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Pregnant With Multiples?

Pregnancy is an interesting time in your life, and it can be even more interesting if you discover that there’s more than one baby on board. Finding out that you are pregnant with multiples can be very exciting, but it can also be a little scary at the same time. Here are a few things that you might want to know now that you are expecting more than one baby. Multiple pregnancies used to be a lot riskier than they are now. With the constantly evolving practice of medicine, doctors have gotten a lot better at caring for mothers and … Continue reading →

The Risks of Not Knowing You’re Pregnant (Part 1)

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The TV show I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant details the stories of women who go through entire pregnancies without ever knowing they are expecting a child. It’s scary enough to suddenly realize you’re about to have a baby without ever knowing you were pregnant, but imagine if you also knew that not only did you not have any prenatal care, but you had been living an unhealthy lifestyle. There are many things that pregnant women change while they are pregnant, such as not smoking, not drinking, eating healthy foods, taking prenatal vitamins, and avoiding vigorous exercise. What kind of … Continue reading →

Pregnancy And Dreams

When you are pregnant, sleep does not always come easily. When you do get some rest, you may awaken to find that you had some very, very strange dreams while you were asleep. Strange dreams are par for the course during pregnancy, and it should come as no surprise that there is a connection between these dreams and all of those hormones that have flooded your system. In addition to an increase in the amount of dreams that women have during pregnancy, women are more likely to remember the dreams that they have while they are pregnant than they are … Continue reading →

La La La I’m Not Listening …. Your Unwanted Advice on My Pregnancy

If it seems like the moment that you announced your pregnancy (or your growing belly announced it for you) coincided with a seemingly unending flow of “advice” from everyone and anyone, you are not alone. For some reason, there is just something about the sight of a pregnant woman that makes people unable to refrain from sharing nuggets of “wisdom” with her even if they have no idea who she is. Of course, pregnancy is not the only time that you will be bombarded with unwanted advice. Just try taking your newborn to the grocery store without a hat on, … Continue reading →

Baby Gear – The Useful And The Useless

With so many baby items on the market today, first – time parents are often confused when they sit down to create a baby registry. How do you know which things you will need, and which you can do without? One idea is to look around for lists on the internet. Many experienced moms and dads have shared their opinions about what they used, and what they found useless. Use these lists as inspiration, and as food for thought about whether the items mentioned on the lists fit with your philosophy about how you would like to parent your child. … Continue reading →

Winter Gear For Your Snow Baby

If your baby is coming soon, you may already have stocked up on blankets, hats, and cozy clothes for your little one’s cold – weather arrival. Of course you will want to ensure that baby is warm enough during the winter. However, it is also important to consider safety while selecting which items you will use to keep him cozy. For example, there are many baby buntings and snow suits in the stores right now. Did you know that it is not safe to place baby in a car seat while he is in a bunting or snow suit? The … Continue reading →

Bed Rest

If you are in your first trimester and feeling really tired, you may be secretly hoping that one day your prenatal care provider will tell you that you have got to take it easy, and will prescribe bed rest. As nice as it sounds, bed rest is not all that great – and not all that practical either, especially if you already have a little one running around the house. On average, one out of every five mothers will be prescribed bed rest during her pregnancy for any one of a number of reasons. Bed rest can mean anything from … Continue reading →

Baby Shower Etiquette

When is it appropriate to have your baby shower? Different religions and cultures may have different requirements and those should be the first consideration. If that does not apply to your situation then a shower should not come before 20 weeks. If a woman is pregnant with multiples or will be on bed rest then you may plan around that or have it after the birth. Should your baby shower invitation have the place you are registered? At one time it was poor etiquette to include that information on your invitation. However, times have changed and you will find more … Continue reading →

Talk About Timing

You can’t control when a child is born. Or can you? This week, thousands of pregnant women are doing whatever it takes to score a designer birthday for their son or daughter-to-be. The anxious moms want to give birth on 11/11/11, and many are clamoring for their doctors to perform C-sections on them this Friday in order for their newborn to hold claim to a date that rolls around once every 100 years. Many moms-to-be like the idea of being in control of when their child will enter the world. Hence, the increasing number of C-sections performed in the United … Continue reading →

Preparing Your Health History

One of the major components of your first prenatal check up is the health history interview. It should feel somewhat familiar, since many doctors do this on your first visit, but the prenatal version is a little more detailed. To prepare, it may help to look over some of these questions beforehand in case you need to make a few phone calls to your mom or relatives. What is your history with pregnancy? Have you been pregnant before? Have you ever had a miscarriage? Have you ever had an abortion? If you have had a baby before, how did you … Continue reading →