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Belly dancing + pregnancy = awesome

Have you ever considered learning to belly dance — while PREGNANT? These women show you it’s not as hard as you might think.

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Adiós U.S. health care system: I’m having my baby in Mexico

Molly and her husband have decided to ditch the American health system and give birth to their second child in Mexico.

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Why I almost decided to have an unassisted birth

I currently live in North Carolina — where traditional midwifery is illegal. At 37, I’m also “of advanced maternal age.” This means, no one wants to deliver my baby.

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My Big Fat Queer Jewish Family

David Shneer, his partner Gregg, and their friend Caryn are a “three-parent, two-house, one-home family” getting ready to bring a new life into the world. Much to his chagrin, the number one question he’s receiving is “Which one of you is the father?”

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Who needs Baby Mozart when there’s Pandora?

Baby Mozart be damned! Jamie and her husband play their growing baby a selection of tunes from Pandora every night!

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Amazing maternity session (On a bed! In a forest!) from Last Forty Percent Photography

Emma’s maternity session took place on a gigantic bed in the middle of a FOREST.

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An interview with Viviana of Mamás y Bebés

Viviana is the woman behind the super awesome Spanish-language website Mamás y Bebés. In this interview we talk babies and compare/contrast North American and Central & South American parenting styles.

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Mommy had an abortion

“Don’t look at the screen,” the doctor said as she turned it away. But I already had. I saw a little blob with leg and arm buds. And a flickering heartbeat.