Pregnancy

Stretch Marks: Fashion Accesory or Faux Pax?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Celebrity Babies, Lucky Strike, Jennifer Garner, Belly, Angelina Jolie, Pregnancy, Stretch Marks, Private Bowling Party, Miami, Celebrities, Deelishis, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Here's something you don't see very often in our Photoshopped, airburshed and Dermablended world: stretch marks. And not just a couple discreetly tuc...

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How To Piss Off A Parent

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Us Weekly, Nicole Kidman, Cookie Magazine, Homeschooling, Breast Feeding, Pregnancy, Amanda Peet, Parenting, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Babies, Cosleeping, Vaccines, Sids, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Amanda Peet's real mistake? Daring to give other parents advice. She should know by now that the only answer is a wistful smile and a silly anecdote.

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Gimme My Babies Hollywood Style

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 07.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman Pregnant, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Pregnancy, Angelina Jolie Twins, Angelina Jolie Pregnant Twins, Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

Forget natural childbirth, underwater births or even drug-induced labor. I want a Hollywood birth and whatever magic pill celebs like Nicole and Angelina take to make labor and delivery so doggone easy.

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Ladies Who Launch: Mama, May I be Frank?

Amy Swift | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Insomnia, Pregnancy, Angelina Jolie Pregnant, Body Image, Sex, Living News
Amy Swift

Working with women 24/7 through Ladies Who Launch, I have the distinct privilege to hear the dirty little secrets of motherhood.Here's what I've learned.

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A Blow to the Potency of Middle-Aged Men

Paul Raeburn | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Pregnancy, Infertility, Ivf, Sperm, Health, Fathers, Pregnancy, Infertility, Sperm, Ivf, Health, Fathers, Miscarriages, Pregnancy Rates, Living News
Paul Raeburn

Responsibility for pregnancy and miscarriage rates has fallen almost exclusively on mothers' age, but now, men might be a little less glib about their ability to have children whenever they like.

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Pregnant Mothers' Cell Phone Use Can Harm Babies

ENN.com | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Motherhood, Pregnancy, Hyperactivity, Cell Phones and Cancer, Cell Phones and Babies, Green News

Women who use mobile phones when pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with behavioral problems, according to a study of more than 13,000...

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Def Jam Diet: The Experts Weigh In

Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Pregnancy, Beyonce, Crystal, Weight, Def Jam Diet, Detox, Weed, Jay Z Diet, Weight-Loss Tips, Mariah Carey Diet, Beyonce Diet, Beyonce Def Jam Detox, Beyonce Pregnant, Beyonce Def Jam Diet, Master Cleanse Diet, Weight-Loss, Beyonce Fast, Def Jam Detox, Celebrity Diets, Living News
Leslie Goldman

When it comes to bizarre celeb diets and wacky fitness regimens, we can't get enough. I was beyond thrilled to read last week in US Weekly that the wa...

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The Pro Teen Sex and Unwanted Pregnancy Movement

Cristina Page | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Pregnancy, Teen, Religious Right, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Sex, Politics News
Cristina Page

Turns out that to be "pro-life" is to be pro-your-young-teen-having-a-risky -sex-life. In addition, the states that are witnessing the biggest drop in teen pregnancies are the most solidly pro-choice.

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Kentucky Derby Preview: Stud or Dud?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 04.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Pregnancy, Kentucky Derby, Sex, Entertainment News
Lloyd Garver

Since the Derby is this Saturday, I wonder if the owner of this year's winner will get luckier with a horse who enjoys getting lucky more than the 2002 winner.

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Halle, Baby! Cate, Baby!: Scripting the New Later Motherhood

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 04.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Helen Hunt, Changing Lifescripts, Later Motherhood, Cate Blanchett, Halle Berry, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Fertility, Amy Poehler, Older Moms, Breaking Living News, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

We're asked to think simultaneously that nobody can get pregnant after 35 and that everybody (at least all celebs) can. But, later motherhood is not just a celebrity thing.

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Getting Fired for Getting Pregnant

Melanie McGanney | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Art Gallery, Pregnancy, Chinese Art, China, Shanghai, China Labor Law, Labor Law, Living News
Melanie McGanney

Owner and expecting mother Michelle Ni was asked to leave her job at a photography gallery when it became apparent that she was pregnant.

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Kids are Killing the Planet!

Pamela Paul | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Costs, Kids, Overpopulation, Inc., Environmentalism, Parenting, Washington Post, Malthus, Children, Environment, Pregnancy, Procreation, Parents, Living News
Pamela Paul

Little did I realize, but apparently, I am on the verge of destroying Mother Earth. So what's my crime? My husband and I are contemplating having a third child.

