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Getty | istetianaGetty | istetianaPregnancy can be a time of great joy and excitement, but it can also be a period of infinitely increased anxiety. Everywhere you look, you’re inundated by information about how best to set your new baby up for lifelong health and happiness, and the sheer volume of intel can be overwhelming. One consideration that often comes up — especially in social media ads, if the algorithm is wise to your pregnancy — is whether or not to engage in a practice called “cord blood banking.”Cord blood banking refers to the practice of saving and storing blood…
Stocknap /Stocknap /Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission.When you get pregnant, there’s so much to think about — and luckily, there are pregnancy apps that can help you keep tabs on all of it. There are pregnancy apps that help you track the baby’s growth. Pregnancy apps that give you info about what changes you should be making to your eating routine, beauty products, and physical activities. Pregnancy apps that show you 3D pics of what your baby looks like at each stage of your pregnancy.…
Greg Gayne/NetflixGreg Gayne/NetflixIt took me six months to get pregnant with my third child, and it couldn’t have come soon enough. I had a second-trimester miscarriage with twins beforehand, and while you can’t replace what you’ve lost, my husband and I knew that we really wanted to expand our family. So when a friend recommended that we try Mucinex to get pregnant after months of trying, I decided to give it a go. My friend Sarah — who swears this is how she got pregnant with her second child — explained it to me this way: you take Mucinex while…
Getty | JGI / Jamie GrillGetty | JGI / Jamie GrillOne of the most nerve-wracking parts of pregnancy is learning about — and preparing for — labor. That’s partially because there are so few accurate depictions of labor in media and pop culture. The ones that exist often skip from “Is that a contraction?” to “It’s time to push!” to a healthy baby. As a result, people may have questions about when and how to push during labor, exactly.A little helpful background: there are three main “stages” of birth. The first stage includes early and active labor, running from the…
Getty | Ekaterina Vasileva-BaglerGetty | Ekaterina Vasileva-BaglerLast month on “The Bachelor,” a contestant, Lexi Young, surprised viewers by choosing to prematurely leave the show because she and bachelor Joey Graziadei weren’t on the same timeline when it came to children. Young had been open about her endometriosis diagnosis and said at the time, “Because I have endometriosis, having children is going to be a lot more difficult.” It was refreshing to see endometriosis be discussed on such a large platform, because the truth of the matter is, for many dating with chronic illness, these conversations are happening all the time.Endometriosis…
Getty | Vera LivchakGetty | Vera LivchakI’ve been waffling for a long time about having a third and final baby. Even as I write this, my mind moves simultaneously through two different futures, and I get anxious trying to map out which one is right. In truth, they are more like future tenses: the one that will happen and the one that could have. That’s because, no matter how much my heart aches at the thought of it, I’m done having kids. I’ve decided it, and my husband wholeheartedly agrees. That window is shut. But, every so often, I feel…
Getty | Catherine Falls CommercialGetty | Catherine Falls CommercialAs unfun as it may be in the moment, telling a child “no” is a big part of teaching them how to navigate the world. But not all parents set those boundaries. A permissive parenting style will allow kids to get away with what they want, when they want. “We inherently know when a child has done something wrong or something that we need to stop or to guide,” says parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith, author of “Gentle Discipline.” Yet permissive parents will let it happen, either because they’re not sure what to…
Getty | MaskotGetty | MaskotAfter a busy weekend, Kayla Dickhoff and her husband head back to work each Monday morning. But her six kids stay at home, relaxing and finishing up homework, with the older ones looking after the younger ones. “We use Monday as a catch-up and a refresh, like a breather day after a weekend,” she says. They can do this because their district in Belgrade, MN, is on a four-day school week. Dickhoff loves it. “I hope we never, ever have to go back to five days,” she says. Fortunately for her, it’s unlikely they ever will.…