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May 31st, 2007

May’s Most Popular Posts

Recently I haven’t been keeping very careful track of each month’s most popular posts. There wasn’t, after all, too much of a difference between January’s and February’s lists. The results for May contained some refreshing surprises. While I often use humor in my posts, all of this month’s most popular pieces are serious and research-based.
I […]

By kate baggott -- 0 comments

November 1st, 2006

All Missions are Possible

Cue the theme music.
Now, picture me as a female Tom Cruise except I’m taller and my performance is less wooden. My long hair is tied back in a pony tail, sweat glistens on my brow as - under the punishing desert sun - I climb up the face of a cliff without a safety harness…
Of […]

By kate baggott -- 10 comments

June 13th, 2006

C-Section Recovery: One More Item for the Hospital Bag

Planned or unplanned, recovering from a Cesarian Section can be complicated. New research suggests that there is one more tool to speed recovery up. The challenge? Getting the new mother’s bowels moving again (motherhood is all about glamour).
According to study results reported in Maclean’s Magazine, chewing gum may help women get their innards back in […]

By kate baggott -- 1 comment

April 28th, 2006

Impatience & the C-Section

The rate of c-sections is up, again, according to a study coved in today’s Globe and Mail. Experts blame the influence of celebrity culture, myths about ease of recovery and the impatience/convenience factor. The trend toward elective cesarian section results in longer hospital stays for mother and child, slower recoveries, and an increase in delivery […]

By kate baggott -- 0 comments