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Things We’ve Read: Week of February 10th

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Why We Did a 180 With Our Fertility Plan (Babble): An interesting story about one couple’s experience with fertility treatments and their decision to bring conception back “in house.”

Does Your Baby’s Poop Smell Better Than Other Babies’ Poop? (Gawker): Why, yes. Of course my baby’s poop smells better than other babies’ poop.

Baby heart-disease risk ‘shaped early in pregnancy (BBC): A recent piece of research discusses the connection between baby’s first trimester growth and cardiovascular health outcomes.

Study finds liver tumors in mice exposed to low levels of BPA (UMichigan): More evidence on the importance of avoiding BPA. This new study finds liver tumors in mice exposed to BPA from their mothers when they were fetuses, and through nursing.

5 Tools for Pregnant Women, New Moms, and Women Who Are Considering Pregnancy (CDC): From health e-cards to a folic acid quiz to pregnancy health reminders, here are a few tools the CDC offers pregnant women.

Things We’ve Read – Week of December 2nd

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Prenatal Depression: What I Didn’t Expect When I Was Expecting (NYTimes): An enlightening recounting of sadness during pregnancy. Sometimes, placenta doesn’t produce enough progesterone; this offset causes symptoms of depression.

Fertility Doctors Aim To Lower Rate Of Twin Births (NPR): Big multiple births (like Octomom) have decreased but the twin rate is stagnant. Doctors want to lower the rate of twin births and increase the rate of healthy, live births.

The Toxins That Affected Your Great-Grandparents Could Be In Your Genes (Smithsonian): An interesting study of the staying power of toxins finds evidence of hardy and insidious chemicals 4 generations after exposure.

Breathe easy by avoiding chemicals in home items (Philly.com): Is your house off-gassing? Probably. That’s what happens when chemical substances evaporate and get into the indoor air.Screen Shot 2013-12-08 at 2.51.18 PM

Dandruff Shampoo could Mess up Waterways (Scientific American): A study has detected fungicides from anti-dandruff shampoos in the water. They retard the growth of larger plants which offsets the ecosystem and deprives marine animals of food.

Things We’ve Read – Week of November 11th

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Pregnant mothers who exercise boost babies’ brains, claim researchers (The Guardian): The babies born to mothers who were physically active during pregnancy are found to have more mature cerebral activation as early as 12 days after birth.

Staying in the Game (WellRounded NY): Thinking of leaving your job once the baby arrives? Here are 3 great tips for staying relevant while out of the workforce.

BPA may affect sperm quality (Environmental Health News): BPA is a family issue. Men with higher BPA levels were more likely to have poorer sperm quality.

Extreme Chemical Sensitivity Makes Sufferers Allergic to Life (Discover Magazine): Ever heard of TILT? Interesting article about about chemical sensitivity and the disorders we might develop due to extreme chemical exposure.

Don’t Ever Apologize for being a Good Parent (Fast Company): Read about this important lesson, as well as more advice from the author for hard-working women.