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Parent Health Advice
Advice about getting back on your feet and fit as a fiddle.
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Summary of what to do for a dear friend who miscarried in her second trimester.
Got bed bugs? Here are some links and information on bed bugs, infestations, treating and more!
Encouragement for someone who has had more than one miscarriage.
As one parent writes the group: "I'm dealing with postpartum hair loss. Someone mentioned being evaluated for hypothyroidism. Has anyone here tried treating postpartum hair loss this way? What doctor did you see? Did it help?" Here is advice from over the years.
My family, including my then 8-month old baby, found ourselves uninsured after layoffs hit our family and COBRA expired. Then, in subsequent years, I found myself without health insurance and pregnant. I have learned that there is help out there so below is a wrap-up of what I've learned/found out.
Mommy's thumb, mommy's wrist, deQuervain's tendonitis and tenosynovitis, or even carpal tunnel — here's how PSP members handled it.
Help in deciding if you need help.
PSP members talk about getting a vasectomy, including the procedure itself and recovery time.
Getting a workout in can be tough. Especially if you are a working parent, there never feels like enough time in a day to get it all done. Here, working parents share how they manage to squeeze in exercise and get back in shape.
Wanna lose some baby weight? Be sure to read these PSP member post-partum specific fitness tips here.
Advice about when to call the pediatrician
"Are you good at fitting in self-care?" asks a PSP Member. They go on to write, "I really want right now is to return to regular exercise but I find the exhaustion and the lack of time hard to negotiate. Do you have any tips? How do you get your hands free when your kid literally always wants to be holding your hand?"
Here are PSP member replies...
What do you do with your nanny when the whole family gets sick? Here, PSP members share how they handled it.
No two birth experiences are alike and a mother's transition from labor and delivery to new motherhood can be vastly different. For some moms, moving out of a traumatic birth experience (TBE) never seems to happen. Some have been physically injured by the birth of their baby, and postpartum care doesn't always address these health issues. Other new moms are impacted by anxiety, anger and disappointment as well as full blown postpartum depression. Post
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