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Sex on the First Date?

So you’re going through your first date rituals. Paying special attention to where you shave. Going for the sexy bra, not the functional bra. Picking out clothes that make you feel good and look hot, …

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Dealing With the Pressure to Have Kids

We love babies. We’ll snuggle them; make them smile; wipe drool; sniff their yummy, sweet baby scent; bounce them in our arms for hours when nothing else will calm them; buy them funny hats; change…

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Autism, Air Pollution, And My Son

I am a mom concerned about autism, and I am a clean air activist. And I think the two things are connected. On March 1st of this year, a new research study connecting autism and air pollution was p…

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Getting Pregnant (Or Avoiding It)

Pregnancy is what happens when a guy’s sperm meets up with a woman’s egg and the fertilized egg sticks to the lining of the woman's uterus. So any type of sex where semen gets inside the vagina could…

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10 Yoga Poses to Improve Circulation

Poor circulation can cause all sorts of problems in your body like fluid retention and swelling in the lower extremeties. Often the causes of poor circulation are out of our control, but one way to im…

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10 Healthy Pregnancy Exercises

Being pregnant doesn't have to mean being sedentary. In fact, staying in shape can help you have a healthy pregnancy and even make labor easier! Everyone's body is different, and how much exercise …

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Should Baby Formula Freebies Be Banned?

For anyone who has had a baby in a hospital over the past few years knows, when you leave the hospital, you don’t leave empty-handed. Sure you get a baby (and a hefty bill) but you also get a gift bag…

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Is It Safe to Have a Vegan Pregnancy?

My husband and I are having a baby, and we are both over the moon about it! Ever since we started trying to get pregnant, I'd been steeling myself for the questions and concerns from my doctors about …

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9/11: What Will You Do for Humanity on This Day?

By Mallika Chopra Today, on 9/11, I will remember to honor my role as a mom to nurture my children, the global citizens of tomorrow. What will you do on 9/11? I was five months pregnant o…

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37 Percent of U.S. Babies Are “a Surprise”

Originally published on July 24, 2012, on bedsider.org. New data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tell us that 37 percent of all babies born to 15-44-year-old women bet…

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Cute - though not too sure the he/she was happy sitting like that. Thank you.

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