Pregnancy

More women are smoking marijuana during pregnancy, but is it safe?

Another gorilla pregnant at Philadelphia Zoo, due in summer

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Children's Health

Study: Obese parents, including dads, linked with developmental delays in children

What you'll need when you bring baby home from the hospital

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Woman allegedly pays way through college by selling positive pregnancy tests

Penn study: There's now a faster medically proven way to induce labor

Katie's gift guide: Essential picks for babies and parents

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Bradley Cooper is having a baby

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Losing the baby weight: Working out and shedding 45 pounds after delivery

Dreams and reality: What do nighttime visions reveal about our nature?

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Poems that honor the postpartum body following loss

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The joys of breastfeeding: How my son gave me one of the greatest gifts of motherhood

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A few things this first-time mother discovered during 30 hours of labor and delivery

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A thank-you note to my newborn son

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Packing for the hospital: what to bring for labor and delivery

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Analysis shows sharp spike in Pa. newborns hospitalized due to opioid abuse

The waiting game: Frustration and anticipation when baby does not arrive on the due date

Last-minute decisions before the baby arrives: Cord blood banking, SIDS monitors and circumcision

Five things I wish I knew before my pregnancy

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Exercise and pregnancy: Overcoming fatigue and satisfying the desire to stay active

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Delivery room drama: party or private?

Pregnancy and iron deficiency

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Hillary and Donald are hot baby names right now

An expecting mother and the Zika virus

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Traveling abroad when pregnant: Part II

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Traveling abroad when pregnant: Part I

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When the baby dies: Advice for birth doulas who companion the bereaved

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Study: Exercise beneficial for mom and baby during pregnancy

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Knitting memories: Creating priceless presents for future generations

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Buying non-maternity clothes while expecting

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My nontraditional baby shower

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A terrible match: My pregnancy and my migraines

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A terrible match: My pregnancy and my migraines

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Listen to your body: Our family’s #1 food rule

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Announcing a pregnancy – to tell or not to tell?

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Consumer Reports Ratings: Best mosquito repellants to protect against Zika virus

No place like home: a Jersey Girl is moving back east

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Four natural methods to help avoid mosquito exposure

Exorcism, being feminine, and the mystery of death

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With baby on the way, it's goodbye Tito's, hello mocktails!

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Screaming to sleep, Part One & Two: The moral imperative to end 'cry it out'

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Children's Health

Preparing my pet for my new infant

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Nutrition with a side of fries

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