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Talking About Sex with your Kids

Tips for Talking About Sex with your Kids

FAM, health By March 16, 2016 Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

It’s almost as busy at the school as the mall on boxing day. The parents get to find out from Saleema Noon exactly what she’s going to be telling the kids about… body stuff. You know, sex. And parts ‘down there’. WHISPER… Where babies come from. We’ve got her tips for talking about sex with your kids.

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Stripping Membranes: A Drug-Free Alternative for Inducing Labour

FAM, pregnancy By August 17, 2009 Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3 Comments

We know that many of our readers prefer to go the natural route for as many of their birthing processes as possible. Sometimes inducing labour is necessary and is often conducted with the aid of drugs. But there is a simple, drug-free alternative when inducing labour is necessary: “stripping membranes” (also known as “sweeping membranes”).  Sounds kind of scary, eh? So what does it entail?

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