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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In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, I decided to jump ahead in my “to do” list of topics and talk about combining breastfeeding with returning to work. This article is adapted from The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book. Many mothers and babies really enjoy nursing, and the moms find a way to continue to nurse upon […]

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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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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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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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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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