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Burger King Tests Out Delivery

Susannah Chen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:31:56 PST

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. Customers can place orders both by phone and online at BKDelivers.com.

Given Burger King's plan to overhaul just about everything, perhaps this pilot heralds the possibility of a nationwide delivery rollout, akin to what pizza chains like Domino's and Pizza Hut have been doing all along. After all, the fast-food chain has offered delivery in various South American countries for years. Could you see yourself ordering a delivery of Whoppers and fries?

15 Celebrities Who’ve Given Birth at Home

Rebecca M Gruber — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:38:30 PDT

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 celeb moms who've opted out of the hospital experience to give birth to their lil ones at home.

How Did These Celeb Moms Give Birth?

Rebecca M Gruber — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:31:35 PDT

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 well. Take this quiz to see if you know how Tinseltown's moms brought their tots into the world.

Question 1 of 10

Which mama-to-be is practicing for a hypnotic birth when she goes into labor?

OnSugar Blog: The Great Delivery!

OnSugar Blog — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:10:14 PDT

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 was to determine how soon or how late my delivery would be.

Dr. Heng: Hmm...you're only 1cm dilated. Don't think baby is coming anytime soon. Also your baby's head is very low. I can feel her head. Quite a bit of hair.

Cheryl: So nothing to worry about yeah?

Dr. Heng: Nope. I'll see you again next week okay! Eat healthy! See you next week!

So we decided to go get our nails done. Typical girlie thing to do. I started to feel some pains. Like I felt constipated. But I knew it was coming from the baby. So I called my mum to tell her and she was all, "Maybe you're being paranoid." So I decided to just not panic and carry on doing my nails. The best friend noticed that I was starting to get uncomfortable and said we can leave if we wanted to, but I though, heck, must be my imagination. After getting our nails done, we had our dinner which I felt I was dying already, so we quickly rushed home to my place and I plonked my butt in bed squirming in pain.

Thank goodness the best friend decided to stay with me at home, because I would have died in the pain I swear! She helped call Sham who was still at work to rush home. By the time he got home, I told him we needed to head to the hospital. Something was not right. The pain was nothing I had imagined. Good thing Sham's cousin lives across the street from us, because he offered to drive us down to the hospital and thank goodness that the hospital was literally 5 minutes away by car from our house.

So we get to East Shore Hospital and they immediately put me in a wheelchair and I get pushed up to the Delivery ward. (It started getting so real at this point of time!)

My doc happened to be in the next room delivering another baby so she came to check on me right after, and broke my water bag for me and in a span of just an hour, I dilated from 1 cm to 3 cm. No one prepares you for the kind of pain you go through for labour. The starting was not so bad. But then it started to get more pain as the contractions became more frequent. They gave me laughing gas to help with the pain, but that made me puke heaps. I remember my doc saying, "Baby won't be arriving till about 7/8 am. So I'm going home to sleep. See you later!"

Continue reading about Kiara Eve's arrival here. Have your own birth story to share? Share your child's story in our Birth Stories group over in the LilSugar Community.

Do You Know Your Labor and Delivery Equipment?

LilSugar — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:05:37 PST

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.

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Postal Office Closings: How to Prepare

Emily Co — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:30:41 PST

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 in rural areas, it's akin to cutting off one of their main lines of communication as there are those who still don't use computers.

One of the main reasons why the US Postal Service is in the red is because of the generous benefits package it offers to employees. Instead of closing postal offices, Sen. Susan Collins says, "It needs to tackle a benefit structure that is too expensive, and it needs to look for ways to stay in business and deal with the digital age."

Read my tips to better prepare for the postal closings.

Sibling Gifts For Celebrating Your Growing Family

babysugar — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:00:45 PDT

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!

Would You Want to Know If You're C-Section Bound?

babysugar — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:29 PDT

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 hours of contractions in the future. Researchers in Sweden have developed a test that measures levels of lactic acid in the womb. When high levels of the acid are present, contractions slow down and a laboring mama is usually rushed into the operating room. With the test, doctors plan to identify c-section candidates earlier in the delivery process.

Would you want to know if you were destined for a c-section before you ever began labor?

Moms-to-Be Are Packing Their Own Maternity Garb For Delivery

babysugar — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:00:09 PDT

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), Pretty Pushers Delivery Gown ($24), BYOG Cotton Gown ($95), Cover Me Chic Park Avenue ($70), Gownies Angelina Gown ($35)

Upside Down Pregnancy: Was Your Baby Breech?

LilSugar — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:00:00 PDT

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 are aimed toward the birth canal and the legs stick straight up in front of the body. The feet are near the head.
Complete breech: The buttocks are down, with the legs folded at the knees and the feet near the buttocks.
Footling breech: One or both of the fetus' feet are pointing down and will come out first.

Was your baby born breech?