Tag: tells you first
member name: Erin K.
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June 25, 2007 03:51 PM EDT --
There’s no doubt babies cost a lot of money, whether you’re trying to conceive one, adopt one, or feed and diaper one. Yet Americans spend millions on babies every year, even before baby arrives. . . .
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May 21, 2007 12:19 PM EDT --
I recently received a review copy of the soon-to-be-published book I’m Pregnant! Now What Do I Eat? by Harvard Medical School assistant professor Hope Riciotti, M.D and her chef husband Vincent . . .
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June 17, 2007 08:00 PM EDT --
It seems like I am always asking myself the same question, “Why am I so darn tired?”
It all started with my first pregnancy and continues even today. My oldest son, now 5, is learning to go . . .
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May 15, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
It’s true what they say: You’ll only have your first baby, once.
Let’s face it, finding out you are pregnant can bring on a slew of emotions. You might feel ecstatic, thrilled, excited, . . .
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February 18, 2008 07:51 AM EST --
Last week, following ice skating lessons for my boys, we joined another family at the local Papa Ginos for pizza and balloon tricks by the resident clown. Did I mention that it was Valentine's Day . . .
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June 11, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
Five years ago yesterday, I delivered my first child. As we celebrated his fifth birthday—over pizza and pokeman trading cards—my husband and I recounted details from the night he was born. . . .
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July 02, 2007 09:41 AM EDT --
I recently had lunch with a professional colleague who, over grilled reuben sandwiches, joyfully told me she was expecting her first baby. After the requisite shrieks and cheers, we got right down to business. . . .
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July 08, 2007 10:19 PM EDT --
Is it my imagination, or are pregnant women today more fashionable than ever before? I’m not just talking about Hollywood celebrities either. Last weekend I went to my friend Melissa’s baby . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
I don't know what it is like to loose a baby, but for many pregnant women, miscarriage is a sad and crushing reality. In my own small circle of friends, relatives, and neighbors, I know many who have . . .
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April 08, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
As the mother of two little boys, I know what it's like to have a baby circumcised. Both of my boys were circumcised shortly after birth but I'm not going to pretend I spent a lot of time researching . . .
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June 03, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
When my friend Michelle was expecting her first baby, she wrapped her ultrasound photo in a box and presented it to her mother-in-law as a Christmas gift. My coworker’s daughter announced she was . . .
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February 04, 2008 01:54 PM EST --
On my recent family vacation—a very relaxing Disney Cruise to the Carribbean—I had plenty of time to catch up on all of the latest celecrity news headlines: the tragic death of Heath Ledger; . . .
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February 11, 2008 10:57 AM EST --
When I was pregnant with my second child, I was offered a new kind of screening test for birth defects. This test had not been available to me just two years earlier when I was pregnant with my first, . . .
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February 25, 2008 08:20 AM EST --
Let's be blunt, there are few women who probably want to discuss their sex lives in a forum such as this. You can count me among them. However, you can't write a bunch of articles about pregnancy . . .
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March 31, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
I've written about baby showers before, so most of you know by now that I love these gatherings of gals. I don't need to tell you that if someone is hosting a shower for you, it's a good idea . . .
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April 21, 2008 04:04 PM EDT --
If you're expecting and working full time, you're probably looking forward to some kind of maternity leave after baby arrives. All companies in the US with at least 50 employees are required . . .
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May 28, 2007 11:09 AM EDT --
Finding out you are pregnant often means finding out you can no longer engage in some of the activities you once enjoyed, like sharing a bottle of pinot noir with your husband over dinner or indulging . . .
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April 14, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
Finding qualified childcare is probably a new mom's biggest challenge. If you're expecting—and planning to return to work after baby is born—it's never too early to start researching . . .
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March 10, 2008 07:52 AM EDT --
One of my favorite pastimes is perusing the Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn Baby catalogues. Not because I can actually afford what they have to sell, but because everything looks so darn stylish . . .
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March 03, 2008 09:17 AM EST --
There's a fascinating article in yesterday's New York Times about the increasing presence of doulas in hospital delivery rooms. A known source of comfort for mothers, doulas have recently . . .
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