Keep Your Teens’ Health in Check Joyce Stack of Fairless Hills, Penn., was anxious about her two children as they approached their teen years. Not just about driving, sex, drugs or any of the other well-publicized issues of teens. Instead, she worried that they might stop for pizza on the spur of the moment and …
Great Sex Matters When You’re Trying to Conceive By Jane Merrill “And as his seed sprang in her, his soul sprang towards her too, in the creative act that is far more than procreative.” – D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover Good sex makes likely conception is widespread in folklore, as is the idea a woman …
Many pediatricians, OB/GYNs and family physicians lack knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding and do not have the necessary tools to advise women on breastfeeding concerns, says a report in the Journal of Perinatal Education. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recognizes the benefits and encourages their members to promote breastfeeding, but a recent survey …
Yasmeen Neuman says she made the mistake of rocking and staying with her oldest daughter, Eva Marie, until she fell asleep as a baby. This continued through her toddler years. “With my first one, I did everything wrong as a first-time parent,” says Neuman, who lives in Tampa, Fla. She says she spent at least …
When Sheila Gannon, from Denver, Colo., was 28 weeks pregnant she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She would need a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, not one of her siblings was a match and no one on the national registry was either. That left her one option: cord blood. After receiving chemotherapy treatments she received …
Understand the process. Don’t be embarrassed. Remain positive. Participate. Don’t be afraid to seek outside support. This advice is from a dad who has been there, done that: “that” being going through the process of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) with his wife. It was stressful and terrifying, but, ultimately, successful. The Waiting Room The thing that …
Sam was 18 years old when he had his first car accident. “It was a slippery, nasty night,” says his mother, Mary Robertson. “The wind was blowing. Visibility was OK, but it was very cold out. He hit some very hard packed snow that acted like a ramp, and he skidded into a large tree. …
Mental and Physical Preparation Are the Key It’s a week before my daughter is due, and my husband and I are frantically remodeling our laundry room. Since I obviously am not a good example of someone who, early on, succeeded in preparing for Baby, I’m doing what most expectant parents do – asking experienced parents …
By Margot Poss While the guidelines for defining special needs adoption vary by state, there appears to be a common link. According to the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, as many as 80 to 90 percent of all special needs adoptions are successful, with the great majority of special needs adoptions creating lasting families. Generally, the …
When Romance Rages? At 17, Amy Lucas* was a quiet girl who played flute in the marching band, participated in school government and starred in several drama club productions. She also had a boyfriend named Tommy* who often slapped her, pulled her hair and once forced her to have sex with him. “I never told …