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The Pregnancy Blog Week in Review for May 7-13

The Pregnancy Blog week in review offers a summary of the blogs from the past week. It offers a quick and easy way to view the blogs in one place. Sit back and rest your swollen feet while you catch up on your reading. The tubal ligation is one method of permanent birth control. However, about six percent of women who undergo this procedure change their mind within a few years. If you are mourning your tubal and wishing for another baby, check out Reversing a Tubal Ligation. What is Chorioamnionitis? The short answer is that this condition is an … Continue reading →

Dealing with Nasty Comments

Pregnancy is an amazing and miraculous journey, regardless of the circumstances. This should be a time to relax and enjoy the miracle within. However, sometimes nasty comments from family, friends or even complete strangers can temporarily burst your gestating bubble. Comments about the number of children you have are annoying. These can come from complete strangers as well as people in your life. When I was pregnant with our fourth baby, this happened to me constantly. I can’t even count how many cashiers, waitresses and other random people that commented on the fact that I was having my fourth baby. … Continue reading →

A Tip for More Peaceable Family Gatherings

This holiday season, I realized that one important communication skill is essential to surviving many a holiday gathering. Those of you that read this blog regularly know that I love words, so I am excited to inform you that this magical skill has a name – tact. Tact is a word that refers both skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations or a knack for knowing what to say or do in order to avoid offending others. In a time where people often pride themselves on being “uncensored”, letting their opinions be known, or saying what is on their … Continue reading →

What Happens When Your Own Mother Thinks You’re an Abomination

Ask Nadya Suleman. The California woman who used fertility treatment to give birth to octuplets should be celebrating the fact that her eight newborns are alive and flourishing, but instead she’s dealing with hundreds of death threats, seething public ridicule and the paparazzi. Oh, and apparently her own mother doesn’t think much of her either. Earlier this week Angela Suleman told an online news site that what her daughter has done to become a single mother of 14 is “unconscionable.” Nadya’s mom went on to say that she questions how her unemployed daughter, who already has six children, will cope … Continue reading →

Birth Control After Baby

When you are pregnant, birth control is the furthest thing from your mind. Why worry about birth control? Isn’t it a little late for that? Well, actually this is the perfect time to start thinking about your options. At your postpartum visit, the doctor will most likely bring it up, so you want to be informed and prepared. Oral contraceptives, such as the birth control pill, are the most common and well known form of birth control for most people. However, this is not the best choice if you are planning to breastfeed your baby. The hormones in the pill … Continue reading →

The Pregnant Single Parent

Millions of women each year find themselves pregnant without a partner. Sometimes relationships end during pregnancy and sometimes before the pregnancy was discovered. Whatever the reason for the situation, being alone and pregnant can be a scary time. Women often feel isolated when they are pregnant without a partner. Childbirth preparation classes, parenting classes and baby stores are filled with happy couples waiting for their little bundle. If you are waiting alone for your little bundle, it can feel like a lonely time. The woman’s partner is the natural choice for sharing the ups and downs of pregnancy. When you … Continue reading →

How Many Children Will You Have?

You meet the man (or woman) of your dreams, fall in love and get married. About ten minutes into the reception, someone will mention children. You are going to have children, aren’t you? As soon as you get pregnant, people will how many children you plan to have. Hopefully, you have discussed this with your partner and are in agreement. Some couples discuss the number of children they want before they get married, others don’t get that specific. Maybe you never had the talk or have changed your mind on the subject. If that’s the case, you should discuss it … Continue reading →

Relationship Dynamics: Avoid Jealousy

Jealousy is perhaps one of the most unattractive feelings a person can experience. You may think it’s one of the worst things that can happen to a relationship, but it happens to a person before it happens to a relationship. When the green-eyed monster affects a person it can change their behavior, triggering a nasty attitude and unkind words. Snippy comments can become vile and jealousy itself can alter perceptions of the person experiencing it. Suddenly, everything a spouse does can be seen as suspicious. Even the most normal of behaviors, things that would not be seen as out of … Continue reading →