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Celebrating a Birth by Embellishing Your Belly

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If nine months seems like too long and treacherous a time to wait patiently for your little sweet little bundle of joy to arrive, consider getting your creativity on—literally—by intentionally decorating your ever-growing bump. Plenty…

Big Babies: A Roly-Poly Roundup of Giant-Sized Newborns

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Iowa mom Kendall Stewardson is no lightweight—and neither is her newborn son, Asher. Kendall recently gave birth to baby Asher naturally—no surgery, no epidural—after six hours of labor. That’s an admirable feat in and of itself,…
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The Pregnancy Project: Gaby Rodriguez Takes on Teen Pregnancy

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Just one year ago, Gaby Rodriguez was just like any other high school senior getting ready to graduate: She had good grades, good friends, a cute boyfriend and supportive family in her hometown of Toppenish, Washington. As all…
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Tips to Lose Weight After Pregnancy

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Never mind what celebrities, diet gurus or self-help books would have you believe about getting back to your post-pregnancy body. There’s really only five factors that play into safe, healthy weight loss—plus one virtue, patience. “I…
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Blue Ivy! Is a Name! Just a Name Hardly?

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What’s in a name? Plenty. Take the recent flap over Jay Z and Beyonce’s bouncing baby girl being named Blue Ivy. Some fans were left wondering why the music power couple would choose a color associated with less than happy feelings and…
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A Less Than Obvious Choice: My Path to Single Motherhood, Part 2

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Editor’s note: In Part 1, Resa Barillas shared her experience learning about her pregnancy and breaking the news to her parents, with the help of her sister. It took me a little longer to muster up the courage to tell the father, but since…
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Why Get Married?

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Why should we get married, especially if we've been married before? That seems to be a popular question nowadays! "Matthew McConaughey Engaged to Camila Alves," blares the headline on a popular tabloid website. Along with the article…
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Pregnancy Story

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What does The Very Hungry Caterpillar have to do with pregnancy, you may ask. I stared at the picture with a curious mix of mortification and amusement. There I am in all my pregnant glory on a website for all the world to see. Could this…
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Co-sleeping: Good or Bad?

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You may be wondering whether co-sleeping is good or bad. No wonder! The Milwaukee Health Department has stirred up a mom’s nest, with its new advertising campaign about the potential dangers of co-sleeping, but then again, that was likely…