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I was at the park and saw a mom strapping her little girl into a booster seat. Yay, Mom, for using a booster seat, right? Actually, no. ...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://babyparenting.about.com/b/2010/08/28/is-it-time-to-move-your-toddler-to-a-booster-seat.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting that the provisional birth data for 2009 shows a 2.6% decrease in the number of births.  They are estimating that 4,136,000 births occurs in 2009 compared to 4,247,000 births in 2008.  In 2008 the numbers of babies being born to mothers under 40 is decreasing, though there is still a rise in births to mothers over 40. This may also be the case in the 2009 numbers, but we will need to wait for the final birth data./p...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/27/fewer-babies-being-born.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pimg src=http://z.about.com/d/pregnancy/1/0/z/Y/3/newbornvernixsm.jpg alt= //p pI'm one of those people who has babies who can't read calendars. While we all know that the concept of a 40 week pregnancy is only a guess, it still doesn't make us not focus on a a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/gettingpregnant/p/duedate.htmdue date/a. Here is some information on what happens when your a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/overduepregnanci/index.htmpregnancy extends past that magic number - your due date/a. From what testing you can expect, to induction of labor and even when to let nature take it's course./p...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/27/what-to-do-when-youre-overdue.htmRead Full Post/a/p

div style=width:170px;float:right;font-size:0.8em;margin:5px 5px 5px 5px;text-align:right;img src=http://0.tqn.com/d/babyparenting/1/0/j/q/dogtreathandsdeapeajayflickr.jpg alt=Wash Hands After Handling Dog Food or Treats width:170px;height:170px;border:none; /Photo: a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://www.flickr.com/photos/deapeajay/ DeaPeaJay/a / Flickr /div There are a lot of a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pediatrics.about.com/od/recallsandsafetyalerts/a/2010_egg_recall.htmeggs being recalled right now due to possible salmonella contamination/a. I never thought there would come a day when my ...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://babyparenting.about.com/b/2010/08/26/salmonella-exposure-from-pet-food.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/library/howto/htpack.htmPacking for labor and delivery/a is always a fun task. Sure, you see people in the throes of labor, madly throwing things into a bag at the last minute, ...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/26/packing-for-labor.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pimg src=http://z.about.com/d/pregnancy/1/8/D/W/3/epiduralcatheter.jpg alt= //p pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/11/elisabeth-and-t.htmlWhen Elizabeth Hasselbeck welcomed her one son/a, she was asked if she got an epidural for pain relief in labor, she says I did but I think I'm immune to ...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/25/7-reasons-you-cant-have-an-epidural.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pimg class=alignnone src=http://0.tqn.com/d/pregnancy/1/H/2/t/3/dreamstime_13265975.jpg alt=Fetal Monitor - IV - Laboring Mom //p pCiting the fact that 10-40% of c-section moms will have an infection, The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now recommends that IV antibiotics be given an hour before a c-section to help lower that number. By comparison only 1-3% of mothers who give birth vaginally will have an infection./p...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/24/antibiotics-recommend-before-a-c-section.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pUnless you're living under a rock you've heard about the big egg recall for the risk of a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://firstaid.about.com/od/infections/qt/06_salmonella.htmSalmonella poisoning/a. The eggs in question came in 6, 12 and 18 count cartons.  The effected farms include: Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms and Kemps./p...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/24/pregnancy-and-salmonella-poisoning-the-egg-recall.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pI first heard of counting a a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/yourbaby/a/pregcalendar.htmpregnancy in weeks/a at my very a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/prenatalcare/ss/prenatalcare.htmfirst OB appointment/a. But no matter how many times I tried to add up the months of pregnancy, it didn't work. There were way too many weeks to cram into nine months. Despite the fact that I married a mathematician, math is not my favorite subject, though I quickly saw the benefit of a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/duedates/f/howmanyweeks.htmcalculating the weeks/a of pregnancy based on a single date, like the a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/gettingpregnant/qt/menstrualcycle.htmlast menstrual period (LMP)/a, to help make a universal time line for all women./p...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/23/how-many-weeks-pregnant.htmRead Full Post/a/p

pAre you trying to get pregnant? Trying to figure out if you're pregnant or not can be a big deal. I know that my first sign of pregnancy is different than most people - I get horribly, can't-get-your-head-out-of-bed exhausted. This usually happens before a a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/signssymptoms/g/missedperiod.htmlate period/a even. Some women know they are pregnant from the time of conception, because they are so tuned in to their bodies. a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/od/symptomsofpregnancy/a/breastchanges.htmSore breasts/a...pa href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://pregnancy.about.com/b/2010/08/22/signs-of-pregnancy.htmRead Full Post/a/p