Week 37
Amalah is fast approaching her due date and she has been bitten by the nesting bug. Some of her recommendations for do’s and don’t’s.
Amalah is fast approaching her due date and she has been bitten by the nesting bug. Some of her recommendations for do’s and don’t’s.
Which comes first, the moisturizer or the primer or the chicken or the egg?
These days, you can spend $20 or $150 on an at-home face peel kit. Is there really a difference?
Admit it. You’ve Googled an ex-boyfriend from time to time. But what if he KNOWS you’ve Googled him? Amalah explains the blah-blah-talkspeak of online identification.
Amalah is at Week 36. Time is flying by. This week’s focus is on False Labor. How can you tell if it is the “real thing?”
Is Philosophy’s Hope in a Jar SPF 20 an all-in-one Dream Cream or a Dud in a Tub?
One woman is auctioning off the rights to dye her hair to raise money for charity knowing that she may look like Rainbow Bright. Amalah who did something similar last year gives some advice.
One woman faces very tough decisions in light of a high-risk pregnancy. Amalah weighs in.
You’re at Week 35 in your pregnancy. We’ve reached that point in the pregnancy where prenatal care is increased. Yep, more visits to your OB or midwife.
How to handle situations when you disagree with your own family members over parenting choices. When it is worth making it an issue and when to let it go.
With the trend for heels without stockings being ubiquitous now, we’re sure there’s an increase in the incidence of those pesky blisters. What’s a woman to do?
Amy helps out a reader headed to the WHITE HOUSE to accept an award.
So. Does everyone have their Birth Plan written up yet? Have you typed it? Double-spaced it? Printed up back-up copies and filed one with the county courthouse and gotten one notarized?
We still have a few more weeks of open-toed shoe weather, right? RIGHT?
I have to admit that the first time I read this question I frantically zeroed in on the Back button and got the hell away from it, once I realized what it was about. It took a few days before I was able to go back and really read it. And then it took a few days after that before I realized I just couldn’t answer it. Not by myself, anyway.
Tell me the make and model of both your carseat and car, and a definitive-ish yes/no/ehhhh on how well it fits.
OKAY. FINE. HOSPITAL BAG PACKING TIME.
People have been begging for this one, and while I intended to save it until the week that I, you know, actually packed my hospital bag, apparently a whole lot of you prefer to be proactive and pack it super early. Or else you just plan to obsess about it for five or six more weeks. (That I kind of actually relate to.)
Dear Amy, I’ve been reading Amalah for years — pre-Noah (your first child). I remember you posting one day that you had quit breastfeeding, including pictures of all the pump parts / accessories that you were throwing away. At the time, this was meaningless to…
Dear Amalah, I just returned home from a LOVELY tropical vacation (wait, scratch that, I should be courting your sympathy here)…uh, a very long and taxing journey. And while unpacking I discovered that two of my favorite eyeshadows shattered in my luggage. The compacts are…
You’re at Week 32 of your pregnancy. We’re discussing possible false labor and how you shouldn’t ever feel silly or foolish for calling your doctor after hours.