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Archive for October 2006

October 31st, 2006

All the “Usual” Postpartum Stuff….

Here is a list and brief descriptions of common conditions from the first six weeks of the post partum phase. Some of these symptoms will have disappeared a few days after birth; others will persist for an entire month or longer.

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By kate baggott -- 6 comments

October 30th, 2006

An Announcement

Babylune is pleased to announce the arrival of the first Healthy & Fit Family Carnival. The happy event occured in the wee hours of Monday, October 30th with the collective weight of ten posts and a respectable reading-length. So overjoyed by the carnival’s arrival, the family is already expecting the next edition on November 6th. […]

By kate baggott -- 0 comments

October 30th, 2006

The FIRST Healthy & Fit Family Carnival!

Ta Da! Here is the first ever Healthy & Fit Family Carnival.
Since announcing the carnival, I’ve been hit with a ton of contributions about ways all of our families can lead healthier, more active lives.
I said that there would only be ten places in the carnival and there were easily twice as many entries, but […]

By kate baggott -- 17 comments

October 29th, 2006

It Sounds Like A Comic Book Kiss…

Who would have guessed that the motherhood and identity question had so much to do with acronyms?
Really, so much relies on how women describe themselves as SAHM, WAHM, or WOHM that the entire alphabet seems reduced to about 4 letters.
And, as is the problem with other four-letter words, these acronyms are dirty. Imagine the shame […]

By kate baggott -- 5 comments

October 27th, 2006

*sigh*

Some day, I will come home after a hard week at work and my baby’s body language will say, “Hi Mummy!”
Instead, of that ever-popular wordless communication “NURSE ME RIGHT NOW!”
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By kate baggott -- 3 comments

October 26th, 2006

The “Pay Attention to Me!” Challenge

I think about money a lot more now that I work outside the home. Time is money and I don’t think I am being paid properly for my time. Then again, I felt the same way when I earned three times as much.
Today, while on my coffee break at work, I saw a picture of […]

By kate baggott -- 8 comments

October 26th, 2006

5 minutes is about right

Babylune was just listed in the Health Blogs Directory at 5 Minutes for Mom. It’s nice to have my blog in such nice company.
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By kate baggott -- 4 comments

October 25th, 2006

Another Case for the Could-Bes…

Attendees at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in New Orleans yesterday heard that the older a woman is when she gives birth, the greater the likelihood that her daughters will experience infertility.
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By kate baggott -- 1 comment

October 24th, 2006

But Imagine their Childcare Dilemma…

Last week, I said that the only perfectly trustworthy babysitter is grandma.
Since my own mother is still deeply engaged in her own career, which is of huge value to the children she teaches, I obviously wasn’t suggesting that older women should quit their jobs to enjoy another generation of slavery caring for young children.
Nor, it […]

By kate baggott -- 3 comments

October 23rd, 2006

A New Edition of the Carnival of Family Life

This week’s Carnival of Family Life is being hosted at Everything Under the Moon. It’s on my after-the-kids-are-in-bed reading list for this evening.
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