Today I’m going to share my second pre-natal appointment with Babies Online readers! My hope is that maybe this will be helpful to you though.
I was nervous today because I’ve miscarried around four months before. I am spotting now. Is it “normal” or a sign of something ominous?
At first, they had trouble finding the baby’s heartbeat. [...]
Tags: advanced maternal age, bleeding, counselor, gender, heart rate, level 1 ultrasound, level 2 ultrasound, miscarriage, pre-natal, Pregnancy Journey, spotting, Ultrasound
Posted in: Pregnancy
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Even with the progress that has been made in equality of the sexes, and even among the children of my most right-on, feminist friends, little boys play with trucks and little girls play with dollies.
I wonder if there’s some truth to the stereotype of boys liking cars and girls liking dolls. My son first encountered [...]
Tags: boy toys, Dolls, gender, girl toys, trucks
Posted in: Baby, Toddlers
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There was a time when preference for male offspring was very strong. A man started a family in order to produce an heir, an offspring to carry on the family name. Although this has since changed in most parts of the world, there are still cultures where gender preference (hence gender selection) is still practiced. [...]
Tags: gender
Posted in: Current Events, Parenting
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Trying for a baby boy? While what only really matters is a healthy baby of either gender, many moms would admit they have a slight preference for one gender over the other, and perhaps wonder how to have a baby boy?
I have a son, and if I could pick the gender of my next baby, [...]
Tags: boys, Fathers, gender, gender selection, girls, timing intercourse, trying for a baby boy
Posted in: TTC
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When Dara Torres (US), and Constantina Tomescu (Romania) won medals last week in swimming and marathon, respectively, nobody batted an eyelid. Why should they? Many other women like them -Paula Radcliffe (UK, long distance runner) and Lindsay Davenport (US, tennis player), to name a few – have achieved athletic feats not unheard of in this [...]
Tags: age, athletes, gender, motherhood, Olympics
Posted in: Current Events, Parenting
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