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The active phase of labor is complete when your cervix is open wide enough to accommodate the baby’s head (about ten centimeters, or four inches) or there is full or complete dilation. Around this time, you will likely feel a strong u...
By Anita M. Schimizzi, Ph.D.
Time and again, research suggests that parental conflict is a strong predictor of how children will do following parental separation and divorce. Parents’ ability to cooperatively co-parent without e...
Cesarean Section: What to Expect
If you are giving birth by cesarean section, whether planned or not, the process will start in an operating room, where you will usually receive spinal or epidural anesthesia to make you complete...
When is appropriate to give your child chocolate? What are the benefits and disadvantages to giving babies chocolate, and how much should they have? What are some good ways to let babies enjoy chocolate? We’re answering these question...
The third stage of labor is everything that happens after the baby is born, the part of childbirth that doesn’t make it to the movies. The delivery of the placenta, the most taboo part of childbirth, encompasses the third stage of lab...
Drinking robbed me of my ability to clearly understand and feel my kids
I have a memory when I asked my very pregnant friend, Molly, if she was going to take drugs during her de...
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Marijuana and the Mamas: Pro-Tips for Pregnant and New Moms
By Sophie Dila
This one goes out to all the expecting and new moms! With more and more states legalizing marijuana use, it’s time to get talkin...