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1 8 Facts to Share When Announcing Your New Baby!
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2 You Know You're a Mother When: Mirror in the Delivery Room
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3 Circle of Life: Does Birth Make It Easier to Cope With Death?
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4 Were You Worried About a Hospital Mix-up?
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5 Mommy Dearest: Don't Want to Be in Delivery Room With Sister
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6 What Makes a Woman a Mother?
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7 Baby's Birth: Do You Expect Your Partner to Attend?
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8 The Split Second Panic After Delivery
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9 Birthing and Nursing Doll: Kid Friendly or Are You Kidding?
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10 Do You Really Feel For Your Friends While They Are in Labor?
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11 The Biological Clock: When Should Women Worry?
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12 Momazing: Woman Delivers Baby on Front Lawn
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13 Reasons Why Some Women Prefer C-Sections
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14 How to Decide Whether to Circumcise
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15 The Truth About Labor and Delivery . . . Chime In!
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16 Tell Mommy: Where Did Your Water Break?
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17 Head to the Hospital With C-Section Information and Opinions
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18 Mommy Dearest: Mom Is Giving Me Birth Anxiety
Friends and relatives wait and wait for the phone call, email, or text that announces a newborn's birth. And, despite lots of parents knowing the baby's sex in advance and some even choosing their infant's name before the debut, there are plenty of facts that inquiring minds want to know when it's time for the official announcement! Read more
Think America is the best place in the world to be a mom? Think again. According to the 2012 State of the World’s Mothers Report from Save the Children, America actually only ranks 25th, up six spots from last year. But shockingly, "When it comes to the number of children enrolled in preschools or the political status of women, the United States also places in the bottom 10 countries of the Read more
A Canadian mother is live-streaming her natural home birth to show people what it's really like to have a baby — like "What to Expect When You're Expecting: the live-action version." While some may be too squeamish to view it, the mother, Dr. Nancy Salgueiro, wants to use her live childbirth video to help other expecting mothers. She says: "The reason why I'm doing this is because in our Read more
It's a boy or it's a girl, but who should tell the new addition's siblings? If mom and dad are in the midst of all the new baby bliss and hospital (or home birth) hoopla, is it the job of an outside party — a grandparent or family friend — to inform the big brother or sister? Some parents are particular in how they want to debut the news and others just believe in letting the information Read more
When a woman gives birth, she ends up with a baby and a placenta. Though the afterbirth is the body's only disposable organ, some new parents don't dispose of it — choosing instead to eat it, plant it, or make art from it. Take this quiz and see how well you know traditions from around the world. Take the Quiz Read more
Most women need something to take the edge off during labor and there are lots of options with the epidural being fairly common. But now, moms-to-be will likely have another choice — laughing gas. One report said: The use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, during childbirth fell out of favor in the United States decades ago, and just two hospitals — one in San Francisco and one in Seattle Read more
Baby will go from the birth canal into a Disney onesie — that's the latest effort on behalf of the House of Mouse. According to a New York Times piece, the beloved brand has a new target: infants and new moms. The article said: Late last month, the company quietly began pressing its newest priority, Disney Baby, in 580 maternity hospitals in the United States. A representative visits a new Read more
Birth happens...every minute. Lifetime's new series, One Born Every Minute (which debuted last night) shows what labor and delivery is truly like — from a mom who doesn't want her baby put to her chest to a dad who forgets his camera's memory card. Raw footage of these moments is something that many new parents cherish, and other folks prefer not to tape. I have three children, and their Read more
They're a bunch of dummies! By using computerized birthing and baby dolls to simulate high-risk deliveries and everything from hemorrhage to seizures, medical staffers can practice and fine tune their responses to emergency situations without human lives being at risk. St. Peter's Hospital in Montana invested $16,000 in the birth doll set and a computer system that it uses to teach its staff. Read more
Hearing "It's a boy!" is a thrilling experience for parents who hoped to raise a son, but one of the first major decisions a mom and dad has to make is whether or not to circumcise their son. A San Francisco man wants to outlaw this practice because he believes it be genital mutilation. While the procedure is a common one when performed shortly after the boy's arrival, it can be more Read more
