There’s lots of advice about what to eat once you’re pregnant, but what about before? Ideally, men and women should be well-nourished three months prior to conception for optimal pregnancy outcomes. Avoiding smoking, alcohol, and minimizing caffeine intake can all lead to a shorter time to conception and healthier babies. Diet and lifestyle choices can […]
How Fast is Your Biological Clock Really Ticking?
This topic regularly comes up between old friends at lunch, over Starbucks with new friends, and certainly with our mothers: the dreaded biological clock. We are sure it is ticking, but the truth is few of us truly understand how fast, or how loud that little bugger is going. The first thing to understand is […]
The Impact of the Stillbirth Storyline on NBC’s “This Is Us”
My DVR is almost full. I’m in the middle of two Netflix series and one HBO documentary film. So when friends tell me “you’ve GOT to watch this show or that show” I just add it to my list. But when I heard about NBC’s new show This Is Us, I knew I had to […]
