Talking to her this weekend about ... Read More
Which cloth diapers are best?
Monday December 12, 2011
Cloth diapers are the best old thing around in baby care if you ask me. Everything my mother hated about cloth diapers is gone (Unless you really want to use ... Read More
How long should you stay in the hospital after having a baby?
Friday December 9, 2011
How long you stay in the hospital or birth center after having a baby is rarely up to you, your doctor or midwife, but mostly up to hospital policy and ... Read More
Michelle Duggar Has a Miscarriage
Thursday December 8, 2011
I was saddened to read about Michelle Duggar's miscarriage. She had just announced her pregnancy a month ago. She was into the second trimester when a routine ultrasound revealed no ... Read More
Awkward Baby Names
Thursday December 8, 2011
For years, I've said, be careful what you name your baby. I've pointed out that you need to watch their initials, you need to think of potential nicknames - basically ... Read More
Video Pregnancy and Birth Announcements
Tuesday December 6, 2011
I can remember when pregnancy announcements were simply when you went over to your parents' house to tell them the good news. Nowadays, particularly with families who don't live ... Read More
Your Weight Doesn't Effect Length of Pushing
Monday December 5, 2011
A new study out in Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that women with increasing weight do not suffer from longer lengths of the pushing phase of labor. Interestingly enough an increasing ... Read More
Do Baby Shower Guests Talk?
Monday December 5, 2011
Over the years I've fielded a lot of etiquette questions about baby showers. But one person says that 40+ people boycotted a baby shower because it was short and served ... Read More
Can you predict a cesarean with a computer?
Thursday December 1, 2011
There is a buzz gong around the tech sites that PrediBirth, a software package, can predict who will need a cesarean section before labor. In a study of 24 women ... Read More
A Christmas Baby Shower
Thursday December 1, 2011
Christmas time is a time when families gather together, sometimes from miles and miles apart. If you're pregnant, this might be the ideal time to have a baby shower, simply ... Read More