No matter the species – humans or pandas, cats or dogs – a mother’s love is a very special, natural phenomenon. We hope you’ll enjoy this infographic from 97th Floor, which looks at the gestational timelines across eight different animals. Infographic and Pinterest Marketing courtesy of 97th Floor. More infographics: 12 Creative Hacks for the Common [...]
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Top 5 Professions for New Moms
So you recently had a baby. You are bleary-eyed and massively sleep-deprived to say the least. In the US, after about six weeks, your paid-maternity leave ends and its time for you to head – or rather wander – back to work. At this point, you really wish you had chosen one of the more “family [...]
Happy Mother’s Day from Awkward Family Photos
Our friends at Awkward Family Photos put together this phenomenal album to celebrate Mother’s Day. Enjoy!
Living with Diabetes: 7 Diabetic Challenges Unique to Women
When it comes to gender, Type 2 Diabetes is an equal opportunity disease. The major risk factors associated with diabetes – sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, and obesity – are essentially the same for both sexes. By the same token, the challenges of living with diabetes to ward off potential complications such as cardiovascular disease and [...]
Fighting PMS: The Feminine Side of Essential Oils
In this ultra-modern age, it may surprise you that more and more women are finding relief from their PMS symptoms—not in the latest pharmaceuticals—but in a class of ancient remedies known as essential oils. This recent demand for a natural approach to achieving wellness has caught the attention of healthcare providers and given rise to [...]
10 Tips for Balancing Momminess & Sexiness on Mother’s Day and Beyond
As a novelist, one of the most common conversations I have with people is, “What is your book about?” to which I reply, “An average mom trying to balance ‘momminess’ and ‘sexiness.’” This, of course, is followed by all sorts of reactions, including chuckling, gasping about how I must be in their head, or outright [...]
Magazines Keep on Pushing a Photo-Fantasy
Recently, 14-year-old Julia Bluhm presented editors at Seventeen Magazine with a petition signed by close to 25,000, requesting that the magazine start publishing just one non-Photoshopped spread per issue. In response, Editor Ann Shoket scheduled a personal meeting with Bluhm, showered her with praise for her efforts, then essentially ignored the part where Bluhm had [...]
