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  1. Eating the Placenta After Giving Birth - Is It Tasty OR Taboo? Eating human body parts may be considered taboo, but there are some people who do consume the placenta after giving birth to their baby. Some cultures believe that eating the placenta prevents postpartum depression and other health problems that are...
  2. Symbols of The Sacred Mother "For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world." - William Ross Wallace The tradition of honoring mothers dates back to ancient Greek spring festivals dedicated to the Mother Goddess, Rhea, and to the Roman tributes made to the...
  3. What to do first when you find out you're pregnant This lens is dedicated to Kate and Elvis, who after about a year of trying are going to be parents!!  (First and fourth, respectively.)  Best wishes for a safe and healthy pregnancy and baby.  I'm going to be an aunt!! (AHEM, and just f...
  4. Pastiche Family Portal - Learning and Play for Parents, Teachers, Kids Pastiche Family Portal is an award-winning family web site filled with hand-picked home and family lifestyle articles, seasonal crafts, recipes and personally screened quality family links for parents, teachers, day care providers and even special se...
  5. Nursing Bras: Double Duty in a Bra Nursing bras, when fitted correctly, can be your friend. But the major problem with nursing bras is that breast size can change pretty dramatically making sizing quite difficult. The largest change in size often comes immediately after birth when the...
  6. Movie and TV Stars Become Mommies After 40 According to the webpage "Mothers 35 Plus", there is an almost 50% increase from ten years ago in the number of women over forty who are now having babies. There are a variety of reasons why some women are having babies later in life. Some women want...
  7. All About Breastfeeding   This LENS has free childbirth videos clips. One interesting aspect of videos of women in childbirth is that most mothers have never actually SEEN a baby being born? Isn't that amazing? We need to see childbirth in action and we need t...
  8. Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls Matryoshka dolls are set of dolls designed to nest one inside another. They are cut in half at the waist to be opened. The original set of matryoshka was originally created in Russia in 1890 by Sergei Maliutin and Vasiliy Zvezdochkin, inspired by Ja...
  9. How To Get Pregnant Fast | Cure Infertility and Get Pregnant Naturally A Unique 5 Step System to Beating Infertility and Getting Pregnant the Natural Way Using Holistic Medicine and Ancient Chinese Techniques Your fertility is a major factor to watch out for if you want to get pregnant easily. Your health, the proper ti...
  10. My Favorite Quotes....And More! As I sat down at the computer, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite quotes with you. But really, this is way more than that. This is about my thoughts, feelings, and beliefs on topics that have special significance to me. Perhaps you ar...
  11. Getting Baby to Sleep In Her Own Crib One of the worst habits any parent can start with their child is letting them sleep with you because it's one of the hardest to break! How would you feel if when your child turned 18 she was still sleeping in your bed! Let's break that habit now and...
  12. My Favorite "Momwear" Back in B.C. days (before children), I used to comb through vintage stores for the coolest '30s through '70s gear I could find, then pair it eccentrically with funky and/or punky footwear and accessories. I still have some favorite items from that er...
  13. Zuo Yuezi: The Chinese Art of Postpartum Recovery My wife and I moved from the United States to Taiwan to give birth to our first child at a Taiwanese birthing center.  We both felt that traditional Chinese custom of "sitting out a month" was better for both mom and baby.  We als...
  14. End Morning Sickness Symptoms with 24hrs-Natural Remedy Morning sickness is a term used to describe the symptoms of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. As many as 90% of all pregnant women experience some nausea while one-third of these women actually vomit due to this condition. Morning sickness beg...
  15. What to Exclude When You're Expecting Your navel is turning inside out. Weird things are happening with your boobs. Complete strangers are rubbing your tum. And someone is doing gymnastics in your belly at 2am. The world goes absolutely NUTS when you're havnig a baby, and it'll try to t...
  16. 3...2...1...AAARRRGH!!! You know, I had an epiphany of sorts the other day; we're talking a moment of absolute clarity here. I percolated and I pondered this newfound revelation, and the more I thought about it the more sense it made. It was about all those crabby "old" pe...
  17. Being a Feminist Housewife I found myself asking that question when I was - surprise! - pregnant with my first child last year. While you can answer the question with a yes or a no, it is a bit more layered than that.
  18. A Memory of Miscarriage I was a bit older when I married the man of my dreams. At 30-plus years old, I had started to wonder if it would ever happen. Finally I met the one, and we got married shortly after we both turned 33. After a couple of years we thought it was about t...
  19. I'm the Mom! I am a Mom. And a Grandmother. And very proud and thankful for both roles. Perhaps when my life is done, no other work I do on this earth will matter as much! I am so proud of my children and my grandchildren - and oh, how well I remember those cra...
  20. The Pregnancy Headquarters! Nine Months: The Pregnancy Headquarters!   Here are a great collection of sites about pregnancy! You'll find information about pregnancy dreams, pregnancy intuition, pre-birth communication, and spiritual signs related to one's pregnancy...