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Smoking While Pregnant

Smoking during pregnancy is more than an unhealthy habit. It can cause serious complications for the mother, such as placental abruption, as well as lifelong complications for the baby. Cigarettes contain more than 4,000 toxic chemicals including cyanide, lead and numerous cancer-causing compounds, such as nicotine. These chemicals pose dangerous health risks that every mother should take seriously.

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Vegetable Stock Recipe

Vegetable stock is a wonderful thing to have on hand in the house. It adds lots of flavor to soups, and tastes great when added to rice. You can replace the liquid in many dishes for vegetable stock yielding a deeper rich flavor.But cartons of pre-made vegetable stock can be expensive, especially if you opt for the organic varieties, and its very easy and inexpensive to make yourself at home.Thanksgiving will be …

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Secondary Infertility: All Your Questions Answered

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week, a week dedicated to talking openly about infertility and the impact it has on millions of men and women worldwide. For my first post of the week, I have decided to write about Secondary Infertility, a taxing emotional and physical reality for millions of couples.

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How to Get Pregnant Without Having Sex

While sexual intercourse is the method most women use to get pregnant, other options exist. Artificial insemination is a procedure that can help a woman conceive without having sex. Although this method can be costly, it offers an alternative to couples with fertility problems, as well as providing homosexual couples and single women with parenting possibilities.

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Irregular Breathing in Babies

Taking care of a baby is a big responsibility. Whether the baby is your child or someone else’s, any time a baby begins to breathe irregularly, it is a scary experience. Several situations cause babies to develop irregular breathing. Understanding what they are and how to handle them will give you confidence in how to handle it when it happens.