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Day by Day Pregnancy: Three Tips for Early Pregnancy Success

by ACMJ April 16, 2010 day by day pregnancy

Image by Getty Images via Daylife A large part of the difficulty of pregnancy is adjusting to lifestyle changes at the same time that you are adjusting to pregnancy changes. If you are thinking of getting pregnant, you can make some changes now that will spare yourself some of the misery later, when your body [...]

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The Portable Pregnancy List for Your Purse

by ACMJ April 7, 2010 day by day pregnancy

Image by koalazymonkey via Flickr One of my pet peeves is poorly organized advice. If you have something useful to share, take the time to share it in a useful way. The Internet is full of great information, but 95% of it is a kind of ramble. Not here. Need a daily short list of [...]

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Day By Day Pregnancy: The “Must Have” Pregnancy List

by ACMJ March 18, 2010 day by day pregnancy

Image by brungrrl via Flickr I was reflecting the other day how much pregnancy has become a specialized industry, with its own collection of pillows, clothes, and “remedies”. But like many things, a lot of these specialized products are not really necessary, which is why they are relatively new. So what is necessary? What should [...]

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Day by Day Pregnancy: Five Tips on Early Pregnancy Comfort

by ACMJ March 9, 2010 day by day pregnancy

Image by Ani-Bee via Flickr 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 [...]

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Pregnancy Day by Day: Enjoy the Opting Out Experience

by ACMJ March 2, 2010 day by day pregnancy

Image by Poe Tatum via Flickr 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 [...]

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

by ACMJ February 9, 2010 baby shower ideas: gifts for mom

Image by clevercupcakes via Flickr 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 [...]

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

by ACMJ January 26, 2010 day by day pregnancy

Image by Getty Images via Daylife 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 [...]

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

by ACMJ January 12, 2010 day by day pregnancy

Image by Furryscaly via Flickr 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 [...]

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