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Would You Take a Pregnancy Test in a Bar?

For $3 and a swipe of your credit card, you can buy a pregnancy test from a dispenser in a bar in Mankato, Minn. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2012 12:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, pregnancy test dispenser bar, pregnancy test

Pregnant, Depressed and Surprised

Is prenatal depression common knowledge, or does the myth of the perpetually glowing, happy expectant mother still prevail? Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2012 10:33 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, depression

Don't Dismiss the Conversation About Marissa Mayer's Pregnancy

If we don't talk about the difficulties for someone with Ms. Mayer's advantages to work through pregnancy and childbirth, when will we start looking at the difficulties for everyone else? Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2012 4:46 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, working mothers, working parents, the Conflict, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Why Women Can't Have It All, Yahoo C.E.O. pregnant, Marissa Mayer, Marissa Mayer pregnant, Yahoo CEO pregnant

How Can We Bring Trust Back to Childbirth?

The midwife Ina May Gaskin wins her clients' trust in a way that has become nearly impossible for most health care providers. Read More...

Published Wed, May 05 2012 2:33 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, home birth, Ina May Gaskin, midwife, birth, Samantha M. Shapiro

Protection for Pregnant Workers

The proposed federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would require employers to reasonably accommodate the needs of pregnant women. Read More...

Published Tue, May 05 2012 5:15 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, pregnancy discrimination, Jerrold Nadler, Americans with Disabilities Act, Carolyn Maloney, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Suffering Preeclampsia — After Giving Birth

Women can develop preeclampsia during the later stages of pregnancy - or even after childbirth. Would you recognize the signs? Read More...

Published Wed, May 05 2012 7:52 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Preeclampsia, high blood pressure

The Dilemma of the Pregnant Addict

Protecting infants from opiate exposure scarcely needs argument. It's how to protect a child from exposure when the source is the child's mother that's proved more difficult to resolve. Read More...

Published Tue, May 05 2012 12:34 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, alcohol during pregnancy, bad mothers, opiates

Teenage Birthrates Drop to Record Low

The rates vary tremendously from state to state. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 11:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Pregnancy, teen pregnancy, teen sex, Teenage Pregnancy

The 'Pregnancy Police' Are Everywhere (Even in Your Head)

Are pregnant women who color their hair - or paint their toenails, or hire a baby nurse, or choose a stroller over a sling, or go back to work early - rebelling against their peers, or against their own ever-evolving ideals? Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 8:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, babies, working mothers, Chemicals, baby proofing, hair color

The Link Between Income Inequality and Teen Pregnancy

Teenagers in states with highest income inequality are the most likely to get pregnant. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2012 10:13 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Pregnancy, Research, Economics, Teenage Pregnancy

Why Are Women Spending More Time in Labor?

Today, women spend about two hours longer in labor than their 1960s peers did. Is medical intervention the reason - and is longer labor necessarily bad? Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 9:45 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Research, childbirth, epidural, natural childbirth, labor

I Regret Eating My Placenta

I was a cheerful and healthy new mother. So why did I gobble placenta ground with what the processor mysteriously referred to as "cleansing herbs"? Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 03 2012 6:13 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, postpartum depression, placenta, placenta eating, placentophagia

Read This, or Be the Worst Parent Ever

Even the author of the parody "How Not to Kill Your Baby" fears he can't top the best comedy efforts of the good-parent book genre. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2012 12:40 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, New Baby, what to expect, parenting books, Humor

Quandary Considered: Pregnant, With a Job Interview

Should the pregnant job applicant tell all? Readers, who've been on both sides of the interview table, say no. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2012 10:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, working mothers, pregancy discrimination

Parental Quandary: Pregnant, With a Job Interview

Should S. tell a potential employer that she's pregnant? Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2012 8:58 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, Workplace, parental quandary, job, pregnancy discrimination

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