Let me begin first by congratulating my sis-in-law who recently gave birth to her first baby this week.  Having being there for her during her maternity stories, hospital concerns and first time mom jitters became my incentive for writing this post.  How soon have I too forgotten the cravings, anxiety and emotional ups and downs I had experienced during my pre and post pregnancy stages, that no books and/or prenatal classes had prepared me for.

So if you are planing or expecting your first child, this post is for you…here’s the top items that “No One Tells You Before and After Giving Birth”

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Salmonella potential prompts cucumber recall

A North Carolina produce company has issued a recall for cucumbers because they could be contaminated with salmonella.

Raleigh-based L&M Companies, Inc. said it distributed 1,590 bulk cartons of the cucumbers in question between March 30 and April 7 to New York, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Nebraska. Texas and Wyoming.

The recalled cartons are marked Nature’s Delight and contain the Lot # PL-RID-002990 on the side of the carton. Only this one lot is being recalled.

Stay tuned for more details.

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Will this change your feelings about alcohol and pregnancy? Or will a pregnant woman holding a glass of red wine still set off your alarm bells? – yes, talking to you

You be the judge.

Gotcha!!  Last month, paparazzi caught Actress, Kate Hudson drinking – which appears to be red wine – while pregnant with her second child.  Kate is amongst a few moms-t0-be who feel that drinking a little somethin’-somethin’ is quiet alright.  Well is it really? according to a study released in The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests this it might be just fine.

Researchers at University College in London concluded that the children of women who drank “lightly” — meaning up to one to two drinks a week — during pregnancy did no worse on cognitive tests at age 5 than children of mothers who did not drink at all. Actually, they did slightly better on the tests, which included things like “naming vocabulary,” “picture similarities” and “pattern construction.”

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The latest trend in maternity over sharing is happening on YouTube, called  “WombTube” — expectant moms, revealing their positive pregnancy tests in public video clips. And it doesn’t stop there. Many of the women who choose to record themselves dipping a stick in their own urine and then post it for the world to see continue to vlog their pregnancy in weekly installments. From bump growth to cravings, it’s all out there.  Here’s one vlog we thought you may find tasteful or distasteful…you be the judge.

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Is Tyra Banks hinting that she be pregnant already?

During a recent appearance on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, the 37-year-old America’s Next Top Model host said that she’s ready to start a family with boyfriend, John Utendahl, very soon, and even hinted that they’ve already started the uh… process!

“I definitely want babies,” Banks told host Piers Morgan on Wednesday (April 6).

When Piers asked Tyra if she was “trying to have a baby,” the former supermodel coyly replied, “Yeah, maybe.”

But don’t expect to spot the current Harvard Business School student sporting an engagement ring before you see her with a baby bump.

Like many other celeb moms, Tyra’s not hung up on the idea of being married prior to having children, telling Morgan, “I don’t think it’s necessarily necessary.”

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