Clockwise from top left: B.Y.O.G. (Bring Your Own Gown) in Appletini, $95 Ms. & Mrs. Labor & Delivery Survival Kit, $45 Rosy Glow Baby Your Face Facial Treatment Wipes, $16 This Works Turbo Balm for the Lips, $12 C-Panty Classic Incision Care After-Ceasarian Underwear in White …
By Lora Shinn With today’s advances in technology, waiting for birth announcements via snail mail seems so 1988. Now you can instantly share baby’s specs—name, height, weight—and maybe even photos, video, and sound in several geek-chic ways. Blog it: Set up a pregnancy and baby …
Your birth partner plays an important role in the delivery of your baby. To help keep nerves calm and focus high—as well as let him know his presence means a lot—prepare a hospital bag full of goodies for him. Gift wrap it and present it two or three weeks before your deliver. Here’s what …
By Dawn Papandrea Every night, 6:30 p.m. was the “witching hour”—the time when my infant son would begin crying uncontrollably. I’m not talking about “feed me” and “change me” cries—I quickly became a pro at addressing those. This was a whole other kind of crying, for which …
Photography by John RussoStyling by Sarah Stanley On Location at the Ritz-Carlton, Marina Del Rey Pregnancy magazine: When is the baby due? Laila Ali: I don’t put a due date on the baby, whenever he’s ready to come out. Have you had any cravings? I’ve always had a sweet tooth …
By Cynthia Ramnarace Being awakened by a crying newborn night after night takes a toll. But parents take comfort in knowing baby will eventually sleep through the night—and that they will, too. But what about obstetricians, who spend their nights attending births? Have you wondered how …
By Christy Rippel If you met your ob/gyn over coffee rather than a pair of stainless steel stirrups, she’d probably let you in on some doctor secrets she doesn’t share with every pregnant patient. “With girlfriends, my advice can be a little different because I know them well and …
By Meagan Francis It’s no wonder pregnancy makes some women nervous. Life is about to change in a huge way, and, in the meantime, there’s a baby growing inside whose well-being she feels utterly responsible for. And, of course, that child is going to have to come out somehow! Whether …
By Erin Gifford Pregnancy is a full-time job, which makes it tough when you’re also working an actual full-time job. Juggling meetings and deadlines with doctor’s visits and morning sickness is a struggle, but you can get through 40 weeks and still make the most of your 40 working hours. …
Elliott at 4 months By Claire Smith I planned a lot when I was expecting. So did my husband. We subscribed to all the magazines and read every possible published word on pregnancy. I knew the inner workings of each aspect of human gestation. We organized and charted and worked on getting our …
