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Build Roller Coasters With K’Nex Thrill Ride Sets

When your family goes to an amusement park, do your kids make a beeline for the highest, loopiest, most hfastest roller coasters they can find?For little ones who love to throw their hands up and enjoy the ride, K’Nex has a line of building sets that will spark their imaginations while giving them a hands-on lesson in construction and architecture.The K’Nex Thrill Ride Roller Coaster Building Sets include motors to blast …

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The Trick to Getting Off the Weight Loss Roller Coaster

How many people do you know that are trying to lose weight? So many people want to lose weight. They want to shed pounds, feel better, look better, get fit and so on. People will buy books about it, join a gym, complain to their co-workers about it, buy products, consult with doctors, try new diets, try new pills, and try a new exercise program. And yet, they dont lose weight or they do …

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Giving Birth To Someone Else’s Triplets: The Emotional Roller Coaster

It took me a little longer than expected to write the second half (see link to first half below) of the triplets birth story because, frankly, getting things back to normal around here has been difficult. Here I am recovering from major surgery to remove three babies from inside me. My husband could only take a few days off work and once he went back, it was just me and my four children. I had no help, and I had four children depending on me to feed them, change them, bathe them, and provide meals and snacks. I was unbearably sore at times and experiencing emotional highs and lows from wacky hormones. I was an absolute mess. But more on that laterback to where I left off, in recovery after the c-section.

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How to Use a QuickVue Pregnancy Test

If you suspect you’re pregnant, you’re probably on an emotional roller coaster. It’s important to take a test to confirm your suspected pregnancy as soon as possible. The sooner you know, the sooner you can begin considering your options or start your prenatal care. Use the test with your very first urination of the day. First-morning urination has the highest levels of the pregnancy hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG. The QuickVue pregnancy tests detects the presence of hCG in your urine to determine pregnancy.