Wonder why our men experience “fake pregnancy symptoms” when we are pregnant?  Well, there’s actually a medical reason for that. The Today Show featured a segment this morning just for you expecting dads to talk about this phenonemon.

The Father’s brain changes when mom’s are pregnant, they too experience weight gain, nesting and develop morning sickness. Doctors have proven significant hormone changes in men that trigger sympathy pains and other symptoms, referred to as the Couvade Syndrome. Its just another way of making them feel that they are not crazy for the excess weight gain, but all in all they are just as nervous and anxious as moms-to-be!

Dads, its OK to be anxious when you are expecting your bundle of joy, soon-to-mother’s are nervous as well, since you are not alone in this new chapter of your life, just embrace it and enjoy the ride called parenting, its worth the wait!


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Oh no, not again! Over the past couple of months, Johnson & Johnson has recalled OTC (over-the-counter) infant and children’s Tylenol.  Now today, Johnson & Johnson has announced an expansion of an earlier recall of Children’s Tylenol Meltaways as well as several adult-strength meds.  This will make it the fourth recall from J&J this year!

Check out Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare recall website for more information, including the full recalled product list.

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From Monday, July 12 through Friday, July 16, Discovery Health is honoring babies.

For a complete program list check here.  Baby Week : Discovery Health.

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Actress, former queen talk show host and producer of the documentary The Business of Being Born (a must-see!), Ricki Lake appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” this morning.  Lake dished about her boys, life after talk show, finding love after divorce and her powerful book “Your Best Birth: Know all your options, discover the natural choices, and take back the birth experience”.

Ricki is an advocate for child birth choices and has team up with her friend, Abby Epstein, to discuss on air to promote the choices best for women during pregnancy.  Epstein mentioned that she had a VBAC Delivery (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) with her second child. As I and most woman may think that once you have had c-section you always a c-section, however Epstein and Lake both disagree, they both say that this is not the case and that is why the book was written “women should care about the process about giving birth and have access to choice.”

Your Best Birth is devoted to helping mothers “explore the full spectrum of choices you have in giving birth.” The authors, Lake and  define a “best birth” as “one where you feel empowered because you know all your options and are confident in the decisions you have made about your birth.”  They state, “we believe that you can place the health and well-being of your newborn as your highest priority and still have an optimal, empowering experience that is right for you both – whether that is in your bed, in your bathtub, in a hospital room, or on an operating table.”

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Take this day to conserve on energy and ease the waste and start by little things like, reuse the plastic shopping bags or be a tote lover like me…it will help the oceans in some small way.

PBS Kids and Nickelodeon are also joining in on the celebration, with themed episodes in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

What are you doing in honor of Earth Day?

 

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