In my previous blog, I talked about six ways to alleviate morning sickness. You may have noticed one time-tested method missing from my list: Ginger ale. The truth is, commercial brands of ginger ale are so loaded with high-fructose corn syrup and empty calories you’re better off avoiding them. Besides, the trace amounts of real [...]
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I haven’t posted in quite a while. Somewhere around Week 11 of my pregnancy, the constant nausea abated and some of my energy returned. However, in a cruel juxtaposition, my ‘nesting instincts’ kicked in around Week 10. For 7 days, I lied around, too exhausted to move, bemoaning the mess around me, concerned we’d never [...]
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Congratulations to Oscar-winning actress Minnie Driver, star of FX’s The Ritches, who is expecting her first baby. Minnie revealed her pregnancy on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last week but hasn’t revealed who the father is. She’s just over 4 months along.
She also said she was still suffering from morning all day sickness, (yuck. [...]
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Moms with morning sickness, you have my sincere sympathy. I spent the first three months of my pregnancy talking on the great white telephone. And “morning” sickness? How about “all flipping day” sickness? I threw up water. I threw up saltine crackers. I still feel sick to this day if i see a saltine. I [...]
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I felt like I had the flu for three months straight. I told my husband I couldn’t do it for the nine weeks left in my first trimester. I was lucky enough never to throw up, but on some day could hardly get off the couch.
‘Morning Sickness,’ which most women know is in dire need [...]
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