by Stacey
Working women who miss work for infertility treatments are now one step closer to having legal protection from job loss under laws that guard against pregnancy bias in the workplace. According to this article in the Wall Street Journal, a federal appeals court has sided in favor of a woman’s right to sue if […]

by Stacey
I really enjoy watching the Daily Show and I especially like the show’s only female correspondent, Samantha Bee. Over the winter I noticed that she looked pregnant. Indeed she was.
She recently had her baby, a boy named Fletcher.

Samantha Bee with her daughter Piper
Samantha is married to Jason Jones, who is also a Daily Show […]

by Stacey
The Olympics are coming! And along with the nail-biting tension and excitement of competition come all those heart-warming/wrenching human interest stories about the athletes. According to a post on Salon’s Broadsheet, this month’s Cookie magazine has a preview feature of a few of the athletes who are mothers and say that pregnancy improved their […]

by Stacey
I’m not sure I totally buy this, but according to this article from Science Daily, mothers who eat high-energy foods, that is lots of calories, at the time of conception are more likely to have boys than girls.
New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex […]

by Stacey
Just in time for this Mother’s Day comes a book that many of us I’m sure will find very useful. According to this article in Newsweek, a Florida plastic surgeon named Michael Salzhauer has penned a book called “My Beautiful Mommy.” It features a perky mother explaining to her child why she’s having […]

by Stacey
A few weeks ago I wrote about talking to my four-year old son Sage about sex. According to this recent article in the Washington Post, parents should plan on having “the talk” early and often.
Today, experts urge parents to welcome questions on sexuality by the time their kids can ask why the sky […]

by Stacey
Increasing numbers of pregnant women are complaining of workplace bias, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to reader AADC for the tip.

Pregnancy-bias complaints recorded by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surged 14% last year to 5,587, up 40% from a decade ago and the biggest annual increase in 13 years.

But […]

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers
by Stacey
About a week ago I went to hear a lecture on talking to kids about sex by Amy Lang, a parent educator in Seattle. I really was just tagging along with a friend and hadn’t given much thought to the topic since my kids are only four and one-year old.
Well, I got […]

by Stacey
I’ve written here and here about the Democratic primary season and the two top contenders, Clinton and Obama. But I haven’t paid much attention to the Republican side. Now that John McCain is emerging as the likely nominee for the Republicans, I think it’s time to take a look-see over there.
Despite the fact that […]

by Stacey
A new rule will soon go into effect in schools across one of DC’s prominent Maryland suburbs that will require school officials to notify parents if they learn that a female student is pregnant. According to this article in last Sunday’s Washington Post, it’s a move health experts say violates a young woman’s right […]