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September 13, 2011
NSAIDS + pregnancy = bad
If the amount of shelf space a pharmacy dedicates to a particular drug class is proportional to it’s sales, then non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (e.g. Advil, Motrin, Midol, Aleve) are big sellers. Pharmacy shelves are stocked with several different brands of these medications commonly used for pain. NSAIDS are also included in several cough and cold remedies. As North Americans over half of us have used an NSAID for pain in our lifetimes. When you are pregnant, though, you should reach for something different on your pharmacy’s shelf for pain.
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January 10, 2011TED
Tonight I watched the creators of Babble.com, Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, speak about four taboos of parenting. One of the taboos is that you must not talk about your miscarriage. For anyone who has miscarried, I think the message will resonate. It is a profoundly lonely and isolating experience well articulated by the speakers.
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August 3, 2010If at first you don't succeed...
A very relevant study out of the Netherlands was published in the July 2010 issue of Fertility & Sterility that assessed the time to a successful pregnancy after a miscarriage in infertile couples.