Will a “Pink Viagra” Give Us Ladies Lusty Libidos?

For almost a decade now, pharmaceutical companies have been on a mission: to make a pill that puts–and keeps–women in the mood for sex.
If they accomplish this goal, the market it is (no pun intended) HUGE: studies show that 40 percent of women have what is now called a “diminished female libido.”
However, 25 percent of [...]

5 Budget Beauty Gifts for Mother’s Day

We’ve rounded up an assortment of amazing budget Mother’s Day beauty gift sets for less than 50 bucks. Happy smart shopping!

Parenting Tips by Dr. Susan Bartell

 It was almost in slow motion that Jeanette watched her favorite bowl fall-at least until the crash and shatter into thousands of pieces. Eight-year old Emily stopped twirling and stood frozen, partly in fear of being hurt by broken glass, but mostly because she realized that her elbow had just knocked over her mother’s beloved [...]

Single Moms: Why Do We Think We Can Do It All?

 A recent episode of the television series House really hit home with me recently.  One of the characters, the Chief Administrator at a fictional teaching hospital, adopted a baby girl, becoming a single mom by choice.  She beats herself up for not being able to do everything at 110 % capacity anymore.  A friend tells [...]

Ann Coulter: One Giant Step Backwards for Single Moms

As if single mothers don’t have enough to contend with, now we have Ann Coulter announcing that if you are a victim of a crime, you can thank a single mother. In a recent interview on the Today show to promote her new book Guilty, Anne discusses her theory on how single handily, single moms [...]

Having a Baby on Your Own (Part 2): Building Your Fertility Team

Part 2: Choosing a Fertility Specialist:

Q: Should I use my ob/gyn or a fertility doctor?
 
Unlike married couples, who go to fertility specialists after a long period of unprotected sex, the single woman is generally trying to conceive without having tried to get pregnant before.
 
Many women into their early 40s are able to conceive without medical [...]

Having a Baby on Your Own (Part 1): Building Your Fertility Team

When I conceived my daughter at age 36 without a partner, I was blissfully unaware that my eggs might be on the verge of expiring. I simply knew I was emotionally and financially ready to become a mother on my own.
I knew nuthin’ ‘bout birthin’ babies, as the line from “Gone With the Wind” [...]

Can Social Networking Save a Single Parent? Or at Least Give Her a Little Boost When She Needs It?

I felt a surge of power this summer. It was hot and my son and I had been apart for nine days while he was on vacation with his dad, the longest stretch of time we’d ever been separated. I expected him to act out after returning home, but instead he seemed kinder, more polite, [...]

Stop George Bush’s Last Attack on Women’s Reproductive Rights

This is it. The Bush administration is poised to issue a last-minute regulation that will impose harsh new restrictions on women’s access to reproductive health care any moment now.
Will you help stop them?
The new rule is Bush’s parting gift to the anti-choice extremists who have supported him for the last eight years. The rule [...]

Baby Onboard (the Humvee): Fort Bragg’s Baby Boom

The  New York Times posted a very touching article (see below) about a baby boom in Fayetteville, NC (pop. 210,000), thanks to a massive reunion of 22,000 soldiers and their wives, beginning last October.
Well, what a difference a year makes. Nine months plus  later, and the  base hospital has been delivering 300 babies a [...]

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