Maternity Fashionista: How to Stretch Your Pregnancy Wardrobe (Watch!)

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Meet our newest maternity fashionista, Jacqueline Weppner! Hailing from our very own NYC, Jackie is the founder and creative director of Merci New York -- a chic, boutique styling house offering fashion, event and prop styling for weddings, special events and editorial projects, "providing chic style for the busy city bride." As a... read more

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & The Farm Midwives: Would You Consider an Alternative Birth Method?

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The documentary, Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & The Farm Midwives, tells the story of Ina May Gaskin and her hippie friends during the 1970's, when they began delivering each others babies in caravans full of hippies, headed toward a patch of Tennessee land. The women, under the leadership of Ina May Gaskin,... read more

Bumpie Buzz: Khloe Kardashian Says She’ll Try Hormones to Get Pregnant

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The Latest on Khloe Kardashian's Journey to Get Pregnant -- Us Weekly 21 Adorable Etsy Finds Perfect for Your Little One -- MSN Celebrity Moms Share Their Mother's Day Plans -- CelebrityBabyScoop Is It Safe to Bring Your Kids to Work With You? -- MSN read more

Kara DioGuardi Shares Her Brave Battle Through Cancer and Beautiful Journey to Motherhood

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Proud parents Kara DioGuardi and her husband, Mike McCuddy, welcomed a son Greyson James Carroll via a gestational surrogate in early January of this year. The new family-of-three even took off on a cross-country road trip from California (where baby boy Greyson was delivered) to the family's home in Maine to... read more

Yahoo Maternity Leave Gets a Boost — How Does It Compare to Yours?

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer sparked controversy earlier this year, when she announced that her company's employees would no longer be able to work from home. That's so anti-working-parent, people thought. But yesterday, Mayer made an announcement that may have people thinking her workplace is more family friendly: Maternity and paternity leave has been extended. "Under... read more

Breastfeeding While Traveling? Here’s How to Make It Work

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So, you're a breastfeeding working mom. You've returned to the grind, found your rhythm and you're finally  starting to feel like you're getting the swing of this... And then just like that, boom -- you're confronted with your first business trip! Mine came right at my baby's four month mark. While I was... read more

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Baby Registry Request Will Surprise You

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I honestly never thought I'd see the day but alas, the day has come! Our super-famous, super-fabulous and super-over-the-top parents-to-be Kim Kardashian and her beau, Kanye West, have done the absolute unthinkable. The couple, who will become first-time parents in July, have asked for something so outrageous for their baby that just hearing the news actually... read more

The Truth About Your Pregnancy Weight Gain

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With the seemingly endless parade of pregnant and new-mom celebrities in the public eye, we are bombarded with images of growing baby bumps, speculation (and judgement) about pregnancy weight gain and inevitable tales of how quickly (or not-so-quickly) stars shed their weight after baby comes. And we love it! You won't catch me... read more

Does Being Born in the U.S. Make You More Likely to Have Allergies?

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A new study published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics concluded that children living in the United States are more likely to have allergies than children born elsewhere but now living in the United States. Researchers involved in the study examined data from more than 91,600 children under the age of 18 who... read more

Eating Junk Food While Pregnant Affects Baby More Than We Ever Realized

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The latest in research completed by the University of Adelaide, published in The FASEB Journal, suggests that moms-to-be who eat junk food during their pregnancies have already programmed their babies to be addicted to a high fat, high sugar diet by the time they are weaned. The research, led by Dr. Bev Mühlhäusler, is the first... read more
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