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  1. Career Advice

    Working Mom 3.0: Expanding business — and family

    By Stephanie Taylor Christensen on Apr 8, 2013
    Balancing work and family when you're employed outside of the home is challenging enough, but how do you balance your career and...
  2. Super Moms Guide: Money & Career

    What to deduct when you're expecting

    By Kelly Phillips Erb on Apr 5, 2013
    Having a baby can be expensive. Fortunately, taxpayers can catch a few breaks under the Tax Code to make it a little more bearable.
  3. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Pica and its strange cravings

    By Monica Beyer on Apr 5, 2013
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    You normally wouldn’t want to eat dirt, chalk, ice or clay, but since you’ve become pregnant it’s all you can think about. Learn...
  4. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    How a chiropractor can help your pregnancy

    By Monica Beyer on Apr 3, 2013
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    Pregnancy can bring a host of aches and pains along with it, but some moms swear by chiropractic care during their pregnancies....
  5. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Tips for the first stage of labor

    By Michelle Maffei on Mar 27, 2013
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    Do the mysteries of what to expect during labor and delivery have you feeling anxious? You can relax a little bit when you have...
  6. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Why chocolate is good for your pregnancy

    By Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick on Mar 26, 2013
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    If you scarf down chocolate during your pregnancy, could you have a happier baby, a lowered risk of preeclampsia or are you just...
  7. Mom & Dad

    Pregnancy after a loss: Rachael's rainbow baby

    By Monica Beyer on Mar 19, 2013
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    Rachael's daughter Scarlette passed away from SIDS at 5 months old. Now, she and her husband are expecting a baby boy later this...
  8. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Surrogate mom refused abortion for money

    By Monica Beyer on Mar 5, 2013
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    In a surrogacy story gone sour, a baby was diagnosed with medical issues before birth, and a requested abortion was refused on the...
  9. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Limiting obstetric ultrasounds

    By Monica Beyer on Feb 28, 2013
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    Most moms look forward to ultrasound day — just to get a peek at their little one, or to start planning a nursery when they find out...
  10. Beauty for Moms

    Real Moms Speak: How pregnancy changes beauty

    By Nina Sutton on Feb 27, 2013
    We all know that pregnant women get a gorgeous glow — not only from the happiness that pregnancy can bring but from hormones working...
  11. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Forceps during delivery

    By Michelle Maffei on Feb 26, 2013
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    You dream of the perfect delivery and birth of your baby, but your bun in the oven may have plans of his own. Although forceps are...
  12. Nutrition & Diet Tips

    10 Foods most craved by pregnant women

    By Sarah Brooks on Feb 25, 2013
    One of the best — and worst — things about being pregnant is all the random food cravings. Though some women reportedly crave chalk,...
  13. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    The sad truth about prenatal depression

    By Ami Burns on Feb 19, 2013
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    You've probably heard about postpartum depression, but did you know women can suffer from depression during pregnancy? Whether you...
  14. Child Development & Health

    Debate: Should we be able to design our own babies?

    By Maureen Wallace on Feb 18, 2013
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    What if you could create your perfect child? Hair color, eye color, height, intelligence, personality… each selected as easily as...
  15. Road Trips & Air Travel

    Travel tips for pregnant women

    By Sarah Brooks on Feb 14, 2013
    Traveling when pregnant always makes me a nervous wreck. Between the fear of going into labor on an airplane and simply having to...
  16. Special Needs

    Today show stirs emotions with prenatal test for Down syndrome

    By Maureen Wallace on Feb 4, 2013
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    The Today show recently featured an expecting couple who shared results after taking the controversial MaterniT21 PLUS prenatal...
  17. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Prenatal sleep comfort: How to sleep during your pregnancy

    By Julie Bielenberg on Jan 9, 2013
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    The old wives' tale goes that lack of sleep throughout pregnancy is good preparation for motherhood. But really, all you want is a...
  18. Beauty for Moms

    5 Ways to pamper your pregnant self

    By Nina Sutton on Jan 7, 2013
    If you are in the last weeks of pregnancy, you might be rushing around trying to get everything ready, without taking too much time...
  19. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Mom story: I had a miracle baby

    By Julie Weingarden Dubin on Dec 21, 2012
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    Jennifer Hartzog, 31, of Mebane, North Carolina, knew she might never have kids when her kidney transplant failed three months after...
  20. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Prenatal and diagnostic testing: What to know before you test

    By Maureen Wallace on Dec 4, 2012
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    For first-time moms or women who have high-risk pregnancies, the idea of prenatal testing can be scary and overwhelming. Dr. Myra...
  21. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Think your baby won't come early? Think twice and prepare!

    By Maureen Wallace on Nov 16, 2012
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    One in eight babies born in the United States arrives early, sometimes for no known cause. Learn how to prepare if your little one...