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I echo what everyone else is saying. Envy. People who take digs at you are deeply envious. Manmohini

Veterans of past labor, I need to decide quickly which classes to take this month and next. I am very confused over which of these two methods works better and will suit me best. If all goes well, I will be having natural vaginal birth, but in the hospital. Please share experiences. A few...

Ugh. More power to you. I've given up completely on push-ups, using the nice convenient excuse that I'm pregnant. As for the round ligament pain, I'm 26 weeks, but I haven't experienced that yet. Sorry I can't help you there. I do have a slight pinch in the sciatic area, but I have noticed...

I agree that Cardio & Weights is pretty good later in pregnancy. I also love Low Impact Circuit (although a few exercises lying on the back need to be modified). It's not too exhausing--gives you decent cardio and that cut look we like in arms and legs. I have scaled back tremendously on...

Thanks Nancy and B&G, I will definitely be checking out Jubb's and Vatan's next summer when I'm in NYC. B&G, I know what you mean about Au Bon Pain being your town's definition of health food. What city is that anyways? People around here think Panera is the healthy alternative to fast...

Yes, Beauty and Grace, I have been to the co-op in Park Slope. In fact, my husband used to work there in his earlier days when the co-op was starting out. My mother-in-law, before she moved to Florida, was fiercely loyal to the co-op and wouldn't shop anywhere else. She lived in Brooklyn all...

I hate to be a downer, but you might check out Mary Ann Mason's "Mothers on the Fast Track" (2007, Cambridge University Press). As a professional woman and soon-to-be mother, I can testify to how impossibly backwards (and anti-woman) policies are in most workplaces in America. It seems we...

Brooklyn is the place to be. Nancy, I looked at your profile and noticed you're from there. I stay in Brooklyn for at least a month or two every summer, either in the Heights or in the Park Slope area (I love New York City--I'd move there if I could afford it). New York City always impresses...

You can create sun-dried tomatoes and use them later in the winter for a great, rich sauce! Manmohini

I can see Erica's point about judgmentalism. I myself have been a vegan and a clean eater for years. I don't take sugar, alcohol, caffeine, boxed goods, canned goods, frozen goods, fast foods, etc. Everything in our household is prepared from fresh whole foods. I exercise regularly, and...

Steph, Thanks for reminding us to post. I am 25+ weeks along, and oddly enough for the past two weeks I've had a burst of energy. Still, though, I have slowed down considerably in my workouts and I moderate whenever needed. I figure that any movement, however small, is better than sitting in...

I agree with what everybody here says. You can do everything right and still have a miscarriage. Many women do and have, including me. For nearly twenty years, I haven't take caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, junk food, unclean food etc. While pregnant, I shielded myself from chemicals...

Second trimester for me. By about 5 months, it looked like I was getting a bump. At 4 months, it looked like I had gained a little belly weight. But yes, it's different for everyone. I just popped out terrificly in the last two weeks now that I've reached 6 1/2 months. Manmohini

I never changed my name because I like my name. Besides, I had already built a career with my name. Also, my husband is the son of a strong, hip, black feminist (in her 80's), and he never had an issue with my independence one way or the other. I never wanted children either. But at 40...

It must be the hormones. I have never, ever had the problem of being hungry when I work out, but now I do. I'm 6 months pregnant. I feel hungry a lot these days, even when I wake up in the morning. I'm certainly eating and gaining, so I can't understand this. But as I said, before...

Hi, I'm 24 weeks. I don't have the pain, but I have noticed a darkened shadow forming around my belly button. Weird. Do you have one of those as well? Manmohini

Last year, I had a mc at 13 weeks and felt very devastated and aggrieved. Since I was dealing with a midwife, my first apppointment was not until then, and she discovered no heartbeat. (All along, I thought I was blissfully pregnant). The midwife drew blood over a period of two days and...

Like Dianne, I too had severe panic attacks in my twenties. One time, I even ended up in the emergency room because I was convinced I was dying. At the time I was married to a man who was a news junkie. Every night, newscasts would blare inside our apartment and every morning, newspapers...

I am thinking of purchasing a new car on the American market, the 2007 Honda Fit. I never buy new cars, so this is a big deal for me. I would love to hear opinions from anyone who drives this car. Please tell me the good along with the bad. The car looks perfect to me, so I am concerned that...

Eek! Sounds like I take the award for weight gain this month. From weeks 19-23, I packed on 8 pounds! Of course, the whole four weeks I was travelling in New York City and Europe--eating out every night, rich foods, carbohydrate heavy foods, very few vegetables, too many desserts. You get...