Jeanne Faulkner
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Jeanne Faulkner writes Fit Pregnancy.com's "Ask The Labor Nurse" column and is a regular contributor to Fit Pregnancy magazine as well as many other magazines, websites and publications. She's also a registered nurse and CARE's chairperson for advocacy in Oregon. Her book, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Childbirth (Quayside Press) will be published in the fall of 2012.

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The State of the World's Soccer Moms

(9) Comments | Posted May 25, 2012 | 8:52 PM

There are only a handful of people who should call me by my most prized, most hard won title -- Mama. If you're not my child, don't go there. If you're a teacher, doctor, or coach and can't remember my name, that's cool, just ask, but don't call me Mom....

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Niger: Food Crisis or Ground Floor Opportunity to Save Mothers and Babies

(2) Comments | Posted February 17, 2012 | 6:26 PM

Ask a woman when she was hungriest, she might say when she was pregnant or breastfeeding. Ask a man and he might remember being a teenager, growing several inches a year. If you ask me, it was when I was driving home from work, pregnant with my first baby, so...

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It's All About the Wedding: How Preventing Child Marriage Can Help Eradicate Poverty

(12) Comments | Posted February 3, 2012 | 2:19 PM

Despite her obsession with My Fair Wedding, when my daughter turns 12 next month she'll have a birthday cake and a slumber party, not a wedding cake and marriage. As an American girl, she's lucky to grow up in a culture where girls can choose who and when...

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