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The 4 Things Pregnant Women Want and How a Doula Can Help Get Them
You’re eagerly awaiting your baby’s birth. Perhaps it’s your first go-round. Or maybe you’ve been here before. Either way, your biggest hope is for a healthy baby. Did you know that mothers-to-be...
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100 Things I Learned In My First Year of Motherhood
A list of 100 little things I learned during my pregnancy and my first year of being a first time mom. The road through motherhood is not always paved pretty but I wanted to share my insight on...
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Are you Centering?
Pregnancy is a special time for women and couples and there are many unique approaches to ensuring you receive the best education before baby arrives. An enhanced model of prenatal care known as...
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To Do: Sort Life Out, Have Baby
For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a mom. Maybe it’s because I’m the oldest of four children and I grew up babysitting my siblings. Maybe it’s because my own mother was a stay-at-home...
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How the Fourth Pregnancy is Different from the First
Copyright: lenm / 123RF Stock Photo I can remember back to my first pregnancy when I basically had nothing else going on in my life. I mean, I was working but only part-time, teaching a class at UNR,...
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The Fruit Cup
Copyright: creatista / 123RF Stock Photo About a month ago, I was on my way to work and decided to swing through the Starbucks drive through where I bought a latte and a fruit cup for breakfast. As I...
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I have lost two babies
Image credit: http://www.babbcenter.org/ October 15th is Infant and Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day. As I sit here and stare at that last sentence it becomes difficult to know what should follow it. I...
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The One With All The Thoughts
Copyright: studiostoks / 123RF Stock Photo As a mom of three children under the age of 5, things can get a little hectic (read: it’s usually total and utter chaos at all moments of everyday). Despite...
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How To Avoid Dressing Like A Pregnant Hobo
Image credit: blog.stitchfix.com During my first three pregnancies I basically dressed like a hobo. For some reason I was convinced that it wasn’t worth it to spend money on nice, good-quality...
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Goodbye Only Child, Hello Siblings
Copyright: yayayoy / 123RF Stock Photo As I approach the second half of my pregnancy, I’ve found myself getting nostalgic for these final months alone with my toddler son. Playing blocks, going for...
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Super Mom or Super Damn
Geckos. Apparently geckos are scary. They haunt the dreams of a toddler, which results in a 4:00 a.m. wake-up call to the already over exhausted mommy. An hour and 45 minutes later child one is asleep...
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What you need to know about the Zika virus
Don’t cancel that safari just yet! The media has a way of causing wide spread pandemonium. Remember Ebola? Everyone is talking about the Zika virus right now, and this topic is particularly important...
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10 Things I Need Postpartum
My first postpartum experience. At 34 weeks pregnant I still have a while (6-ish weeks, 1.5 months…) before my third postpartum experience, but being that the last one left MUCH to be desired, it seems...
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What is cord blood banking?
Cord blood banking refers to the collection and storage of stem cells from a child’s umbilical cord. These adaptable cells treat a wide variety of diseases, and will automatically change into the type...
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Packing for Post-Partum
So, here I am again, 37ish weeks… This time patiently waiting and packing for a *hopefully* 24 hour hospital stay with #3, a child who remains sunny-side up. Stinker. Amusingly enough, being that it...
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Smart Food Swaps: The Pregnancy Edition
Copyright: scaliger / 123RF Stock Photo We caught up with Toby Frescholtz, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Saint Mary’s Women’s Health Center, to talk about some simple ways encourage nutritious...
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Advice from the Momma Doc: Thinking about starting a family, or having...
Photo credit: Pedro Ribeiro Simões These days, more people are carefully planning when they start their families. In fact, according to the CDC’s National Vital Statistics Report, in 1980 the average...
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Miscarriage Stats and Insight from Dr. Amanda Magrini
This is a really difficult point of discussion, but something that is so important to get out there for women who have experienced the tragedy of pregnancy loss. First of all, it is common- we will...
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Your Pregnancy and Dental Health
Image credit: http://www.deltadentalnjblog.com/ You find out you’re pregnant. Such joy (and perhaps such fear) at the same time! You have so much to look forward to and plan for. There are many things...
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Tips for nutrition and exercise during pregnancy
Image credit: https://nannyoptions.ie When I talk to patients that are expecting a baby, the first thing I make sure they know is that unfortunately, it’s not “Eating for Two”. Whoever came up with...
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