Stories from About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines
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Flexible Spending Accounts, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 15, 2011
If you have a place of employment that offers flexible spending accounts (FSA) , you have money put aside or be able to put aside money to spend on certain medical expenses that would be tax free. This is typically… Full Story »
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- Pregnancy
- Breastfeeding
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Christmas Birthdays and Labor Induction
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 15, 2011
It's that time of year when all the pregnant women start lamenting having a December birthday, particularly a birthday on Christmas Day. (In fact, no fewer than three celebrities had babies last year on Christmas Day ... Read Full Post Full Story »
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Grossest Thing to Cure Morning Sickness
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 14, 2011
I've been pregnancy a lot of times, so I don't even want to begin to calculate the number of times I've experienced morning sickness (all day, all pregnancy sickness). This means that over the years of personal experience and professional… Full Story »
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Special Pregnancy Stocking Stuffer: It's a...
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 13, 2011
My sister is finding out today if her new baby is going to be a girl or a boy. She's very excited about it. Talking to her this weekend about finding out made me think about the story of a… Full Story »
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Which cloth diapers are best?
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 12, 2011
Cloth diapers are the best old thing around in baby care if you ask me. Everything my mother hated about cloth diapers is gone (Unless you really want to use diaper pins!). And everything that I love about disposables is… Full Story »
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How long should you stay in the hospital after having a baby?
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 9, 2011
How long you stay in the hospital or birth center after having a baby is rarely up to you, your doctor or midwife, but mostly up to hospital policy and your insurance company. Some information says that maybe how long you stay after… Full Story »
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Michelle Duggar Has a Miscarriage
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 8, 2011
I was saddened to read about Michelle Duggar's miscarriage. She had just announced her pregnancy a month ago. She was into the second trimester when a routine ultrasound revealed no heart beat. The couple has said that they will name the baby and have a funeral. Other than saying… Full Story »
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Awkward Baby Names
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 8, 2011
For years, I've said, be careful what you name your baby. I've pointed out that you need to watch their initials, you need to think of potential nicknames - basically give your child's name some due diligence. Come on, we've… Full Story »
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Video Pregnancy and Birth Announcements
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 6, 2011
I can remember when pregnancy announcements were simply when you went over to your parents' house to tell them the good news. Nowadays, particularly with families who don't live near one another, telephone calls are also in that same stream.… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Birth
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Your Weight Doesn't Effect Length of Pushing
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 5, 2011
A new study out in Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that women with increasing weight do not suffer from longer lengths of the pushing phase of labor. Interestingly enough an increasing body mass index (BMI) was not linked to an increase… Full Story »
