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Are Our Babies Safe?
Posted 08/31/2010 1:03 pm GMT | Pregnancy
Topics crib recall, crib safety, crib safety tips, Pregnancy Tip
September is Baby Safety Month, but lately moms have been feeling anything but. The recent spate of food recalls from salmonella eggs to lead contamination found in several popular baby and children’s fruits and fruit juice brands from Gerber and Beech Nut to a few organic favorites found at...
Posted 08/18/2010 9:16 pm GMT | Pregnancy
Topics cravings, pica, pregnancy cravings, Pregnancy Tip
One of the many strange elements of pregnancy are those darn cravings. These are uncontrollable, strong desires for strange and varied foods, drinks, cookies, spices, snacks, ice cream or any combination thereof.
In my first pregnancy, I craved sour for the first two...
Posted 08/17/2010 12:36 pm GMT | Pregnancy
Topics Pregnancy Tip
Let's face it, sometimes pregnancies are planned with every intention, and sometimes, not so much. The world is full of "surprise blessings," even in my home. According to the National Survey of Family Growth, nearly half of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) are unintended. So if you are...
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Posted 08/10/2010 3:09 pm GMT | Pregnancy
Topics pregnancy safety, Pregnancy Tip, summer pregnancy tips
Summer is such a challenge for pregnant women, because typically, long before summer arrived, you were having your own personal summer anyway. Preggers chicks tend to run hot. And I mean that literally.
Well, and in the other sense too.
Good news, moms to be. We are in the final...
Posted 08/02/2010 5:53 am GMT | Pregnancy
Topics Pregnancy Tip
I’m always thinking about ways to relax. Trust me, in pregnancy and motherhood, everybody needs to find their way to relax. My girlfriend Gina Stern, who owns D_parture Spa in Newark Airport, loves to relax by swinging in a hammock. Not too long ago, I was having a major mommy meltdown....
FromMocha Manual
Posted 05/10/10 12:08 pm EDT | Pregnancy
Throughout our country, good medical care access varies according to region and social standing. This disparity occurs in spite of wide varieties and standard forms of medical insurance coverage to diverse groups of people and in spite of the presence in many areas (i.e., inner cities), of large medical centers that offer a variety of medical services.
FromMocha Manual
Posted 05/10/10 12:07 pm EDT | Pregnancy
It's allergy season and if you or your child suffers this time of year, there's much you can do in the home to keep those pesky symptoms to a minimum.
FromMocha Manual
Posted 03/29/10 12:34 pm EDT | Pregnancy
The fun soon begins after finding out you have a little bun in the oven. Even before knowing if you're having a boy or a girl, you might start thinking of all the things you will need, what the baby will need and the kind of nursery you'd like to create. Getting ready for baby can get expensive, especially when you start adding up the big ticket essentials.
FromThe Mocha Manual
Posted 02/23/10 1:05 pm EST | Pregnancy
We’ve teamed up with HOTmilk lingerie to offer you a free maternity camisole or bra and French panty set. I love HOTmilk because they are all about reminding moms-to-be that there is still a sexy woman underneath the loving mother , and that woman deserves a collection of pretty lingerie full of lace and ribbons with a heaping dose of attitude.
FromThe Mocha Manual
Posted 02/23/10 1:01 pm EST | Pregnancy
I love clean starts. As a recent divorcee and a woman who left a successful career to launch my own business, I know a thing or two about starting over, reinventing yourself and going after the life you want for yourself. That's why I'm so excited to be a part of the myLifetime.com Clean Start Challenge 2010.
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