When Amy Somers and her husband learned that they were expecting their second child, they didn’t immediately contact family members. Instead, the first call they made was to Certified Nurse-Midwife Adrienne Jones. Amy had used
When something’s not quite right “down there,” it can affect how you feel elsewhere and compromise your quality of life. Discomfort during sex, while going to the bathroom or during a gynecological exam shouldn’t be
Just three to five ounces of stem-cell-rich cord blood can be harvested with each baby born, but that three to five ounces can do so, so much, experts say. “Cord blood has immature blood cells,
They call it ‘liquid gold,’ and any mother who even occasionally pumps and stores her breast milk will tell you the nickname is apt—it’s a lot of work. And it’s why the hundreds of moms
After an hour of yard work, you run inside for a drink and grab that bottle of flavored water. After all, you keep hearing that keeping hydrated during the summer is important—and water is the
Truth be told, about 25 million Americans are affected by urinary incontinence (UI) but it’s rarely a topic of dinner conversations. While it won’t kill you, a leak here or there when you exercise, cough
First-time moms are often surprised by many things that happen during pregnancy, labor and post-delivery that nobody warns them about. Perhaps other women don’t want to scare them unnecessarily, especially when these unpleasant things that
For as many pregnant women walking the earth at any given time, there are just as many ideas about what an “ideal” birth would look like, with varied expectations about the setting, medical interventions, and
In celebration and appreciation of Mother’s Day, we’ve dug up a couple of heartwarming stories from the past to see how the parents – and their kids — are doing now. We hope you enjoy
From home to hospital, women today are choosing to give birth in a variety of environments. Gone is the notion that labor and delivery has to take place in a hospital bed with the woman
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