[photo source: BBC] Even when heavily pregnant, Catherine Zeta-Jones still looks beautiful. However, one cannot help but notice how different she looks, in comparison to her non-pregnant self. If...
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[photo courtesy of OhNoTheyDidn't] With her pregnant glow, self-confidence and those famous lips, Angelina Jolie made it to the People's magazine list for the 3rd time. I may be pregnant like...
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I've been so lucky in that I've been able to do as I desired and bring my children into this world naturally. No shots, no drugs, no painkillers. And, yes I get even more strange, I've...
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by Ziana Qaiser, a freelance writer. via Creative-Reporter One aspect of being pregnant, particularly for the first time, is that you are constantly bombarded with advice whether you ask for it or...
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Pregnant women are encouraged to eat well and stay healthy. Obviously, weight gain is to be expected. But, there is such a thing as gaining too less or too much weight. Pregnancy is not the time to...
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While my first trimester saw me losing my appetite because of nausea and the second trimester had me finally enjoying food again, I'm finding that well into my third trimester now, I'm...
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by Ziana, a freelance writer via Creative-Reporter Ever since I entered the third trimester of my pregnancy, I have been finding it increasingly hard to get a good night's sleep. It's...
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contributed by Ziana, a freelance writer via Creative-Reporter Now that I'm into my 7th month of pregnancy, I have pretty much entered what is called the 'nesting phase.' My friends warned...
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Filed in archive by Melissa Petri on March 04, 2006
Photo credit goes to Doula Network by Ziana, a freelance writer via Creative-ReporterI had never heard of the word doula until I became pregnant. When I entered my second trimester and started reading...
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So, you used to be a party girl who downs a cosmpolitan as if there was no tomorrow. Now that you are expecting a child, you think a drink or two once in a while would probably not hurt. Well,......
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[photo source: health design] After 3 days of (induced) labor, I finally had an emergency C-section. My first child's birth was a nightmare. My husband remembers it vividly whereas my...
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[photo source: NHS] Apart from morning sickness, some pregnant women still have so many other things to consider. Like small complications which are manageable but takes a little bit more work. Take...
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[photo source: Jamboree] You know what is funny? People become fortune tellers when they are around pregnant ladies. Suddenly, their inner crystal balls urge them to tell a pregnant woman that she is...
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[photo source: adoughables] If Julia Stiles had 10 things she hates about Heath Ledger... I, Melissa Petri, have 10 things I hate about being Pregnant: 10. The limitations in the kind of food I can...
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Since this is my second child, I have no fears about what would happen to me, professionally and financially. Not only because I know that I have a husband who will always be there to support me but...
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[photo source: Medco School] And I thought it was just a case of not getting over my jetlag. The two lines on that pregnancy test confirmed the reasons why I have been feeling nauseous, bloated and...
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Lucky are those who go through pregnancies feeling like a million dollars. With nary a sign of malaise, these women breeze through the 9-months as if it was the best moment of their lives. There are...
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When I was pregnant, the first thing most people asked me was if I was going to have a boy or a girl? And believe me, even before it was possible to find out, I constantly begged my OB-Gyn to......
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Sounds serious, doesn't it? Couvade Syndrome is what most of us know as male sympathetic pregnancy. It's when the husband of a pregnant woman develops some of the symptoms of pregnancy (weight...
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For some, one 'wham, bham, thank you Mam" is all it takes to get 2 lines on that home pregnancy kit. For others, however, it takes a lot more. If you are trying to conceive and you can't...
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I walked like a duck, ate like a tasmanian devil, snored like a pig, farted like a cow and looked very much like an Asian version of the Goodyear blimp...That was my honest description of myself when...
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