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Jennifer Lopez finishes a triathlon!

In my third trimester, I wasn't inspired to do much more than run to the corner for a pint of Ben & Jerry's. (That is, when I couldn't get my husband to do it for me.) But during those waning days of Jennifer Lopez's pregnancy, something clicked. ...

Traumatic birth may put moms at risk for PTSD

Childbirth is no walk in the park, that's for sure. But for a majority of women, the experience is a positive one. We made need a little time to let the memory of painful contractions fade or for stitches to heal, but the rewards definitely outweigh ...

Study finds 1/3 of abused babies are newborns

I distinctly recall during one of those first hazy weeks of new motherhood, walking the floors in the wee hours of the morning trying to calm my wailing baby and thinking, "If I just threw him out the window, it would be quiet again." Of course I ...

Blogging Baby Size 6: post baby surprises

I read voraciously when I was pregnant. I read the books with the demure matronly woman in the rocking chair, I read the book that was supposed to give me the dirt on all the real truths about new Motherhood. But, post baby, there were so many things ...

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