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After near-death swine flu experience, one mom gets her toddlers the swine flu vaccine

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Last summer, one CafeMom personally endured a swine flu horror story at 34 weeks pregnant. Although, she and her now four-month old daughter Molly are fine today, they both survived a flu-driven nightmare no family ever…

Side Effects of Birth Control Shots

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By Heather Rutherford The birth control shot is an injectable dose of progesterone that works to prevent pregnancy for 12 weeks at a time. By brand name, this shot is called Depo-Provera. While birth control shots are fairly good at preventing pregnancy, upward of 97 percent, there are always risks…

"My Baby Will Get the Swine Flu Vaccine"

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A CafeMom friend asked me the other day why the Daily Buzz is talking about the swine flu so much. Really good question! I had to think on that a bit.

It has nothing to do with being pro or con, but rather confusion over the mixed messages about the risks from the vaccine…

Bulimia, Balding & 6 Other Secrets About The Pill

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This is what we've known from the get-go: that the pill is good for people who want to avoid babies and menstrual cramps. This is what we've learned in the years since: that the pill is not so good for people who are scared of developing blood clots and dying of a stroke.

Yasmin User Forum

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I started a Yasmin User Forum because I wanted to have a place where other women who have suffered from

Is Exercising That Important?

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They say it is but why? Who pays these people to tell us that good health and exercise are important? The health industry is a $500 billion dollar industry and growing. Think about it. You exercise and you exercise and what do you have to show for your results sore back, bad knees, messed...

Infertility Diaries: I'm Bringing Sexy Back...

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...But not until sometime in 2009 (probably). Infertility is a lot of things. Emotional? Yes. Trying? Uh huh. Stressful? Most Definitely. Annoying? Amen! Sexy? Um, not so much. The first six months after we decided to throw caution to the wind, things weren't much different (meaning: good) in...

Infertility Diaries: Activia: I Love You

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Do You Talk About Your Bowels? I do. I will openly discuss the State of the Bowels, and would be happy to televise the conversation like the State of the Union. And sadly, I think that more people would watch the State of the Bowels. I mean, if you are going to cut into Grey's Anatomy, there...

Infertility Diaries: The Newest Swear Word

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I’ve always wondered about swear words. Like, who decided which words were swear words? Who came up with the acceptable substitutes? Because I find that darn, crap, fudge, and butthole just don’t have the same pizzazz as their more naughty originals. I would like to throw another word out there...

Infertility Diaries: Overstimulated, Underwhelmed.

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When I left the RE office after my retrieval, I was given a print out describing OHSS Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome. From all the fertility drugs, y our ovaries get really big, you accumulate fluid in your abdomen, nausea, vomiting, etcetera. If it is severe, you may be sent to the hospital....