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• Acupuncture Might Help You Get Pregnant

  This might be some good news for people struggling to get pregnant: acupuncture, administered shortly after embryos have been implanted, might actually boost the chances of a viable pregnancy. The bad news is that it's acupuncture and, therefore, slightly fringe. (The good news response to that close-minded, Western-medicine-centric statement is that the study of acupunture's effects on fertility treatments is actually being done by scientists.) Where were we? Right. The findings are far from conclusive, but here's what the researchers are thinking:   Read More... Posted Feb 08 2008, 01:53 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy test, IVF, infertility, embryo, pregnancy tips, fertility, fertility issues, pregnancy issues, pregnancy tests, pregnancy worries, pregnancy loss, fertility treatments, alternative therapy, acupuncture

• The Continuing Momification of Dads

  The feminization of American men, a trend that encourages men to act more like women, has finally seeped into the world of parenting in what I call the Momification of Dads. Momification may sound like a procedure wherein a long hook is used to pull the testicles out through the nose after which they are replaced with scented bath oil beads but in reality 1) the testicles are replaced with goldfish crackers and 2) it is actually a process that oftentimes begins as early as in the delivery room. Read More... Posted Jan 14 2008, 05:01 PM by makeitadouble with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, pregnant, pregnancy tips, momification of dads, hospital bag, feminization of men

• Kimberley Williams Paisley's Crackpot Pregnancy "Tips"

  Actress Kimberley Williams Paisley, of the wretched According to Jim, is expecting her first baby in February (dad is country singer Brad Paisley), and offering mamas-to-be her personal brand of "pregnancy tips" via her official website.  Williams-Paisley insists that sleeping with a bar of soap in your bed will prevent leg cramps.  No, not rubbing the soap on the cramp site, or even huffing it's intoxicating aroma while cramping - but merely having it in the bed will stop cramps before they start.  Has anyone ever heard of this?!  It cracks me up.  Williams-Paisley also extols the virtues of digestive and papaya enzymes to combat that famous pregnancy heartburn.  Read More... Posted Jan 30 2007, 10:35 AM by Alisyn with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, pregnancy tips, kimberly williams-paisley