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Halloween Pregnancy Announcements originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 at 10:21:43.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Didn't Know You Were Pregnant?

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Didn't Know You Were Pregnant?

Oct 28th 2012, 10:08

Surprise - You're Pregnant!

Every now and then, pregnancy sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Here's Proud Mommy's story:

"I went to see my family physician because I was dying with flu symptoms. He asked the nurse to inject me with a strong dose of antibiotics but as he gazed over my chart noticed aunt flo was late. Nurse asked I take a pregnancy test to be safe and turns out, NO antibiotic injection for me!"

Have you had an experience like this before?

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Didn't Know You Were Pregnant? originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Sunday, October 28th, 2012 at 10:08:35.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Helpful Advice for Infant Feeding and Parenting in a Disaster

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Helpful Advice for Infant Feeding and Parenting in a Disaster

Oct 27th 2012, 12:35

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As parts of North America are preparing for Hurricane Sandy, also known as the Frankenstorm, there are a lot of families who will be struggling through issues related to parenting related to not having their normal resources potentially, like electricity and clean water. The below resources are designed to help you plan ahead should you need help.

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Helpful Advice for Infant Feeding and Parenting in a Disaster originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Saturday, October 27th, 2012 at 12:35:17.

Friday, October 26, 2012

About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Tweeting from the Lamaze Conference

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Tweeting from the Lamaze Conference

Oct 26th 2012, 08:24

Lamaze Conference 2012

Fall is always great for me. I celebrate the birthday of the majority of my kids, I love the crisp feel to the air and it's usually the Lamaze Conference! This year the conference is in Nashville, TN. I'm busy having fun catching up with old friends, meeting new people, and learning a lot of interesting things to share when I get back. If you're interested, stop on in to Twitter and follow the hashtag #Lamaze12 there. I will be tweeting from two accounts @About_Pregnancy and (mostly) @RobinPregnancy. Lamaze will be tweeting from @LamazeAdvocates and @LamazeOnline. Say hello!

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Tweeting from the Lamaze Conference originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Friday, October 26th, 2012 at 08:24:31.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Pertussis Vaccine is Recommended After Week 20 in Pregnancy

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Pertussis Vaccine is Recommended After Week 20 in Pregnancy

Oct 26th 2012, 00:12

Doctor and Woman

Pertussis, or Whopping Cough, is something that can be passed from mother to baby after birth. In fact, one study showed that 30-40% of cases of Pertussis in infant was from mom. After the 20th week of pregnancy, it is considered safe to have the Tdap version. You may not need an immunization or you may not be a good candidate. It's important to talk to your doctor or midwife about this immunization.

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_{CDC. Updated Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine in Pregnant Women and Persons Who Have or Anticipate Having Close Contact with an Infant Aged Less than 12 Months -- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011. MMWR. 2011;60(41):1424-6.}

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Pertussis Vaccine is Recommended After Week 20 in Pregnancy originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Friday, October 26th, 2012 at 00:12:34.

About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Creative Baby Shower Gift Wrap

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Creative Baby Shower Gift Wrap

Oct 25th 2012, 10:45

Baby Shower

If you're like me, you love giving baby gifts (at baby showers, and other places). But I also really like to do fun wrapping to make the gift look really neat. Two ways I do this: fun gift toppers and using odd things to wrap the present itself.

What do you like to do?

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Creative Baby Shower Gift Wrap originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Thursday, October 25th, 2012 at 10:45:03.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

About Pregnancy & Childbirth: SIDS: Prevention Versus Lowered Risk

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SIDS: Prevention Versus Lowered Risk

Oct 24th 2012, 09:46

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has long been a mystery to scientists. We don't really know why it happens, just that apparently healthy babies between 1 month and 1 year go to sleep and don't wake up. We spend a lot of time hearing about new things that we can do, like have baby sleep on their backs, breastfeed, avoid overheating, quit smoking and others. But there are also factors that are completely out of your control, the the age of your baby, the sex and the time of year. I think this often gets overlooked and parents who child dies from SIDS are potentially left feeling like they didn't do everything that they could to help protect their child.

This is an important distinction. Some factors that you as a parent can control and some factors you simply can't. As it stands today there is no perfect predictor and no cure, only the reduction of risk factors.

My nephew, Nathan, was born 21 years ago today. He died in March of 1992 of SIDS. In April 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with the Back to Sleep Campaign. The good news for my sister was that Nathan was sleeping on his back when he died, she said she would have always felt guilty had that not been the case. But he was a boy, it was winter, he had been born prematurely and recently been ill with a respiratory infection. The bottom line: Do what you can.

What are you doing to reduce your baby's risk?

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_{Sporadic Autonomic Dysregulation and Death Associated with Excessive Serotonin Autoinhibition, Audero, E. Science, July 4, 2008; vol 321: pp 130-133.}

_{Use of a Fan During Sleep and the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Coleman-Phox, K, Odouli, R, Li, D. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(10):963-968.}

SIDS: Prevention Versus Lowered Risk originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 at 09:46:35.