Topic: Pregnancy & Health

Fresh To Fatherhood, Channing Tatum Compares Dexedrine And Adderall To Cocaine And Crystal Meth

Fresh To Fatherhood, Channing Tatum Compares Dexedrine And Adderall To Cocaine And Crystal Meth

New dad Channing Tatum hasn’t been parenting for long but he’s already got some strong childrearing opinions. His big issue at present? Medicating children. Channing’s daughter Everly may only be three days old but papa vows that he won’t ever medicate his kid for learning disabilities. That’s all fine and dandy until he fashions his decisions for his own family into more broad statements about drug consumption. You know how this ends. More »

Chinese City May Fine Unmarried Mothers Because Nothing Prevents ‘Sewer Babies’ Like Big Old Fines

Chinese City May Fine Unmarried Mothers Because Nothing Prevents 'Sewer Babies' Like Big Old Fines

Last week we reported about Baby No. 59, the child who was rescued from a sewer pipe after his mom gave birth over a toilet. His unmarried mother conceived him during a one night stand and could not afford an abortion so she hid the pregnancy from her family. Baby No. 59 is lucky. The baby was given to his grandparents and apparently authorities believed the mom’s totally sketchy story because she was released with no charges filed. Unfortunately this type of thing happens way too often and thanks to a new policy in one Chinese city, stories like this might become even more common. More »

I’ve Taken 3 Pregnancy Tests Because I Refuse To Believe I’m Getting Fat

I've Taken 3 Pregnancy Tests Because I Refuse To Believe I'm Getting Fat

This pot belly I’m carrying in front of me wasn’t something I noticed much until I went back to work full-time. Awhile ago, I had a weird interruption in my cycle where I had some spotting exactly two weeks before my period. This has never happened to me — my cycle has been like clockwork for the longest time. I even had my baby on her due date, which I think is the first time that’s happened in the history of the world. So this sudden spotting thing, well, it had me worried because my husband and I don’t want another child, but I was also a little excited because babies! More »

Increase In Men Tampering With Birth Control Reminds Me I’m Lucky To Have An Honest Husband

Increase In Men Tampering With Birth Control Reminds Me I'm Lucky To Have An Honest Husband

This new study led by Brown University surprised me, because it upturns the stereotype: this study found that men are frequently tampering with their partners’ birth control in order to get them pregnant. This only makes me more grateful to have found a partner who respects me, and would never make a life-changing decision without consulting me first. More »

Mothers Who Experience Orgasm During Childbirth Are Real, Unlike That Stork Fairytale

Mothers Who Experience Orgasm During Childbirth Are Real, Unlike That Stork Fairytale

There are many wives tales we tell to make childbirth more palatable. Generations ago someone got the bright idea to tell young children that a stork delivered babies to their new homes. Those scarred young children are the ones talking now, espousing the benefits of natural childbirth — including multiple orgasms. Even though I didn’t experience an orgasmic natural childbirth, doesn’t mean they aren’t real. And impressive. More »

STFU Parents: Moms Who Reveal Too Much About Their Bodies On Social Media, Part II

STFU Parents: Moms Who Reveal Too Much About Their Bodies On Social Media, Part II

The difference between me and the women featured in today’s column is that I would never share details about my body in a public forum that includes my Uncle Chet, my mom’s best friend, and my first boyfriend from elementary school. As magical as women’s bodies are, and as important as I think it is for women to feel comfortable discussing their bodies with friends, family, and doctors, I like to keep my magic a mystery. No need to spread the word on the internet that my magic is occasionally painful, messy, or (god forbid) requires surgery. There’s a shamelessness that some women have regarding their bodies online, and as a feminist I want so badly to stand behind those women and support them. More »

The 10 Stages Of Hungover Parenting

The 10 Stages Of Hungover Parenting

Super fucking annoyed when I can only find Children’s Advil. I try to do math. My daughter sucks on two and a half of these when she has a headache. So I need…what? Five? I pop a Children’s Advil in my mouth and spit it out immediately. How do children EAT those things? But it’s that or Baby Tylenol. Actually think of drowning the rest of the bottle of Baby Tylenol before remembering that I put the Advil in my red purse, the one I used when I went to see daughter’s school concert. More »

World’s Most Awesome And Pregnant Grandma Wins Everest Marathon

World's Most Awesome And Pregnant Grandma Wins Everest Marathon

When I was pregnant with my first child, I had a ton of energy. I walked everywhere and overall I felt pretty great. But by my third and final child I was done with that shiz. I still walked everywhere (because as a New Yorker, that’s what you do) but it sucked. So I am amazed by the tenacity of Ang Dami Sherpa, the 44-year-old pregnant mother of three (and grandmother of one), who recently ran the Everest Marathon. More »

British ‘Get Fertile’ Campaign Encourages Young Women To Get Knocked Up By Showing A Dirty Old Pregnant Lady

British 'Get Fertile' Campaign Encourages Young Women To Get Knocked Up By Showing A Dirty Old Pregnant Lady

Ladies are not having babies like they used to and apparently they doesn’t just apply to the United States. Britain — or rather First Response — is also concerned about their birth rate decline, having launched a Get Pregnant campaign in Britain. For which the company has fashioned a scary THIS COULD BE YOU old pregnant lady ad à la that infamous New York Magazine cover. One grab to sell magazine covers is another company’s way to shill pregnancy tests! More »

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