Archive for the ‘Body & Health’ Category

The Happiest Time of the Year?

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Life Coach Gives Tips for Surviving Less Than Perfect Holidays For all the promise of joy, peace and harmony that comes with the holiday season, the reality for millions of people is that the season is anything but a celebration. For many, it’s a reminder of lost loved ones, personal disappointments and dreams left unfulfilled. [...]

Life After Heart Failure

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I almost died today. No, really, I know that sounds like the overly-dramatic opening to some tear-jerker chick flick, but in this case, it’s true. The sentence has been floating around in my head for the last 24 hours, not seeming any more real with each passing repetition. Just last night, I was cuddling with [...]

I’m A Mom!

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At 8:28 pm last night, I gave birth to a happy, healthy, humongous baby boy. He weighed in at 9 lbs, 7 oz, measured 22 inches in length, and scored a 9 on his Apgar tests. Kiddo is a tank – eating voraciously and wearing the 6 month onesies instead of newborn size clothing. I [...]

Topricin Offers Pregnancy Pain Relief

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Pregnancy has its ups and downs. Now well into my second trimester, I’ve felt the joys of kicks, seen my baby loud and clear on an ultrasound and started the nesting process. I’ve also seen my wardrobe shrink, lost sight of my toes and I’ve lost my ability to slip into any of my pumps [...]

Carlton Hotel NYC Offers Pampering Packages For The Ladies This Summer

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Travel to NYC can be pricey, but for those who want to soak in the Big Apple, worth every penny. However, New York travelers need to shop smart – hotel rooms can easily pop into the $300+ per night range and still be roach motels (in New York, you’re paying for the address, not necessarily [...]

Skincare Must Have: Natural Skin Shop 18actives skin nectar

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I have extremely sensitive skin (as you’ve no doubt read in countless posts), so I’m always looking for cosmetics, skin care products, hair care products, and even home and laundry products that won’t leave me covered in hives or completely broken out. Skin lotions seem to be a particular challenge – whether it’s because the [...]

The Joys Of Early Pregnancy: Welcome, Morning Sickness

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So the initial shock of impending motherhood has worn off. The excitement starts to replace the anxiety. I’ve stopped running spreadsheets evaluating our income and trying to find money to budget for a baby – and all of the associated costs that come with having a child, from birth and pediatricians to college savings. And [...]

The News: Day 37

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After spending oh so much time perfecting my “I’m No June Cleaver” image with friends, family, colleagues, and online buddies, I’m shocked, pleased, anxious, nervous, and thrilled to announce that one little line changed my life today. And by line, I mean that one little line through the plastic window of a home pregnancy test [...]

Wacoal Celebrates 11 Years of FI(GH)T FOR THE CURE® With Special Fitting Event At Macys

Customers Receive Complimentary Bra Fitting While Helping Find a Cure for Breast Cancer and Sign Up for Monthly Self Breast Exam Reminder MIAMI, FL – February 22, 2011 – Eight out of ten women do it every day – they put on the wrong size bra and don’t even know it. Having the perfect look [...]

Glamour Survey Reveals 97% of Women Admit To Having At Least One “I Hate My Body” Moment In A Day

In a stunning new survey done exclusively by Glamour, young women recorded an average of 13 brutal thoughts about their bodies each day (some had as many as 35, 50 or even 100!). 300 women of all sizes from across the country were asked to note every negative or anxious thought they had about their [...]