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Baby Shower Cake: The 3D Ultrasound Confection
Behold the uterus with a view: Telemummy … A slice? Oh, no, thank you. I only eat my own young. [Source] ...
Something is Afoot with This Baby Shower Cake
Oh sure, the seemingly breech baby may have curiously aligned feet and mama may have rather sizable, er, cupcakes… but at least the beheaded, limb-less mother-to-be is wearing a stylish scarf! [Source]...
Congrats to the Winner of the Baby Betting Pool!
Come on down, Lainey! You’re the winner of Candy’s Super-Appropriate Baby Betting Pool! A hearty congratulations to Laughing Stork reader and hardcore gambler, Lainey, for winning The Baby Betting Pool. Guess: July 29; 7 lbs., 4 oz....
New Over-the-Counter DNA Paternity Test Answers the Question: Who’s Yo’ Baby Daddy?
It’s a question many “active” pregnant women, especially on soap operas, have asked themselves: Who’s the Baby Daddy? It’s okay if you’re not sure. Women are expected to juggle the demands of home and work — how can w...
The Slow Leak
Oh my god, people. I wasn’t even going to write about yesterday’s experience because, well, it’s kinda gross. Also, I feel completely spent and foolish. But then I realized we’ve already bonded over my prematurely celebrat...
Pop Quiz: Pregnancy Portrait That Makes You Go, “Hmmmm”
This couple is: 1) Recreating the night they conceived; 2) Looking down and realizing her water broke; 3) Posing for this year’s Christmas Card (you’re welcome, Grandma!); 4) Giving whole new meaning to “child support”...
Baby Shower Cakes: So Real You Can Taste It
Behold this disturbingly realistic baby shower cake from British sugar artist Michelle Wibowo. (Ed. note: If I had a title as cool as “sugar artist,” I would require that everybody address me as such, like a doctor. “Hi, IR...
The Hallelujah Report: Doctors Say No Rush to Lose Pregnancy Weight
On more than one occasion, when I would tell a friend that I was pregnant, s/he would exclaim, “Congratulations!” followed soon thereafter by a supposedly reassuring, “Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll lose the weight...
Yahoo! Answers: The World’s Most Reliable Source of Pregnancy Information
As an expectant mother, I have frequently tapped into THE most reliable source of medical advice in the universe: the World Wide Web. Because everybody knows the Internet only dispenses information that is one-hundred-percent accurate. This is es...
