pregnancy

Up All Night: The Birth (Yikes!)

October 20, 2011




I found the past couple of weeks of Up All Night to not be good enough or bad enough to write about. There were some funny parts and some parts that made me roll my eyes, but nothing that drove me to my keyboard. But this week’s topic was birth and I have had a [...]

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Learning Sex of Fetus at 7 Weeks: Medical Progress or Ethical Nightmare?

August 11, 2011




A new study was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association about a blood test that can predict the sex of a fetus using a non-invasive procedure (blood test) at 7 weeks pregnancy. My colleague Kristina wrote a post explaining more about the procedure and technology at Care2. I have mixed feelings [...]

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Cora’s Story: The hidden disease of congenital heart defects

September 27, 2010




Today I am welcoming my friend Kristine as a guest poster. I have been following Kristine (@KristineBrite) on twitter for quite a while and have been inspired by the way she turned her personal tragedy into incredibly important advocacy work that will save the lives of infants. Kristine blogs and shares important information on her [...]

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Essential Pregnancy Products Guide

November 15, 2009




Are you a newly pregnant mom? Or are you looking to buy a gift for a pregnant mom? Check out this crowd-sourced list of essential pregnancy products for ideas on what to buy. BellaBands I loved my Bella Bands and consider them an essential pregnancy accessory. I didn’t know about them during my first pregnancy, [...]

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To tandem or not to tandem (Part 2 of series on preparing for baby #2)

May 31, 2009




This is the second post in a series on preparing for a second baby. If you haven’t read it already, check out the first part What on Earth Were We Thinking? In attachment parenting circles nursing into toddlerhood is common. A lot of parents strive for child-led weaning or at the very least gradual and [...]

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What on earth were we thinking? (Part 1 of series on preparing for baby #2)

May 29, 2009




Panic. Complete panic. It’s 3:00am. I’m 30 weeks pregnant. My 2 year old son wakes up again and wants Mommy. I nurse him back to sleep, get up to pee again (pregnant bladder) and try to find a comfortable position to sleep where my huge belly is neither making me uncomfortable nor in danger of [...]

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Out of sight, out of mind, out of job: The reality of job protection while on maternity or parental leave

April 27, 2009




If you think your job is safe while you are on maternity or parental leave, think again. In good economic times, when companies were hiring people right, left and centre, it may not have been easy for them to let go of someone who was pregnant or who was on maternity leave without it being [...]

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Book Review: Having a Baby, Naturally (by Peggy O’Mara)

August 14, 2008




I just got a bunch of my pregnancy and birth books back from a friend and thought I’d try to do a few reviews before they go out on loan again. Here is the first. Overview Having a Baby, Naturally by Peggy O’Mara, the editor and publisher of Mothering, walks mothers-to-be and families-to-be through issues that [...]

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