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What Are 3 Top Symptoms of a Blighted Ovum?

“Excuse me, miss. It appears that you have a blighted ovum.” Okay, so maybe that isn’t exactly what the doctor said, but either way a strange and somewhat forlorn sounding word being attached to the word “ovum” and that ovum being attached to “you” makes this two-word phrase…well… unsettling. But what exactly is it and […]

What Are Montgomery Glands? 5 Interesting Facts

Us ladies pride ourselves on how well we know our bodies. (how we might look) We know how long we have until P-Day (aunt flo might be visiting, our enemy is attacking or just period day) based on the soreness of our boobs. We understand what our vaginal fluids are telling us. That uterine twinge? […]

What Are 8 Natural Ways To Induce Labor?

We spend the first few weeks begging for our belly to swell, the next several begging for kicks and punches – and the next unbearable weeks wishing for this human being to make his or her grand entrance already! If you are nearing the 40 week point of your pregnancy, there is a good chance […]

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in Your Breast Milk?

With the holidays coming up, you may be a bit anxious about how your breastfeeding plans are going to jive with your upcoming holiday party schedule. Between Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, let’s face it – there is going to be A LOT of booze involved. You may not have been able to drink last […]

Just Tilt Your Ultrasound Image To View Your Baby With A Retroverted Uterus?

In a hushed voice she sat us down, cradling a glass of pinot noir in her hands. She told us she had something important to tell us, something… “embarrassing”. Although concerned for her, we all leaned forward and licked our lips in anticipation. “Guys,” she swallowed and then said in a hushed voice, “I have […]

Does Using Castor Oil To Induce Labor Really Work?

Your feet and ankles are swollen and pulsating, you’re tired of needing to pee twenty times a day, and you’ve been craving sushi for months. You’re ready for this little bean of yours which has transformed into what feels like a Butterball turkey to make her grand entrance into this world, but she’s clearly comfortable […]

Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment: Is It Needed For Newborns?

Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment: There he is, your darling baby who you have been anxiously waiting to meet for the past several months. You envelope him in your arms and give him a cuddle, promising to always be there for him… …and then a nurse whisks him away for a series of medical treatments. While he […]

How To Get Rid Of Thrush In Infants

Did Baby Break Into The Cottage Cheese Or Is It Thrush? It almost always happens at some god forbidden hour: the baby is crying. She’s hungry. But as soon as she latches or places that bottle on her mouth, she screams bloody murder or, just as frustratingly, will not even try to feed and instead […]

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