Tag Archives: healthy pregnancy

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  My Pregnancy Journey: Battling and Overcoming Depression

  This is part of an ongoing series chronicling EJ's 9-month journey to motherhood. You can catch up on the series here -- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.[fl]M[/fl]y emotional outbursts had finally started to even out. We were settling into our new place, and I was ...

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  Up, Down and All Around

  Welcome to part 8 of my journey through my first pregnancy! If you'd like to start from the beginning, please check out parts 1 through 7: preparing for pregnancy in “Getting Ready for Baby,” visiting the doctor in “The Start of the Shortest Ride,” returning to Lagos in “Period Three or a ...

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• A Week By Week Look At Your Pregnancy’s Second Trimester

  [fl]C[/fl]ongratulations! You've made it to your second trimester of pregnancy, about 14 to 27 weeks. You're probably feeling much better physically, and can even enjoy being pregnant. Your enlarging uterus and larger breasts make the pregnancy more "real" to you, unlike the vague, abstract notion...

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  Month 5 — The Emotional Roller Coaster

  Welcome to part 6 of my journey through my first pregnancy! If you'd like to start from the beginning, please check out parts 1 through 6: my preparing for pregnancy in “Getting Ready for Baby,” visiting the doctor in “The Start of the Shortest Ride,” returning to Lagos in “Period Three or...

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  Why You Should Kick Off The High Heels During Pregnancy

  Some doctors will urge you not to wear heels while you are carrying your precious cargo because your body is changing rapidly while the baby is growing. While no current evidence or research is available to back the claim that wearing heels causes problems for the baby, what wearing heels during pre...

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  New Clothes, New Hair, New City, Oh My!

  Welcome to part 5 of my journey through my first pregnancy. We began this series with my preparing for pregnancy in “Getting Ready for Baby,” followed by tips from my doctor in “The Start of the Shortest Ride.” In “Period Three or a BFP?” I returned to Lagos and got the news I’d been h...

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• Medication Use During Pregnancy

  A common concern in pregnancy is the use of medications which can be obtained without a prescription. The term used for them is "over-the-counter" (OTC). In some countries virtually all medications can be purchased without a prescription. For simplicity and clarity in this article, I'll use "OTC" to...

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  Lessons Of The First Trimester

  Welcome to part 5 of my journey through my first pregnancy. We began this series with my preparing for pregnancy in “Getting Ready for Baby,” followed by tips from my doctor in “The Start of the Shortest Ride.” We continued with “Period Three or a BFP?” in which I returned to Lagos and g...

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