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When Pregnancy Announcements Attack, Part III

Or, what to do when the bitterness starts to taste kind of good.


When Pregnancy Announcements Attack, Part II

More on navigating fertile vs. infertile friendships.


Dealing with Developmental-Delay Deniers

"My daughter is speech delayed. So why is my family arguing with me about it?"


Hiding a Pregnancy Until You're Ready to Tell

Get ready for three months of subterfuge and puking.


Playgroups, Pregnancies & the Pain of Secondary Infertility

Because there's no "Suck It Up" when your uterus just plain sucks.


Smackdown Updates IV: Botox, Wonky Periods & Depression

Not just your average cut-and-paste update-y job here, folks, if you'll indulge me by reading on. One extra-fascinating update, one request for advice as one girl's quest to maybe possibly get knocked up enters Chapter Two, and one email that...


The Every-Other-Month Cycle Blues

Hiya Amy, Since google is our best, and worst of friends...You are the one I thought to turn to regarding fertility, ovulation etc... I am 21, started having periods when I was 14-and they have continued to be pretty normal/regular...


Trying to Conceive: Irregular Periods After Birth Control

Oh Dear! Amy... I have a dilemma and I honestly have no one to turn to... I went on the pill when i was 17, switched to a different pill, and then a different... blaming weight gain and other things...


Trying to Conceive: Infertility Before Age 30

Dearest Amalah, I've been reading Amalah and the Smackdown for quite a while now and I'm hoping that maybe you can help me. I'm pretty sure you can relate to what I'm about to say. For many, many years I...


Trying to Conceive: When to Freak Out When You're Not Expecting

Thank you for all the trick-or-treating advice on Wednesday. We waited until we spotted some other trick-or-treaters, then left our bowl of candy on the stoop like several of you suggested while we both accompanied Noah, which was super-fun. Noah...


Because I Seriously Doubt Many Bunny Rabbits Have Under-Eye Dryness Problems

Amalah- I'm not much of a make-up type person. I've pretty much struggled with bad acne most of my life (like since age 9) but that's for another blog. Anyway, I've finally found a moisturizer I like and things are...


Matching entries from Pregnancy Calendar

Week Fifteen

Your Baby: Is as big as a...wait for it...beefsteak tomato! Doesn't that sound deliciously substantial? Am resisting urge to go pinch some produce as I type this. Has started "breathing" amniotic fluid in through its nose and respiratory tract, giving...


Week Four

Your baby is: Implanted snugly in the rich lining of your delicious uterus. Still less than a millimeter long. Seriously, a MILLIMETER. Go pull out a ruler and wrap your mind around that. I will wait. Okay, that little...


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Matching entries from Wonderland

Sex every day: would you do it?

So every week, while I'm writing my Wonderland column, Scott asks me if there's anything he can do to help. Every week I ask him what he could possibly do. Write it for me? Massage my feet while I write?...


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