August 2008
The Archives
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Weeks of Pregnancy
The Best of Baby Names Posted By : Grandma
Congratulations on a new baby in your life! Here are 10 major considerations involved in choosing the best name:
1) Gender. A primary consideration is the babyÂ’s gender. Some parents prefer to wait until birth to discover this. In any event, knowing gender considerably narrows the field. Assure your selections are gender-appropriate. DonÂ’t choose a girlÂ’s […]
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Weeks of Pregnancy
How to Conceive a Boy - Advice to Help You Beat the Gender Lottery
Childbirth is always a miracle and a gift, regardless of the gender of the baby. However, there is nothing wrong with wanting to have a boy rather than a girl. Some expecting parents may feel guilty that they have a preference, but this is actually a very common feeling. While there are some methods that […]
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Avoid a Cesarean – How to Induce Labor Naturally
According to statistics provided by childbirth.org, cesarean rates in the United States have nearly quintupled from where they were 20 years ago. The increase of cesarean rates can be attributed to the increase in chemically stimulated inductions. Women are simply not allowed to induce labor in a natural way. They are frequently […]
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Tips For Traveling While Pregnant Posted By : Rene Sandan
With proper planning and advice, travel during pregnancy is not a problem. To ensure that you and your baby remain healthy during travel, you need to consider the stage of your pregnancy, your current physical condition, and any restrictions or problems you and your doctor have discussed.
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Pregnant Teenagers
I read in an article that a group of teenagers made a pact to get pregnant and train the children together! Oh God!
Imagine such a bizarre agreement. What do these babies know about making babies?
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Flu Protection for Your Baby
It’s that time of year again: flu season. Each year, millions of people hunker down in the fall to prepare for the annual onset of influenza outbreaks. With the season comes an onslaught of visits to, at best, pediatricians’ offices and, at worst, hospital emergency departments by worried parents and their ailing children. Now that […]
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Pregnancy And Your Job Posted By : Rene Sandan
If you are a working woman, if you are healthy during your pregnancy, and if your job is one you can continue without risk or strain, you can probably plan to work until your due date or until your labor starts!
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Don’t Wait to Lose the Pregnancy Weight
Lots of new Moms put off losing the baby fat and then when they do get around to it they are even heavier than when they first gave birth. It’s easy to make excuses when you have a newborn but here are the ABC’s of losing pregnancy weight.
A is for Abs:
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Learning How to Walk
Exercise is essentially important to the health of the infant. Its first exercise, of course, will be in the nurse’s arms. After a month or two, when it begins to sleep less during the day, it will delight to roll and kick about on the sofa: it will thus use its limbs freely; and this, […]
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Weeks of Pregnancy
Baby Shower Poetry Posted By : Julia Sullivan
Poetry is such vibrant means of communicating. It is one’s creative way of expressing emotion, intellect and aspirations. It is filled with sentiment and mirrors the individual’s true inner being. Such channel of expression is befitting an equally elating occasion: the anticipated arrival of a newborn. Here are ways of incorporating poems into the momentous […]
