#Fat Girl Friday on Twitter

This post is for anyone who’s ever said, “I’m fat,” who’d rather grab another bit of cheese and slurp down one extra glass of wine than embark on another low fat, low life, diet.

Fat Girl Friday, or #FatGirlFriday on Twitter, is spreading faster than our collective behinds. We asked guest blogger Becca Bernstein why she [...]

Bed rest blues…week four

I’m still pregnant, hooray!  Amniotic fluid levels according to this week’s ultrasound is in the high-normal range.  No signs of infection.  I’m IV free, I have “outside privileges” (a.k.a. I can go into the “yard.”)  Baby is approximately 2.2 lbs and I am 27 weeks.
On Friday, I was told I could go home on Sunday [...]

Bed rest blues, week one

As many of you know, my husband and I are expecting a bouncing baby boy in early January.  Or, at least that was the plan.
On September 13th  at 23 weeks pregnant, my water broke.  Not a full break.  It is more accurate to say that I’m leaking amniotic fluid.  The diagnostic term is Preterm Premature [...]

How safe is the swine flu shot for pregnant women?

No drug testing exists for pregnant women.  Why?  Because it’s deemed unethical.  What if something happens to the fetus?
This year, pregnant women across the U.S. are being told that they are in the highest risk group for the swine flu infection.  According to the Centers for Disease Control “Adverse pregnancy outcomes have been reported following [...]

Second Pregnancy- The halfway point

For those of you who have been following Mom2’s “The second time around” posts, I have a confession to make. I am Mom2. Me. Renee. Your friendly MTWer.
So far, this pregnancy has had its strange moments, but all seems to be well now. I’m off restricted duty and back to a normal life.
I’ve hit the [...]

Mom, did you ever text and drive?

photo credit: elle.johnson
My son asked me these questions last night.
“Have you ever got drunk?”  Yes.
“Has Dad ever got drunk?”  Yes.
“Did you get a tattoo? “  No, I replied.
“Doesn’t everyone who gets drunk get one?” he asked.  Not everyone, I replied.
Fastforward 25 years and I can imagine my grandchildren asking about other odd or risky [...]

My worst addiction could kill my kids or yours

I don’t drink when I drive.
I don’t smoke dope or do drugs when I drive (or any other time for that matter).
But I do have an even more dangerous habit. Like nearly all moms in my neighborhood, I talk and drive. All the time.
I think I don’t. I say I don’t.
But I do.
Yesterday, I was [...]

The second time around, part 2 The weird and the scary

“The second time around” is a journal of a second pregnancy.  Mom2 has a beautiful, energetic toddler.  Since only family and close friends currently know she’s pregnant, she’s keeping her identity under wraps until she’s ready to shout the great news from the roof tops at work, or until her belly gives it away for [...]

Endurance in the Face of Hormones

Women deserve a medal!
Isn’t it enough we endure periods, swinging hormones and childbirth?  Or that we turn into hormone-deprived brittle bags of bones after menopause?
No. Now a new study confirms brain fog in menopause is real. It’s that time in early menopause when remembering one’s … oh yeah, name …  is a challenge. And it [...]

Sad but true: 70% of working women have health insurance problems

Check out this chart.  It shows 70% of American adult women under 65 were uninsured, under-insured, had a problem with a health care bill or did not access health care that they needed.
Men and women have about equal coverage, says the new report by The Commonwealth Fund, but women have greater need. And too often, [...]