The other day I went shopping, came home, unpacked my groceries and put them all away… only to remember at 2 am that I left a box of ice cream minis in my stroller, in the lobby of our apt building! I ran down to rescue them… luckily they were little chocolate coated ice cream bars, [...]

I went shoe shopping today (they were having great sales!). So you know how annoying it is to shop when there’s an overly attentive salesperson hovering over you… well, it’s even worse when said over attentive salesman keeps murmuring how beautiful you are and trying to touch you. Ewwww. I don’t know what it was [...]

Some talk about the pregnant glow, but that’s not what I’m refering to. I’m talkinga bout a woman I saw walking in front of me today, smoking a cigarette… I was almost sure by the way she walked (should I say waddled?) that she was pregnant, and sure enough when I passed her I could see [...]

The story on KansasCity.com claims that a 20-year old girl supposedly gave birth to a baby in a MacDonald’s bathroom. And then, since she didn’t know she was pregnant and didn’t realize she had just given birth, tried to flush the baby down the toilet.
I don’t know if I buy this story, especially since the last [...]

Weight Gain Pregnancy has a chart mapping out how much weight a woman should throughout her pregnancy (week by week). This may be a good guide for the average woman, but experts say that how much you should gain really depends on your body type. In order to have a  healthy pregnancy, for example, a very thin woman would need [...]

I really love these articles about all the really embarrassing (and supposedly common!) side effects of pregnancy, that no one wants to discuss.  Well, except for the nausea one.  Most women I know are happy to share their morning sickness stories. I had a friend who had to carry bags around with her everywhere she went; vomiting [...]