All Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’
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San Francisco View From the Bay
Sunday, June 27th, 2010I had a lot of fun a couple of days ago being part of our San Francisco talk show, View From the Bay . It is a live show with a studio audience. The host, Lisa Quinn and I talked about some lesser-known pregnancy facts.
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Sparrow Hospital – Lansing, Michigan
Monday, May 24th, 2010I felt extremely honored to have been so graciously received here. By design, Sparrow Hospital was the first stop on my 100 Hospital National Tour – promoting “Positive Pregnancy, Positive Birth”.
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Do We Really Need To Drink Eight Glasses of Water A Day?
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010I am one of those people who never drinks quite enough water. I just don’t. I have to think about it, remind myself about it, and my trigger is most often thirst. Thirst supposedly comes after the point where you are getting dehydrated.
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April Fool’s Day Chocolate?
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Today is April Fool’s Day. If you follow the Internet, you see that Google, Star Buck’s and several other companies are engaging in some good-humored fun. What a relief it is to see this in a day and age where seriousness is all around us.
I have been part of (on both sides) a number of practical jokes over the years but one stands out as the absolute best. It got at least twenty people. It took hours for us to make sense of it and no one caught on that it was April 1st.
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New Feature- Tips on Twitter
Friday, March 12th, 2010Happy Friday — I wanted to post a quick note to announce something new I’m starting on Monday. Five days a week I will be adding a new Pregnancy Tip on Twitter. A short, simple, but useful tip related to preparing for pregnancy, being pregnant or being a new parent.
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50 Useful Pregnancy iPhone Applications
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010I was contacted by these folks a couple of months ago and since I love iPhone apps I thought I would pass these along to you. I haven’t reviewed all 50 but some of them are really great. Enjoy!
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My Personal Reinvention: Part 3 (of 3)
Friday, December 11th, 2009I am heading home now, having stayed an extra day. A perfect extra day. Thinking a lot, as usual, I sit quietly in the dark on the plane, wishing I could fall asleep. I am instead listening, in my head, to the voice of my mentor, Maryann. She is truly the woman who maintains my sanity. Truly maintains it. I happen to also be listening to the New York Dolls.
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Fox 17 Morning News Interview: Top Pregnancy Questions
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Here is the last segment of this series on Fox 17 Morning News. I enjoyed doing these very much as there was enough time in each segment for me to really address the topics. As usual, I wasn’t sure I completely followed the directions of simply answering what the top questions are, but by now it is pretty clear that I like to be thorough. The segment can be found here I’ve also included some of my blog posts that relate to these questions.
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Rewards of Motherhood: A Mother’s Day Edition
Friday, May 1st, 2009As it’s getting closer to Mother’s Day I am doing a lot of thinking about motherhood. Just as with the stages of pregnancy, it changes and shifts as we move through each new stage and phase of our fetus/infant/toddler/child/tween/teenager… ah heck, baby’s life.
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Pregnancy Fitness
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008There are so many great reasons to exercise. It helps all of us to feel better and to be healthier whether we are pregnant or not. During pregnancy, however, regular exercise and being fit can help decrease the incidence of gestational diabetes, help you to develop more stamina for labor and experience less post partum depression.
