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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

• Pregnant Women Afraid to Tell Their Worries

  Pregnancy can be such a weird time. Your body is hit by an ever-changing cornucopia of hormones plus all of a sudden you're not alone in your body at all but instead you're sharing it with someone. Then there are the expectations, yours and society's. And the fears and worries. Sure, you're excited, but... I had tons of fears when I was pregnant: fears of something going wrong, fears that I wouldn't be able to love the baby as much as the children I already had, fears I would suck as a mother. Apparently I'm not alone. A bunch of you weighed in over at Sarah's great post a few weeks ago on antepartum depression. And a new U.K. study reveals that moms-to-be worry about all sorts of things, but don't express those worries due to societal taboos.   Read More... Posted Aug 31 2007, 07:27 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, babies, postpartum depression, pregnancy worries