From 19 Action News in Cleveland:

New Study Suggests Pregnant Women’s Diet Could Determine Pink Or Blue Booties

It’s the biggest mystery for moms-to-be - will it be a boy or a girl?Now, a new study says that question can be answered by the foods you eat!
19 Action News Reporter Brian Duffy finds out - does a […]

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Just a quick update–the Good Morning America segment on birthplans for which I was interviewed will not be shown this weekend. It was displaced by breaking news. Look for it next weekend in the 8-9 AM time slot on your local ABC station!

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Working Mother Magazine just posted an article on their website based on my tips for managing those first days at home. Check it out!

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I woke up this morning trying to solve the dilemma I was left with at the end of yesterday’s post. After 25 years of being an obstetrician, you’d think I’d have these things figured out, but for the moment they seem elusive. Seeing Ricky Lake’s film The Business of Being Born was the catalyst for a […]

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I am trying something new with this blog–using women’s words from The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book to generate a discussion of some aspect of pregnancy, birth, or working. Here’s entry number one.
Page 365: “I pushed for two hours and then had to have a cesarean. I was frustrated with myself. I am kind of a […]

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Well the camera crew came to our suburban office Monday and taped me answering questions (via an earpiece) from the Good Morning America producer in California, while her kids were napping, I believe. Such a great working mom moment, but this piece isn’t about the book. They will identify me as “author of” the WWPB, even […]

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So here is a surprising twist in the Greenfield birthplan saga. I got a message Friday to call a producer for GMA who wanted to ask me some questions for a birthplan story she is developing. You might not be surprised to hear that I called her back pretty quickly! We spoke for a while […]

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