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Why I dislike, “To Become Pregnant” Magazine

So it has been a long while since I had been to my fertility doctors office. After the IVF failed in August due to a lack of viable embryos (see Our Journey blog post) my husband and I decided to take a break from fertility. The very next month I needed surgery to remove my gallbladder, a result of a type of birth control pill I was on and all of the pregnancies I had. Then in November I surprisingly and unintentionally got pregnant naturally and went in to see my fertility doctor only to miscarry on Thanksgiving Day.

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What Do Tanning Beds Do to You?

Tanning is popular because people associate a bronzed body with health and beauty. More than 30 million people tan indoors; most of them are women between the ages of 16 and 20. Using a tanning bed before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma (skin cancer) by 75 percent.

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JFK's Sister, Humanitarian Eunice Kennedy Shriver Died

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of John F. Kennedy, died Tuesday at the age of 88 in Hyannis, Massachusettes. Shriver was born in Brookline, Massachusettes July 10, 1921 and was the 5th of 9 children. Her siblings include political figures John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy. Shriver continued her family’s legacy by founding the Special Olympics in her own backyard in 1962.