A trying-to-conceive mom needs strategies to help her during the two-week-pregnancy-confirmation-waiting window. She has lots of anxieties about utilizing her typical de-stressing strategies. We have some advice.
We are far less concerned about this expectant mom’s weight gain than we are about her feelings about her weight gain.
A reader asks whether it is safe to continue practicing hot yoga now that she’s pregnant.
A mom is returning to work full-time and will be leaving her toddler at daycare and is concerned that his reluctance to drink may increase there leading to dehydration. What can she do prevent these problems?
Kids will experience a myriad emotions growing up and it’s our job as parents to help them learn how to cope.
A first-time expectant mom asks how she can tell whether the mood swings she has been experiencing lately are normal . Or it is prenatal depression?
A mom is thinking of having a second baby but is concerned about the severe skin condition she experienced during her first pregnancy.
An expecting mom is having trouble being motivated to do anything and feels like a failure. Amalah gives her the advice and pep talk she needs to hear right now.
I’m pregnant, but I’m scared and unhappy all the time. I feel like the parts of me that aren’t sustaining a child are dying. And I don’t know how to fix it.
I’m 17 and pregnant. My family is wonderfully helpful…to the point that I’m afraid I won’t be allowed to raise my own baby! How can I ask them to back off without alienating my support system?
Should I get a tubal ligation done during my C-section? Or is that too much, all at once?
What kind of exercise is safe during pregnancy?
Information on the Glucose Challenge Test, the Glucose Tolerance Test and the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.
I’m worried something isn’t quite “right” with my daughter, but her school keeps finding excuses for not evaluating our concerns. Where do I turn for help?
If you’re pregnant and starting to find it difficult to get comfortable while you sleep, check out my review of pregnancy pillows. After all, these are the last few months of uninterrupted shut eye you have left!
I’m scared of gaining weight, but feel guilty about not gaining weight! Is this normal? How do I deal?
An update from one of our most memorable Advice Smackdown columns: The pregnant mom faced with a husband in rehab on her due date.
I love my daycare provider…but not her kid. What to do when there’s a bully in the playgroup. We have some advice.
My husband is an alcoholic…but if he goes to rehab he’ll miss the birth of our child. What should I do? We have some advice.
My breasts are leaking at five months pregnant! And leaking a LOT. Is this normal?
