April 22, 2010
4 Non-Traditional Baby Shower Gifts Whether you’ve had children before and are stocked with plenty of hand-me-downs, have limited space, or are generally opposed to the accumulation of stuff you’re not sure you’ll need, you don’t need to miss out on the support and fun of a baby shower. Rather than set up a registry to request traditional gifts, consider these four alternatives:
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April 16, 2010
Dads Are Parents, Too: Six Ways to Include Your Partner in Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery Involving your partner in all stages of getting ready to welcome your baby to the world not only makes him feel involved, it makes your experiences of pregnancy, labor, and delivery more fulfilling, too. Here are a six ways to make sure your partner gets included.
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April 07, 2010
Focusing on Baby’s Financial Future: 3 Easy Ways to Start Saving for Your Baby College is expensive. But there are three easy ways to start saving for your baby now—even before he or she is born—that will be easy on your wallet while still producing a nice chunk of change over time.
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April 06, 2010
Is Labor REALLY as Painful As Everyone Says?: A Single Effective Strategy for Coping With Pain American pop culture– sitcoms, TV talk shows, and Hollywood movies, in particular—all tend to portray labor as the single most painful experience a woman can ever have. The pain is depicted as both inevitable and total, best dealt with by taking a generous dose of a drug that will dull the pain and make it bearable. It’s all rather anxiety-producing, especially for a woman who will be giving birth for the first time.
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