How to Throw the Ultimate Virtual Baby Shower Many of us have attended a baby shower or two, celebrating a Mom-to-be. Often held at someone’s home or an external venue, with lots of guests, food, and baby shower games. In the current climate with social distancing the new norm, a virtual baby shower is the …
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At the very beginning of my first pregnancy, I began experiencing a pregnancy symptom that I never expected. I never fully classed it as a pregnancy symptom until it made its triumphant return at the beginning of this pregnancy. Potent, uncontrollable, unmistakable, undeniable, unendurable, toxic GAS. My sudden particular brand of flatulence could clear an …
How To Prepare For a Home Birth There are many different opinions and sides to this subject; I think we should all just agree that everyone is looking for the best pregnancy experience they can get, and that means different things to different people. Every woman should have the opportunity to choose what kind of …
5 Benefits Of Chocolate When Pregnant Have you been told to stay away from chocolate now that you are pregnant? Are people saying that it will harm your unborn baby? Well not to worry it is perfectly safe during pregnancy for almost all women. “To be honest I eat chocolate every single day of my …
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This is a review of Understanding Your Moods When You’re Expecting, by Lucy J,. Puryear, M.D. Puryear is a psychiatrist specializing in women’s reproductive mental health at Baylor in Texas, and she’s seen tons and tons of women at all stages in pre-conception, pregnancy, and postpartum problems. She says she initially thought she was going …
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Learning what types and levels of exercise are still appropriate during pregnancy can be a stressful experience. Some women become overwhelmed by the conflicting opinions of others and end up dropping their exercise patterns altogether. If our bodies are used to being very active, becoming inactive can really bring down our happiness and make us …
It’s not something on our radar—it’s not something we usually worry about until it affects us in some way. It’s common to feel like “it won’t happen to me” or “it’s not something I have to worry about,” and then, when the unthinkable happens and we’re personally faced with it, end up feeling a little …
Perfect Sibling Baby Name Combos Coming up with baby names can be one of the most fun parts about being pregnant, but it can also be a bit exhausting. Knowing that this is the name you will call your little human forever is quite the responsibility and can feel a bit stress-inducing at times. So, …
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Listen, men of the world, let’s get something straight: I realize pregnancy boobs look pretty tempting. But let’s set some ground rules because those things? Well, they are off-limits. The first trimester can be one of the most transformative times for women — many women, quite literally, do that whole “glowing” thing. Their hair is …
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When my wife became pregnant for the first time, we would joke that it was going to be twins. She would tell me, “one baby for you and one for me.” Of course we didn’t really expect that she was pregnant with twins. Then we went in for the 20 week ultrasound to find out …
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