Many pregnant women choose to fast at some point in time, usually for religious or cultural reasons. With Ramadan and Yom Kippur around the corner, it seemed like a good time to post some guidelines on fasting in pregnancy. I couldn’t find research on the effects of one-day fasts on pregnancy, but there are several […]

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Momcentral.com is running a photo contest in honor of the publication of The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book, and I get to be a judge! First prize is a $100 Babies “R” Us gift card and a copy of the book, and the next five runners up will get copies of the book. We are looking […]

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I have written a lot on birth plans–the pros and the cons of putting one together, how to write one that will be helpful for you, and what factors to think about when you write one. So I was particularly interested to see the personal birthplan from one of our labor and delivery nurses posted […]

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