As my one year anniversary for being a mother just passed I found reading Spit That Out! by Paige Wolf to be a fairly accurate retrospective on new and expectant mommyhood. Read more »
Celebrity babies are born into a life of luxury--and paparazzi! Under intense scrutiny, celeb parents often go for unique and sometimes wild names for their offspring. Celeb baby blog Celebrity Baby Scoop reports on the best and worst n baby names for last year, as decided by a poll of 40,000 of their readers. Read more »
Vaginal birth. It’s the most natural thing in the world, right? Women do it every day. The idea of giving birth conjures up images of red-faced, grunting women, legs askew, pushing with every bit of might they can muster. There’s a reason why it’s called labor. It’s hard!
Fear about the process is also natural. Ask a woman what she fears the most about vaginal birth and chances are she’ll say it’s the pain. Whether choosing to go drug free or getting an epidural, there will be some measure of pain – it’s guaranteed. Then there’s another fear, one discussed less freely.
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Any woman who has ever been pregnant knows morning sickness—the nausea and the vomiting that comes on suddenly and inescapably. There’s no holding it in. And according to a systematic review with 27 controlled trials, there’s no holding out hope for relief either. Read more »
