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When Are Well Baby Checks?

Luckily the first year of your child’s life won’t be spent in his pediatrician’s office.  Well baby checkups or well child care visits are scheduled only nine times per year. Generally well baby checks are scheduled as follows:

Two-three days from discharge
Two weeks
One month
Two months
Three months
Four months
Six months
Nine months
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Why Choosing a Midwife Results in Better Prenantal Care

Do you want to have a normal, healthy birth, with genuinely compassionate prenatal care? In comparing the general care of an OBGYN and a midwife, you will defintely receive more attentive and compassionate care with a midwife.  Just in comparison of practitioners from my old OBGYN office alone, the midwife always spent the most time [...]

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Running Goals During Pregnancy

Your body and running goals quickly morph when pregnant.  There is a great article on Runner’s World that provides three ways to help change your running goal focus during the 40 weeks of pregnancy: pamper yourself, just get out there, and put your training diary on hold! I unfortunately stopped running about a month prior [...]

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