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When "placenta brain" attacks

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Nov 6th 2008 6:01PM

The other day I went to the post office and bought some stamps to put on some thank you notes I'd written for gifts I'd received for my new daughter. I'd actually created an excel spreadsheet with the name of each person who'd given me a gift, what ...
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Clay Aiken's baby health scare

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 27th 2008 1:02PM

Mr. Aiken, welcome to the wonderful world of parenting. Sure, it's one filled with joy and happiness, but it's also, more than occasionally, one filled with fear. Clay Aiken learned about this less seemly side of parenting just weeks after the birth ...
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Diuretics and pregnancy

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 17th 2008 10:00AM

It would seem common sense that a pregnant woman would not take diuretics during pregnancy. Diuretics are often used in weight loss bids, usually to null or sometimes dangerous affect. More often than not pregnant women are trying to gain weight, ...
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Does a caesarean = no insurance?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 2nd 2008 1:01PM

For some women, it does. As the number of individuals seeking their own health insurance (not through an employer-sponsored plan) increases right along with the startling number of women getting C-sections these days, insurance companies are making ...
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Linea negra

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted May 3rd 2008 9:41AM

Pop Sugar recently polled readers about getting linea negra, the condition many pregnant women get wherein a dark , vertical line appears on their swollen baby bellies from their pubic area up to their belly buttons (and sometimes beyond). I ...
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Pregnancy-caused allergies?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Mar 21st 2008 9:06AM

One woman sees a link between her pregnancy and a recently-developed, and rather unusual, allergy. A woman who writes in to Dr. Rob on MSN Health and Fitness cannot eat fruit or vegetables with seeds that are cold or at room temperature. What's ...
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