There's lots of information you get during pregnancy, but what stuff is useful and what stuff isn't? We have the answers.
What's Hot in Fetal Development
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But nine months later, she's a real person with five acute senses. How does baby's sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell develop?
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Full disclosure:
I take antidepressants.
I will continue to take them through my pregnancy.
I took them while pregnant with Fia.
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We’ve been sharing our big news over the past two weeks, which has been lots of fun, for the most part. My method is generally to wait until there’s an opening in the conversation, and then to mention it, casually, in context
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Last year, I was at a baby shower, and the sweet first-time mom-to-be asked the host’s grey-haired family matriarch about her many kids, cooing, “You must have really liked being pregnant.” Which made granny burst out laughing.
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If becoming a mother turned me into a bit of a softie, becoming a pregnant mother has turned me into an absolute puddle.
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If you are around age 30 and are a mom or dad, then you likely fall into one of three categories.
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In the New York Times, there is an article entitled The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy. It tells of the growing number of women who are pregnant with twins and choose to abort only one of the fetuses, and allowing the other to survive.
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A study published onlinehas shown that a simple blood test–using maternal blood, not fetal blood drawn through an amniocentesis or other invasive procedure–can determine with 95 percent accuracy the gender of a fetus at 7 weeks of gestation
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When Fia was born we felt so lucky. She was healthy and happy. 20 months later, she is all that and more. And I continue to count my blessings. For that reason, and a few others, Phil and I didn’t see a sibling in her future–or ours
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When Fia was born we felt so lucky. She was healthy and happy. 20 months later, she is all that and more. And I continue to count my blessings. For that reason, and a few others, Phil and I didn’t see a sibling in her future–or ours
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I don’t want any surprises with my pregnancy. Didn’t with Fia either. I want to know the sex, I want genetic defects ruled out, I want to know how and when I will labor (and that includes drugs). For Fia I didn’t have a crystal ball for this one. But for baby #2, I know how it’s going to happen.
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These images reveal all the intricate details of your baby's growth -- from a collection of cells to a full-term newborn.
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