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1 10 Things to Know Before Being Induced
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2 15 Celebrities Who’ve Given Birth at Home
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3 Nine Tips For Visiting a New Baby
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4 Six Birth Options to Consider
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5 Tasty Treats For Labor and Delivery Staff
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6 Six Ways to Announce Your New Baby
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7 Mommy Dearest: What to Wear After Giving Birth?
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8 How Much Do You Know About the APGAR Exam?
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9 What Do You Know About Newborn Jaundice?
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10 Do You Know Your Labor and Delivery Equipment?
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11 babysugar Diaries: Playlist for the Delivery Room
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12 Tell Mommy: Did You Try to Speed Up Labor at Home?
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13 Birth Stories: Long Labor, Short Delivery
Bringing Sexy Back
14 Do You Think the Method of Delivery Affects One's Sex Life?
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15 Bringing Out Baby: Test Your Induction Knowledge
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16 Delilicious: Dinners That Magically Appear
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17 Do Kegels Work?
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18 Moms-to-Be Are Packing Their Own Maternity Garb For Delivery
It's no secret that Burger King's been struggling to keep its number two spot at the top of the fast-feeder chain. Perhaps its latest strategy will create some much-needed buzz: the chain is testing out delivery in America. Burger King's currently testing delivery service with four restaurants in the Washington DC area, and will quickly expand to 16 different stores before the end of this month. Read more
Home is where the heart is, and where the birth is too these days. According to recent statistics, the home-birth rate increased 20 percent between 2004 and 2008 after a 15-year slide, and the delivery method is appealing to a wide range of women. Credit Ricki Lake for that. Her Business of Being Born book and documentary have turned a new generation of moms-to-be on to the movement. Check out 15 Read more
Too posh to push or water, water everywhere? Expectant mamas have plenty to think about when planning for their lil one's arrival, most importantly how they plan to deliver. While some hope to welcome their tot at home, others try to schedule a hospital delivery down to the exact minute. Alicia Silverstone recently shared her thoughts on her preferred birthing method, and other celebs have as Read more
There's an amazing tale to be told of how each baby enters the world. We've been following along with CherylDee's pregnancy. She presents her lil one's birth story on the latest post to her Lipsticks to Baby Bottles blog. Here's an excerpt. So the best friend and her sister met me at the clinic for my checkup. (It's great to have your best friend by your side!) My doc had to check how dilated I Read more
When a woman gives birth in the movies, the doctor stands at her pelvis ready to guide the baby into his arms and there is nary an electronic or piece of equipment in sight. In real life, the labor and delivery room is filled with monitors and machines ready to go at a moment's notice. Take our quiz and see just how familiar you are with these tools of the delivery trade. Take the Quiz Read more
By now, you've probably heard that thousands of post offices are set to close this year. About 2,000 closings will start in March (in addition to the 491 the USPS said they would shut down last year), and another 16,000 are in review, according to the Wall Street Journal. For some, this may mean a minor inconvenience of having to travel a little bit further to mail packages, but for the elderly Read more
Welcoming a new addition is a rite of passage for other kiddos in the family. We've rounded up some of our favorite sibling gifts from the ever-crafty artists at Etsy. Your big girl or boy will be channeling their Violet Affleck in no time! Read more
Waiting for a c-section? Get in line! According to the National Institutes of Health the c-section rate – which currently stands at 32 percent – doesn't show any sign of slowing down. Scientists are predicting that the upswing will continue to rise for the foreseeable future. But women who go through the long process of labor, only to end up delivering via surgery, may be able to bypass the Read more
Cotton hospital gowns have been the butt of peek-a-boo jokes for years. As stylish women head to the delivery room, the much-maligned cover-ups have gotten a long overdue makeover. From added colors and chic prints to new cuts that showcase a mama's assets, we've rounded up a handful of "bring your own" hospital gowns. From top left: Dear Johnnies Ava Gown ($72), Girlie Gowns Print Gown ($64), Read more
Humans live right side up, but most babies are born upside down. Once a woman is late into her pregnancy, a doctor or midwife usually monitors the baby's position. Some medical professionals encourage the expectant mom to schedule a c-section if the tot doesn't turn, but one in 25 babies is born in a breech position There are three types of breech babies: Frank breech: The fetus' buttocks Read more
