Motherhood Blog

The Motherhood Cafe Blog is this site's mini-journal about "all things motherhood." It:

  • lets you know whenever any new articles or pages appear on the Motherhood Cafe website;
  • keeps you up-to-date on new books, articles, postings, and news related to mothering and motherhood;
  • shares personal insights and experiences about motherhood.

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Feb 3, 2012

Am I pregnant? How to know?

I had a right tube block,detected on Nov 2011,by doing laproscopy. I had my ivf on 23 Jan of last month. Now I am tense, about my pregnancy.

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Feb 1, 2012

Unique First Birthday

Intrested in a unique first birthday for your baby? Here are some ideas to make baby's first birhtday extra-special.

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Feb 1, 2012

Parenting Advice

Parenting advice for the big picture. Get it here.

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Jan 31, 2012

A Prison Wife and Mommy

This mom has 2 kids and a husband in prison. She is ironic and honest. http://www.leahminer.blog.com.

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Jan 24, 2012

Problems getting 41/2 year old to sleep

My 4 1/2 yr old used to sleep well at night now she fights to go to bed. I need help with suggestions to get my child to go to bed and stay there

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Jan 24, 2012

Can supplementary food be given to 2 month old baby and stop feeding.

My son is 2 months old and I have to be back to work next month. Can I start giving solid food or supplementary milk/formula. Should I completely stop

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Jan 23, 2012

Am I imagining these symptoms :(

Hi, I had my period the 1st of January and it ended the 4th. I had sex on the 8th and have been experiencing pregnancy symptoms such as tiredness, sore

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Jan 22, 2012

I have a conception question

I have a conception question. I am pregnant. I have a partner, but much to my regret i had a one night stand on 24th november. Then came on my period on

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Jan 10, 2012

How to defrost frozen breast milk?

Can you defrost frozen expressed milk in warm water then place in fridge until you wish to use it (up to 24hrs)

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Jan 8, 2012

what day did i get pregnant

April 16 2001 was the last time I started. June 15 I was 6 weeks. When did I get pregnant? My due date is Feb 8th 2012

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Dec 31, 2011

am i pregnant?

I took five home pregnancy tests and they have all came back positive, but the second line was always faded. What does that mean

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Dec 19, 2011

is birth very hard and painful should i be scared

I'm scared of giving birth. I hear a lot of people telling me that it hurts a lot

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Dec 15, 2011

How do I get my 2 1/2 year old to sleep

Every night I have to hold and rock our two and half year old to sleep. Sometimes it takes two hours for her to fall asleep. Once asleep I can place her

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Dec 15, 2011

Could I be pregnant? (please help me)

I'm 18 yrs old, I've never really had regular periods so I can't really tell by missed periods. My boyfriend and I last month had unprotected sex for the

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Dec 13, 2011

Catch-22 indeed!

I don't believe that being a parent has ever been easy or without risks. Gone perhaps are the days when parents had to worry constantly about polio, smallpox,

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Dec 13, 2011

Impact of Fertyl-50 mg medicine when administered after conceiving.

I was a weeks pregnant when I mistook the implantation bleeding for menstrual bleeding and administered fertyl-50mg tablets. Will there be any adverse

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Dec 10, 2011

Motherhood isn't perfect...

http://littlemusingstothemoon.blogspot.com/ The writer of this blog has some pretty honest, funny entries about motherhood. Some of them are a lot more

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Dec 6, 2011

Missed dose of next choice pill

I am not on birth control and have irregular periods. Last one was at the end of September 2011. My boyfriend and I had unprotected sex for a whole week.

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Dec 4, 2011

Is there something wrong with my bladder?

Ever since the pregnancy started I've been visiting the loo more and more. Yesterday I had to use the bathroom so bad I wasn't sure I'd make it. When

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Nov 28, 2011

My kids got a text from Santa

Have you heard of textsanta.net ? You can actually have Santa Clause send a text message to your/their phone. I did it last year and personalized the message

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Nov 27, 2011

My urine test showed positive but ultrasound report says sac is not visible

My urine test done twice shows positive result but the Ultrasound report says that uterus is mildly swollen but the sac is not visible. My last date for

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Nov 21, 2011

Great Childrens Books

Find great childrens books here

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Nov 21, 2011

2nd Pregnancy and a blessing but a surprise

Hello. I just found out yesterday that I am pregnant... or so three home pregnancy tests told me. I'm unsure exactly when my last period was, I'm believing

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Nov 9, 2011

Best Parenting Books

Recommendations on the best parenting books and motherhood books.

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Nov 9, 2011

Books on Parenting

Books on parenting often lack originality. Chua's Tiger Mother memoir is a definite exception.

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Oct 28, 2011

'If you baby your teenagers'

If you baby your teenagers you are setting them up to become incompetent adults, unable to cope with the unpredictable challenges of life. Our four teenagers

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Oct 28, 2011

Breast Feeding Pumps

Breast Feeding Pumps: Why every new mom should own one

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Oct 28, 2011

My son doesn't do what we say, but it's like a joke or game to him. What should we do?

If we ask our 7-year-old son to do something, or not do something, he doesn't obey. But he isn't defiant. It's more like it's a game not to obey. He'll

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Oct 28, 2011

Overparenting

Can be a dangerous tactic too, kids can become rebellious. It's about finding that happy medium. Also, I notice some used an example of what happened to

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Oct 21, 2011

Articles about Motherhood

Read articles about motherhood and modern parenting culture.

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