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Gaining Too Much Weight During Pregnancy

May 08, 2012   Kristen   8 Comments
The vision of the pregnant godess gets me down!

    The good old days of “you’re eating for two” have been replaced by prenatal Pilates and magazines dubbed “Fit Pregnancy,” featuring articles like: “Jog into your 7-month!” As if it wasn’t enough that we have to compare ourselves to supermodels and celebrities when we’re not pregnant, now we have to compare ourselves to

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The Year of the Water Dragon

January 23, 2012   Kristen   2 Comments
The dragon is the only mythical animal in the Chinese zodiac, seperate the myths from facts about this year of the Water Dragon!

Happy Lunar New Year!  As a Momma with a penchant for Chinese astrology (check out this post on the Chinese Gender Calendar) and a baby water dragon on the way, I wanted to set the record straight about this year’s zodiac animal.  So, the question that begs to be answered: Is the year of the

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Does the Chinese Gender Chart Work?

January 11, 2012   Kristen   12 Comments
The Chinese calendar is based on the phases of the moon. Can you harness this knowledge to get the baby boy or girl you want?

As promised, here is MyMommaToldMe’s second installment of influencing the gender of your baby!  We already went over the scientifically-based Shettle’s method and now let’s discuss the astrologically-based Chinese method: the Chinese Gender Prediction Chart/Calendar.  So, bottom line, does it work?  There are claims that run from 50% all the way to 98% accuracy rates. 

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Beyonce’s Baby Blue

January 09, 2012   Kristen   4 Comments
It's refreshing to hear a celebrity having a c-section!

Who is B.I.C.?  An artist featured on Jay-Z’s latest single “Glory”?  No!  It’s Beyonce and Jay-Z’s little bundle of joy: Blue Ivy Carter, who just arrived this past weekend!  It’s been reported that Beyonce had Blue via c-section and the couple paid $1.3 to rent out an entire wing of the Lennox Hill Hospital in

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Can you choose the gender of your baby?

December 02, 2011   Kristen   21 Comments
Choosing to have a boy or a girl may be as easy as timing the time in your cycle that you have sex!

“When you are pregnant, the only thing you should care about is that your baby is born healthy.”  Oh, how many times have you heard that pretentious line when venting about how you’d really love to have a boy!  As if you’re the only mom-to-be that ever pined away for a specific sex baby!  Certainly,

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Trying to Conceive

November 29, 2011   Kristen   7 Comments
We have decided to expand our family!

“Brother AND sister, brother AND sister, brother AND sister!”  This is what Kysen chants happily as he skips across the room, whenever we ask him (very seriously and emphasizing the “OR”), “Kysen, do you want a brother or a sister?”  It’s such a cute scene in so many ways!  First, there is the insane fact

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