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  • Manage Your First Trimester Fatigue

    As a mom-to-be, you're probably ridiculously tired. Use this list to help you take care of yourself, growing baby, and responsibilities in your first trimester.

  • Negotiating Maternity Leave

    Thinking about getting pregnant, or already pregnant? It's never too early think about what you will do when baby gets here. When planning your maternity leave, the more you can plan or arrange ahead of time the less stress you will feel.

  • Working in a Daycare Center

    I am currently 5 weeks pregnant and work as a lead teacher in a daycare center.

  • Working in Radiological Department While Pregnancy

    QUESTION

    I'm a cardiac nurse and I work in CCL. I found out I was a month pregnant. Because of the leave and working committent, I may need to work in CCL for 2 more weeks.

  • Is Jewelry Testing Acid Harmful?

    QUESTION

    Dear Midwife,
    I am 7 weeks pregnant and I work at a place where we test jewelry with jewelry testing acid. I wear gloves and use a mask, but I am still worried this may be harmful to the baby.

    Can you please tell me if it is ok for me to work with this? Thanks

    Worried Mom to be

  • Pregnant Nurse

    QUESTION

    Dear Midwife,
    I am a nurse and I work on a very busy med-surg unit. Are there any special precautions that I need to take now that I am pregnant?

  • Sandy's Surprise -- Tired of Nothing To Do

    I am tired of being home with absolutely nothing to do. My boss has called me twice so far to see if I'll consider coming back to teach preschool, and I am so tempted. But I think that combination of fevers, germs, diarrhea that was so common for me when I worked there is just not going to be good during pregnancy.

  • Sandy's Surprise -- Being Pregnant Must Be a Lot of Work!

    When we were adopting, I felt this huge need to buy things for the baby as soon as we were done with the paperwork. But with this baby, I feel no such urge. In fact, I am perfectly content to wait to buy things until we absolutely have to. He asked me why.

  • Paternity Leave

    The FMLA stipulates that companies which have over 50 employees must offer up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. I intensely look forward to the day when paternity leave will be considered a normal benefit of employment. One day, perhaps, society will be organized in a way that recognizes the tremendous, far-reaching value of knitting fathers, mothers, and babies together.

  • Can I Continue My Caregiving Job?

    QUESTION

    Dear Fitness Expert,

  • Paternity Leave

    The FMLA stipulates that companies which have over 50 employees must offer up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. I intensely look forward to the day when paternity leave will be considered a normal benefit of employment. One day, perhaps, society will be organized in a way that recognizes the tremendous, far-reaching value of knitting fathers, mothers, and babies together.

  • PUSH: Home Economics

    So where does this leave us? With a lot of pressure on me, that's where. No one ever made a killing as a journalist, and I'm certainly no exception. My salary is not enough to support two people, much less three. So, what to do? Take three months off, that's what.

  • Sandy's Surprise -- Tired of Nothing To Do

    I am tired of being home with absolutely nothing to do. My boss has called me twice so far to see if I'll consider coming back to teach preschool, and I am so tempted. But I think that combination of fevers, germs, diarrhea that was so common for me when I worked there is just not going to be good during pregnancy.

  • Sandy's Surprise -- Being Pregnant Must Be a Lot of Work!

    When we were adopting, I felt this huge need to buy things for the baby as soon as we were done with the paperwork. But with this baby, I feel no such urge. In fact, I am perfectly content to wait to buy things until we absolutely have to. He asked me why.

  • Can I Continue My Caregiving Job?

    QUESTION

    Dear Fitness Expert,

  • Heavy Farm Work Harmful During Pregnancy?

    QUESTION

    Dear Fitness Expert,
    Hi. I work on an organic farm and am about 4 weeks pregnant. I do a lot of heavy lifting throughout the day. When should I begin watching the amount of weight that I lift and what is too much. This is my second season farming so I'm fairly accustomed to heavy lifting, bending, etc.Thanks!

  • Pregnant Nurse

    QUESTION

    Dear Midwife,
    I am a nurse and I work on a very busy med-surg unit. Are there any special precautions that I need to take now that I am pregnant?

  • Is Jewelry Testing Acid Harmful?

    QUESTION

    Dear Midwife,
    I am 7 weeks pregnant and I work at a place where we test jewelry with jewelry testing acid. I wear gloves and use a mask, but I am still worried this may be harmful to the baby.

    Can you please tell me if it is ok for me to work with this? Thanks

    Worried Mom to be

  • Working in Radiological Department While Pregnancy

    QUESTION

    I'm a cardiac nurse and I work in CCL. I found out I was a month pregnant. Because of the leave and working committent, I may need to work in CCL for 2 more weeks.

  • Working in a Daycare Center

    I am currently 5 weeks pregnant and work as a lead teacher in a daycare center.