Here are the answers to all your pregnancy nutrition worries.

As you go through your pregnancy, no doubt the unsolicited advice from everyone and their mother have put you in a conundrum—for every fact, you will find a contradictory one. We demystify common misconceptions and help you tell apart fact from myth.

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Are you pregnant and craving non-food items? Find out more about the syndrome that causes your bizarre cravings.

If you crave nonfood items such as clay, cornstarch, laundry starch, or coffee grounds, your doctor needs to know immediately. This is a condition called pica, and it can cause serious health complications for both you and your baby.

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Pregnancy shouldn’t matter in the work place—but it does.  Learn how best to come clean about your pregnancy and make the best of your situation.

Finding out you’re pregnant is always a big deal. While letting everyone know the good news may seem urgent, when it comes to the work place, careful consideration about how and when to break the news is necessary.

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While it’s fine to use certain beauty products during pregnancy, other products are definite no no’s.

Pregnancy can be pretty punishing—on your beauty regimen as well as your body. Your regular beauty arsenal isn’t cutting it anymore, and now is not the time to experiment with products.

It’s wise to let your vanity take a back seat until you know what’s safe and what’s not. Skin, being the body’s biggest organ, absorbs topical ingredients that get into the blood stream and may pose a risk to a developing fetus.

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Oh no… can we really handle another one?

My second daughter came to us sooner than expected. My son had not even reached his second birthday… and surprise! …we were pregnant again. Maybe the hormones were also to blame, but while the “good news” made my husband ecstatic it made me cry and panic. Apparently, my reaction is not unusual. If you’re feeling overwhelmed about that new baby on the way, I offer some comforting words.

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Be a savvy shopper and save hundreds off your monthly grocery bill.

Times are tough and we could all benefit from saving money anywhere we can. You can’t do much about your mortgage or rent, but you can squeeze extra savings from your grocery bill. We share shopping tricks that can work wonders on cost-cutting.

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Can we really suffer from pregnancy brain?

Since I delivered my children with epidural anesthesia, I call it epidural brain. Others call it momnesia. Some say pregnancy brain. A new Australian study says, physical changes of pregnancy and motherhood do not cause women to have memory lapses or other cognitive problems.

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Parents can cultivate excellence, no matter what genetic blueprint.

Many parents ask themselves at one point, what can I do for my child to achieve greatness? Author David Shenk dares to answer this loaded question with his new book The Genius in All of Us: Why everything you have been told about genetics, talent and IQ is wrong. Shenk asserts that genius can be ignited. His book discusses how the nature versus nurture debate has been missing the point all these years. His book shows evidence on how human achievements are the outcome of the nuanced interplay between genes and environment.

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The FDA warns food companies to be honest with their marketing claims.

Don’t take that food label as truth. U.S. health regulators have warned units of Nestle and more than a dozen other foodmakers over nutritional claims made for baby food, nuts and other products on food labels and product websites, according to letters made public last week. The warnings came as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to push for new package labeling geared toward making it easier for consumers to understand the nutritional content of the foods they eat.

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Keep your baby away from nursery hazards.

It’s exciting to plan a nursery — just imagine all the cuteness in one room! Don’t forget though, you should also plan around safety measures. Experts remind us of basic safety issues to make sure your baby won’t fall prey to nursery hazards. Safe Kids Worldwide reports, home accidents send almost two million children to emergency rooms every year. Don’t let your baby be part of that statistic.

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