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• Pregcellent: Eat Well, Period. Prenatal Diet Influences Puberty Onset

  Just when the pregnant ladies thought they got enough flack about what they ingest during gestation. Now check this out: Researchers say a mother's prenatal diet can influence the early onset of puberty. Sheesh, I was chalking it up to non-organic milk and Bratz dolls. You mean my nutritional choices during the most hormonally insane period of my life are to blame for my daughter's precocious eye-rolling?  Well, in case you were wondering, it's a... Read More... Posted Jun 18 2008, 09:34 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, research study, nutrition, fat, girls, diet, puberty, menstruation, pregcellent, preteens, gestation, adolescent, prenatal

• Pregcellent: Vacant Womb For Rent

  First off, I'd like to say that anyone who goes into being a surrogate strictly for the money has chosen a very challenging way to make a buck, because being pregnant is no picnic. But as this Newsweek article on the lives of surrogates points out, many women are also motivated by a desire to help others and to contribute something meaningful to the lives of couples who want kids. And the stereotype of the rich woman who wants a baby but not the stretch marks and thus hires a surrogate is strange also, since I can't imagine what would be more challenging than entrusting another person with your offspring before they are even born. So I doubt that one is founded much in reality either. The article, which chronicles the stories of a number of women who became surrogates, touches on the controversies surrounding the practice... Read More... Posted Apr 02 2008, 06:33 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, parents, mothers, laws, Europe, infertility, moms, Conception, sperm, stereotypes, childrearing, pregcellent, newsweek, gestation, egg, DNA, surrogates, contracts, couples

• Pregcellent: What Exactly Should You Expect?

  With the fourth edition of "What To Expect When You're Expecting" slated for release next month, Jezebel asked the question, what should women really, actually expect? I'll totally take that one up, and perhaps some of you will too. First, anything goes, and good luck trying to predict what will happen. You might be exhausted for nine months, or you might run around like a cracked-out chipmunk. You might all of the sudden need glasses; your hair could fall out or it could get thicker; you might glow or you might feel your life force sucked from your face. Oh, and it can change for the same person from pregnancy to pregnancy. The only consistent stories I've ever heard: Your belly will get big. (Duh.) Your hips will spread. Your boobs get larger. You will at some point have to get that baby out of there.  Second, on the pooping front so popular in the J-bel comments: Yes, you might poop during labor, but... Read More... Posted Mar 19 2008, 08:33 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 25 comment(s) Filed under: books, newborns, maternity, infants, labor, delivery, advice, pregcellent, jezebel, gestation, due date, what to expect when you're expecting, episiotomy

• Planning Ahead: Before You Get Pregnant

  You know how when you found out you were pregnant the first thing you did (right after you told all of your friends, then your husband, then your parents, then the internet) was think back to how much you drank last week. Or panicked about smoking that cigarette in the bar last weekend, or the other thing you may or may not have inhaled? Or you were worried about doing all of those sit ups and wondering if the decathalon might have been rough on the baby. Clearly I wasn't worried about having exercised too much, but I was worried about the drinking and maybe the smoking (Hi Mom) too. And maybe all the advil I took for the hangover due to all of the drinking.   Read More... Posted Aug 10 2007, 05:53 PM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with no comments Filed under: health, pre-pregnancy, gestation