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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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Second Pregnancy- is it Different from the First?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Mar 4th 2008 9:37AM

Ok, now I know I'm only like ten minutes pregnant, but I swear I can already feel a HUGE difference between my first pregnancy and this one. I'm wondering if that's normal--that a lot of second pregnancies are dramatically different from the ...
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Hormones After Pregnancy: What's the Norm?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 12th 2007 5:35PM

What is it with these pregnancy hormones? I haven't been pregnant for over three months, yet there they are, still lurking in my system, ready to pop up unannounced and unexpected when I least want them to. Like at job interviews or when I am trying ...
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Pregnancy and postpartum cravings

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 20th 2007 10:26AM

Have you noticed the things labeled as 'pregnancy' symptoms have stuck with you after you've had the baby? I'm referring to things like appetite, sleep patterns and food cravings. Although my appetite did fluctuate, my sleep patterns never really ...
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Iron Supplements and Pregnancy

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jan 20th 2007 10:17AM

You know, every time I go the OBGYN for a checkup, which lately seems to be nearly every other week, they seem to be recommending that I get some shot or take some supplement or do some other thing I wouldn't normally do. I am not in the habit of ...
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Pregnancy and spotting: bother your doctor-- please!

by Jen Creer, Posted Apr 28th 2006 3:04PM

Last week, I was talking to a friend of mine who is 15 weeks pregnant. She has been having some spotting. She said she had emailed her doctor who didn't think it was too much of a problem at first. But the spotting was persisting, and had been there ...
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