Becoming a parent is hard. Between the long, sleepless nights, interrupted routines, and more scares and uncertainties cropping
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Zoloft, Valium, and Xanax Safer During Pregnancy Than Thought (new study)
Does the thought of going off your anti-anxiety medication for the next 9 months make you, well, anxious?
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Expectant Mothers: Learning About Postpartum Complications NOW Could Save Your Life
A nationwide survey shows that postpartum nurses often fail to warn mothers about potentially life-threatening complications following childbirth, mainly because they need more education themselves.
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Can an Aspirin a Day Help to Keep Preeclampsia Away? New Study Says “Yes”!
A new study finds that taking aspirin can significantly reduce the risk that women with high-risk pregnancies will develop preeclampsia.
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Eating Your Placenta? Think About the Risks to Your Baby Before You Take a Bite!
The practice of placenta-eating has gone mainstream and that’s a problem, experts say.
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Are There Secrets to Successful Breastfeeding? New Mom & UCLA Anthropologist Travels Globe to Find Out
Last week on NPR’s “Morning Edition” a story grabbed my attention. It was called “Secrets of Breastfeeding From
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Very Old Spoiler Alert! Before 1875, Science Had No Idea Where Babies Come From!
The titans of the scientific revolution had no notion. Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo did not know.
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