Planning a family involves sometimes preventing pregnancy and desperately seeking to conceive at other times. For those who are unable to conceive, there are alternative methods such as female egg donation. For those who choose female egg donation (learn more about the egg donation process), they’ll want to ensure the person who is donating the [...]
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Why Switch to Natural Family Planning?
Since the day they were invented, artificial birth control methods have been the cause of debates and controversies worldwide and remains a hot topic among religious groups, women’s groups and even in various government parties. In the middle of all these disputes, women and couples find themselves in a confusing and distressing position. More often [...]
Swaddle the Baby, Stretch the Dollar: An Infancy Money Saving Guide
The first year of your baby’s life is not just the most precious, but is also the most expensive. An average American family shells out anywhere from $8,000 – $15,000 on medical bills and supplies for babies below 12 months of age, which means that your little bundle of joy can probably eat up a [...]
A Baby or a Bentley?
We all know babies are expensive, especially when they’re not babies for very long. Then they turn into kids. Then they turn into what my family calls “teenie-boppers”. Then tweens. Then spawns of Satan teenagers. Then even when they turn 18, they’re still not out of your pocket (ask me haha). As women, we get [...]
Conceiving For Your Family?
This weekend, I went to my cousin’s vow renewal. He and his wife have been married for 10 years, and were ready to invite family and friends to share in a romantic moment. Needless to say they started on CP Time, but it was beautiful! They had a courthouse wedding like we did, and now [...]
“Secretly Pregnant” Pissed Me Off
Last night, I decided to tune in to Discovery Fit & Health’s new show “Secretly Pregnant”. It’s no secret I love babies (I must’ve said it like 5 times this weekend alone) and I’m always watching shows like “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant”, “A Baby Story”, and “I’m Having Their Baby”. So when I [...]
How to Announce You’re Having a Baby
As you probably already know, I love babies! I love hearing that someone is expecting, because babies give so much life and light to the world. I usually see that a friend or family member is having a baby when they post their ultrasound pictures on Facebook, or if they do a generic announcement on [...]
How to Woo Your New In-Laws
Chances are you’ll already know your in-laws quite well before you tie the knot. But after the wedding, the rules change. You’re part of the family now and no matter if you met on eHarmony or at university, you need to work a little bit harder to get in your in-law’s good books. Here are [...]
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