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Holistic Pregnancy: A Natural Approach to Conceving

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In the United States, 6.1 million women experience difficulty in becoming or staying pregnant. Taking a holistic approach, that is recognizing the impact of the spirit and mind in addition to the physical body on the experience of pregnancy and birth, can greatly improve your chances of…

How to Conceive Holistically

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Approximately 6.1 million women in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant. There are several factors that can cause infertility such as cigarette smoking, athletic training, heavy alcohol use, and even diet. All is not lost if you are having…

How Not to Write a Holiday Newsletter

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Dear Friends and Family,

Festivus Greetings from our family! Another year has flown by and the holidays are upon us. And no matter what holiday you celebrate, we’re sure that you are surprised to get this newsletter from us. Oh, I know I said…

Spring forward? Fall back? Does anyone know?

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I hate Daylight Saving Time. Okay, I do love summer nights when it doesn’t get dark until late. But I swear, a raving lunatic invented this time change stuff. Who else would think it was convenient to change the time by an hour every six months? I mean, please. Find a time you like and stick to…

Did you always want to be a mom?

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Soon after I got pregnant, my husband and I had a talk about becoming parents. We had the talk many times, but this time it was becoming a reality -- I was pregnant!

I had always known I wanted to have kids, even when I was a kid myself. I just felt that I was going to be a mom…

Halloween Candy: Trick or Treat?

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You know from time to time I get to use this blog to perform a great public service. Okay, maybe not a great public service, but a public service nonetheless. And what, you may ask is this public service I’m about to perform?

I’m about to tell you all about the…

Your Call: Do We Need Male Reproductive Rights?

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Dear Em & Lo, The way I see it, there is simply no such concept as male reproductive rights. If your girl gets pregnant and wants to keep the baby, congratulations, you're a dad!…

Catalog Kids: Aliens in Your Mailbox

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A strange thing happened to me the other day. I opened my mailbox and discovered that aliens had taken over. Trust me, they’re in your mailbox too. In fact, you’ve probably already brought the aliens into your home—and you may have already recycled them.

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To Breed or Not to Breed? Myths About Parenthood.

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Yes, we live in a baby-obsessed nation. When do the tabloids not run craptastic cover stories on Octomom, Kate Gosselin, or Brangelina's brood? Then there's the tsunami of celeb-mom photos — Kate Hudson, Halle Berry, Gwen Stefani, toting their stylish tots like the latest It bag. It's enough to make a childless woman feel like an alien. "There's a stigma, especially if women are childless by choice instead of by circumstance," says Laura S. Scott, the 47-year-old married and kid-free author of the new book Two Is Enough. "Childlessness is perceived as being selfish, with a tragic outcome — you'll die alone with 10 cats." But sometimes having babies isn't all it's cracked up to be. We asked Scott — who talked to experts, parents, and 171 childless folk for her book — to bust myths about parenthood.

Sports Parents: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Every fall, children across the planet do one thing: try out for sports teams. And once those kids make the team, ordinary parents, the kind that help with homework, kiss boo-boos, give advice to the lovelorn and in general are pretty nice people, morph into that dreaded creature known to…