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Crisscross Applesauce

Beth Kohl | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living

Read More: India, Surrogacy, Class, Age, Gender, Pregnancy, Indian Surrogacy, Living News
Beth Kohl

Meeting Vendana in India, I suddenly feel that I can only now realize how very blessed I am to live in a country that, for the most part, values childhood, girls, literacy, and health care.

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The Reality Index: If Men Got Pregnant

Joyce McFadden | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Studies, Pregnancy, Guanabee.com, CTV.Ca, abcnews.com, Feminist Writing, Childbirth, First Pregnant Man, Living News
Joyce McFadden

If men got pregnant instead of women, how do you imagine things would be different?

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Punished for Being Pregnant

Pamela Paul | Posted 03.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Motherhood and Work, Gender Discrimination, Working Mothers, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Discrimination Against Mothers, Parenting, Feminism, Momsrising, Parenthood, Maternal Profiling, Single Mothers, Work, Moms Rising, Sexism, Discrimination, Living News
Pamela Paul

There's a lot governments and corporations and individual bosses need to do to fix this maternal profiling mess. But it's time women (and come on, men, too) started getting angry, loudly, about it.

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Pregnant Women, Drugs and the New York Times: Think of the Children!

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Pregnancy, New York Times, Drugs, Pregnancy and Drugs, Fetus, Pregnant Women, Alcohol, Alcohol Pregnancy, Pregnant Women Drugs, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

Punishing pregnant drug users for harming their fetuses tends not to stop their drug use, but rather to drive them underground and away from both prenatal care and addiction treatment.

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How We Got a Film About a Serious Childbirth Injury (Obstetric Fistula) That No One in America Ever Heard of Into Movie Theaters

Allison Shigo | Posted 03.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Catherine Hamlin, Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, Reginal Hamlin, Unfpa, Ethiopia, Women's Health, Health, A Walk to Beautiful, Pregnancy, Documentaries, Nicholas Kristof, Obstetric Fistula, Childbirth, Entertainment News
Allison Shigo

Women in developing countries are either dying while giving birth or dying a symbolic death when they develop a fistula and are left to live the rest of their lives alone.

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Celebrating Fertile Bodies as Well as Fertile Minds

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 02.29.2008 | Living

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Reproduction, Family Planning, Maternity Leave, Midwives, Midwife, Pregnancy, Fertility, Paternity Leave, Planned Parenthood, Sexuality, Gardasil, The Doctor's Case Against the Pill, Women's Sexuality, Birth Control Pill, Women's Health, Barbara Seaman, Doula, Living News
Karen Kisslinger

Barbara Seaman's general advice on new innovations for women: "wait 5 years" until we know if it's really safe.

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How Can the Richest Country in the World Deal With the Issue of Teen Pregnancy?

Maria Kefalas | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Teen Pregnancy Rate, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Condoms, Frank Furstenberg, Reproductive Rights, Abstinence, Pregnancy, Pro-Life, Roe vs Wade, Sexuality, Sex Education, Destinies of the Disadvantaged, Juno, Abstinence Only, Sex, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Pro-Choice, Roe vs Wade 35 Anniversary, Politics News
Maria Kefalas

When you look at the rest of the world where teenage childbearing has become a problem of another time, it is maddening to see policymakers in the U.S. so perplexed.

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Pregnant with Impossibilities

Tom Gregory | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Juno, Baby Boomlet, Jason Reitman, US Population, Pregnancy, Teen Birth Rise, Juno Movie, Politics News
Tom Gregory

Certainly, over the course of generations, family dynamics have changed. However, the one truth that remains in our modern society is that children having children is a bad idea.

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Ready or Not?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Pregnancy, Late Motherhood, Older Moms, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

What do Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama have in common? They all began their families at relatively advanced ages.

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Having Babies: The New Not Having Babies

tango.com | Anne Marie O'Connor | Posted 01.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Pregnancy, Pregnant Celebrities, Babies Are the New Boyfriends, Living News

A gorgeous, muscle-bound boyfriend? So last season! The most-wanted arm candy right now is fat, slobbering and breast-obsessed. Yes, babies have repla...

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Open Letter to Christina Aguilera

Jennifer Block | Posted 01.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Pregnancy, Christina Aguilera Pregnancy, Christina Aguilera, Pregnant, Cesarean, Living News
Jennifer Block

Choosing an unnecessary cesarean puts you and your baby at more risk than choosing a normal, physiological birth.

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Jamie Lynn Spears, Juno and Knocked Up: Can You Hear Me Yet?

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Juno, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Congress Abstinence, Jamie Lynn Pregnant, Planned Parenthood Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Only Lobby, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Pregnancy, Planned Parenthood, Juno Movie, Knocked Up, Britney's Sister Pregnant, Politics News
Cecile Richards

Teen sex and unintended pregnancy are everywhere. In fact, the only place these topics aren't being discussed are in health classes in high schools.

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