Posted 03/09/10 6:00 am EST | Pregnancy
TopicsPregnancy movies, pregnancy perks
It’s awards season.
A few nights ago, Hollywood's best and brightest were dolled up and decked out to receive the highest honors in filmmaking. So, I was thinking, you deserves an award more than pregnant women—the ones who are repopulating the earth, ushering in new life and doing the thing that only womankind can do. What deserves more recognition than the 40 weeks of pregnancy. If that is not deserving of a golden statuette than I don’t know what is.
Posted 03/02/10 6:00 am EST | Pregnancy
Topicsmorning sickness causes, morning sickness help, tips to alleviate morning sickness
Morning sickness is the standard by which all pregnancy experiences get measured. If a woman complains of a difficult or miserable pregnancy, she likely had severe morning sickness. If a woman brags of 40 weeks of sheer pregnancy glow and radiance, she probably didn’t spend much of her first trimester poised over a toilet.
Posted 02/25/10 7:57 am EST | Pregnancy
Every mom needs a place of her own. When everyone demands so much of you, and you give so much of yourself to your family, you need a place to recharge your batteries. That can be a time to walk, a place to meditate, escaping via the TV, a relaxing bath or just closing your eyes with your favorite cup of tea.
Kimberly Seals Allers is a leading authority on issues relating to modern mothers of color, author of “The Mocha Manual” series of books and founder of MochaManual.com, a daily parenting and lifestyle destination and blog for African American moms and moms-to-be. Her life’s mission is to help women become powerful parents, flex their mama muscles and live a life of endless possibilities. Kimberly and The Mocha Manual; brand have been featured on various media outlets, including CNN, Fox News, Essence, Black Enterprise, Pregnancy, Celebrity Baby Blog and The New York Times. When this divorced mother of two is not writing, riding bikes with her kids or making people laugh with her witty takes on life, she’s busy working and creating new dreams. These days, she can usually be found sleeping with her laptop.
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