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On January 13, 2011

What's Hot in Fetal Development

  • Baby's Developing Senses

    But nine months later, she's a real person with five acute senses. How does baby's sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell develop?

  • Taking Antidepressants When Pregnant

    Full disclosure:

    I take antidepressants.

    I will continue to take them through my pregnancy.

    I took them while pregnant with Fia.

  • Stories Not to Tell a Pregnant Woman

    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

  • Confession: I'm Not a Fan of Pregnancy

    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.

  • Dang These Pregnancy Hormones

    If becoming a mother turned me into a bit of a softie, becoming a pregnant mother has turned me into an absolute puddle.

  • The Three Types of 30 Year Old Parents

    If you are around age 30 and are a mom or dad, then you likely fall into one of three categories.

  • The Half Abortion: Only Keeping One Twin

    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.  

  • Blood Test Can Tell Gender at 7 weeks

    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

  • My Big Announcement

    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

  • My Big Announcement

    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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