Entries Tagged as 'pregnancy book'

When should you tell work that you are pregnant?

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

When we were doing the interviews for The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book lots of moms told us stories and gave advice on the subject of telling work that you are going to have a baby. Today I am going to write on the decision about when to tell work. In a future post I’ll write […]

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Tags: pregnancy book · working pregnant

Pregnancy and work

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I just did such a fun interview about pregnancy and work for a writer for the Schenectady (NY) Daily Gazette. For those who live in that area, it will come out Sunday July 6. Joann McFadden, the writer, asked me open-ended questions, so I got to talk about all my favorite topics–timely too because I have to […]

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Tags: pregnancy book · pregnancy symptoms · working pregnant

Good Morning America!

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

As it stands, the segment on birth plans that I was interviewed for will be aired on GMA tomorrow, Sunday, between 8 and 9 AM (barring any breaking news). I haven’t seen the whole show, so I will be watching it for the first time tomorrow, too. I hope what I meant to say will get […]

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Getting back to work

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last year I had a conversation with a new mom who was just tortured about going back to work. She felt like she was doing something terrible, leaving the baby with a sitter while she returned to teaching at a local college. On the other hand, when we explored the alternative (taking a leave of absence from her […]

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How Do You Get Started Writing for the Web?

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

People often ask me how I got started writing. I had the good fortune of being the obstetrician for Dr. Laura Jana (author of From Birth to Reality: Heading Home with Your Newborn) when she had a baby during her pediatric residency at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. She was a total go-getter, […]

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Showing Off My New Book

March 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Two days ago I got the first copy of my new book. I just want to sit and stare at it. I am actually contemplating knitting a little blanket to carry it around in, so it doesn’t get frayed as I show it off.
So today I was getting my toes done in preparation for a […]

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Learning To Promote My Book

March 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Today I received a big document from my publisher with information on how to get my book out there so people will know about it. I would never have thought up some of these ideas–mom blog tours and eblasts? Now I am venturing into my own personal blog (as opposed to my Yahoo! Health Expert […]

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Tags: pregnancy book · publicity