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Momming

11 Things You Take for Granted Before You Have Kids

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When you announce you’re pregnant, the first thing every parent will say (hopefully after "congratulations!") is "get ready to never sleep again."Unless you've been living under a rock, you already anticipate an end to sleeping in. It kind of comes with the territory.But what you may not have anticipated is the other less obvious sacrifices... the ones your friends...
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Stories of Hope

Infertility: The Struggle is Real

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I'm just about 32 years old, and I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up... soOooOo let's all let that one sink in for a second. It's funny, looking back on my life up until now, I just realized that I've never been absolutely certain about much of anything. That's not to say...
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Pregnancy

11 Things No One Tells You About Being Pregnant

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Pregnant? There are so many thrilling milestones throughout the pregnancy journey. There's the initial thrill of finding out you're expecting, then the joy of hearing the baby's heartbeat for the first time, the excitement of getting that first ultrasound and, for those who choose to find out, the overwhelming joy of finding out the baby's gender.But tucked between all...
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Pregnancy

12 Awesome Gifts to Get Your Pregnant BFF

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Let me tell you the biggest lesson I learned being pregnant: It isn’t as adorable and glamorous as the movies make it seem. Before I got pregnant, I lived in blissful ignorance. There’s sickness and fatigue, exhaustion and soreness, bloating and fluid retention. And that’s just the physical stuff. Tack onto that the emotional baggage that comes with it...
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Pregnancy

10 Things You Should Never Say to a Pregnant Woman

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Pregnancy isn’t easy. On top of the exhaustion and various and sometimes bizarre physical ailments (think back pain, boob pain—and don’t get me started on crotch lightning), there are also all kinds of weird hormonal things going on. Which means if you say the wrong thing to an expecting woman, you can expect to have your head bitten off—or...
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