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day by day pregnancy

Day by Day Pregnancy: Five Tips on Early Pregnancy Comfort

by ACMJMarch 9, 2010 day by day pregnancy

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Not everyone has a difficult first trimester, but when you have problematic morning sickness (is there any other kind?), you have it. Here are a few tips for surviving that discomfort.
-Ginger: everyone says this, but it is worth repeating. Ginger helps. When people think of ginger these days, they think of [...]

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Pregnancy Day by Day: Enjoy the Opting Out Experience

by ACMJMarch 2, 2010 day by day pregnancy

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Opting out, you ask? What is that?
Well, I certainly don’t mean opting out of good nutrition, or exercise, or your prenatal vitamin. If you’ve ever stopped by the now-famous Pregnancy To List, you know that’s not what I’m talking about.
One of the most liberating things about pregnancy is the [...]

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Day by Day Pregnancy Tip #14: Baby Shower Giveaway Ideas

by ACMJFebruary 9, 2010 baby shower ideas: gifts for mom

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We posted a couple weeks ago about a good idea for a baby shower (Children’s Book Baby Shower bingo). In response to that post, a reader wrote in asking what the prize should be for the childrens book baby shower game or any other baby shower games and giveaways. It’s a [...]

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Day by Day Pregnancy Tip #13: Have a Children’s Book Baby Shower

by ACMJJanuary 26, 2010 day by day pregnancy

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I was having a conversation the other day with a second-time mom about her baby shower. She is having a child of a different gender the second time around, and her friends want to give her a baby shower. She was confiding, however, that what she really dreaded was the [...]

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Day by Day Pregnancy Tip #12: Celebrate Being Halfway Through Pregnancy

by ACMJJanuary 12, 2010 day by day pregnancy

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There are lots of suggestions out there for how to make pregnancy special for women, especially since there are many aspects of pregnancy that are not so much fun. Some people suggest belly casts, others taking a photo each month of your growing belly and putting together a scrapbook, and others [...]

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Day by Day Pregnancy Tip #11: Get a Disabled Parking Pass

by ACMJJune 12, 2009 day by day pregnancy

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This one came to me through friends of friends, so I can take no credit for thinking it up, but it sure it worth passing along.
One of the hardest thing for pregnant ladies, especially those in their third trimester, is getting around. While some stores and restaurants have spaces dedicated to [...]

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Pregnancy Day By Day Tip #10: Early to Sleep Means More Sleep

by ACMJApril 4, 2009 day by day pregnancy

Sleep habits in kids are often counterintuitive. They often need to sleep even more in order to, well, sleep more. Put your child to bed earlier than you expected to and see what happens.

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Pregnancy Day by Day Tip #9: How to Trick Out Your Baby’s Crib

by ACMJMarch 21, 2009 day by day pregnancy

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One of our “things we did right” was to create a nursery and a crib that our son finds interesting and worth his time. This results in a lot of extra sleep for us, as he is often willing to play himself back to sleep in the middle of the night [...]

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