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Were You Born on Leap Day? Learn All About “Leaplings!”

Imagine celebrating your Sweet Sixteen at the age of 64? Or having to use a fake birthday for online forms because the computer won’t accept your actual day of birth? This is the reality for many people born on February 29 – a date that comes along only once every four years. Called “leapers” or “leaplings,” these are individuals who were born on the extra day in February that happens in a leap year.

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How to Balance Children and Technology

In the modern age of texts, tweets, and status updates, it is of utmost importance that parents maintain open lines of face-to-face, soul-to-soul communication with their children. This does not mean resisting a highly technological world that is not going away, but rather continually exploring new ways to connect with one another both on and beyond the keyboard.

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Fetal Doppler and Safety

The fetal Doppler–more commonly called an “ultrasound”–allows doctors and parents to take a peek at what’s inside the uterus. Doctors typically order an ultrasound only a few times throughout the pregnancy. More recently, for-profit organizations have started creating keepsake videos of the fetal ultrasound, including 3-D techniques that allow you to see what your baby will look like. Naturally, you may be concerned about the safety of a fetal Doppler.

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Easiest Time of the Month to Get Pregnant

Though it may seem like everyone around you gets pregnant the minute they decide to have a baby, there’s actually only a small amount of time that you can get pregnant each month–less than 24 hours. If you are trying to get pregnant–or want to use natural methods to avoid pregnancy–you need to learn how to pinpoint the time when you are most likely to get pregnant.