Talk breast cancer with Suze Orman

This event was canceled because Suze Orman had an emergency appendectomy.
You can wish her a speedy recovery at http://twitter.com/suzeormanshow
I had my own brush with breast cancer this week. The mildest brush. The brush of fear. A callback after a wonky mammogram. I got the all-clear but I felt paralyzed with fear for the days before.
Why? [...]

Stand up and stretch to save a life

Bonnie Bernstein survived a blood clot. She had no idea that she was experiencing symptoms of DVT. “After all, I’ve worked out my entire life, eat well, rarely drink alcohol, and don’t smoke,” she wrote.
But David Bloom, NBC news correspondent, wasn’t so lucky.
He died in Iraq in the “sand-blown heat of war.”
But he didn’t [...]

#Fat Girl Friday on Twitter

This post is for anyone who’s ever said, “I’m fat,” who’d rather grab another bit of cheese and slurp down one extra glass of wine than embark on another low fat, low life, diet.

Fat Girl Friday, or #FatGirlFriday on Twitter, is spreading faster than our collective behinds. We asked guest blogger Becca Bernstein why she [...]

Bed rest blues…week four

I’m still pregnant, hooray!  Amniotic fluid levels according to this week’s ultrasound is in the high-normal range.  No signs of infection.  I’m IV free, I have “outside privileges” (a.k.a. I can go into the “yard.”)  Baby is approximately 2.2 lbs and I am 27 weeks.
On Friday, I was told I could go home on Sunday [...]

Bed rest blues, week one

As many of you know, my husband and I are expecting a bouncing baby boy in early January.  Or, at least that was the plan.
On September 13th  at 23 weeks pregnant, my water broke.  Not a full break.  It is more accurate to say that I’m leaking amniotic fluid.  The diagnostic term is Preterm Premature [...]

How safe is the swine flu shot for pregnant women?

No drug testing exists for pregnant women.  Why?  Because it’s deemed unethical.  What if something happens to the fetus?
This year, pregnant women across the U.S. are being told that they are in the highest risk group for the swine flu infection.  According to the Centers for Disease Control “Adverse pregnancy outcomes have been reported following [...]

Second Pregnancy- The halfway point

For those of you who have been following Mom2’s “The second time around” posts, I have a confession to make. I am Mom2. Me. Renee. Your friendly MTWer.
So far, this pregnancy has had its strange moments, but all seems to be well now. I’m off restricted duty and back to a normal life.
I’ve hit the [...]

Mom, did you ever text and drive?

photo credit: elle.johnson
My son asked me these questions last night.
“Have you ever got drunk?”  Yes.
“Has Dad ever got drunk?”  Yes.
“Did you get a tattoo? “  No, I replied.
“Doesn’t everyone who gets drunk get one?” he asked.  Not everyone, I replied.
Fastforward 25 years and I can imagine my grandchildren asking about other odd or risky [...]

My worst addiction could kill my kids or yours

I don’t drink when I drive.
I don’t smoke dope or do drugs when I drive (or any other time for that matter).
But I do have an even more dangerous habit. Like nearly all moms in my neighborhood, I talk and drive. All the time.
I think I don’t. I say I don’t.
But I do.
Yesterday, I was [...]

The second time around, part 2 The weird and the scary

“The second time around” is a journal of a second pregnancy.  Mom2 has a beautiful, energetic toddler.  Since only family and close friends currently know she’s pregnant, she’s keeping her identity under wraps until she’s ready to shout the great news from the roof tops at work, or until her belly gives it away for [...]