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...Expecting, is hitting stores this month. The basic premise of the 275-page book, which is touted as "the complete preconception plan," is that mothers-to-be should devote at least three months to getting ready to get pregnant. So welcome to a trimester's worth of pre-gestational fretting...
...release. To say this book is exhaustive would be an understatement. It touches on everything from laser eye surgery (avoid it if you're even thinking about making a baby) to coloring your hair (highlights are safer than permanent dye; good idea to consult with your stylist on a "pre-pregnancy hair color plan"). The second half of the book explores challenges to fertility, and it's here that readers will find fewer silly what-ifs and more sage advice. The book follows the same Q&A format as others in the series. One question: "I'm a stresser...
...with any new genre, there's lots of lingo to learn in order to speak the language of pre-conception fluently. Much of it will already be familiar to women who haunt fertility Web sites and message boards. TTC = trying to conceive. Aunt Flo, or AF, refers to the monthly visitor that makes for an especially unwelcome guest when trying to get baby on board. Murkoff devotes an entire page to other acronyms, alphabetized and far more obscure: If BD is baby dance, a.k.a. sex, then DP translates as dancing partner. There's also BFN (big fat negative...
...including the maintenance of an average of 400 files for current undergraduates as well as seven years’ worth of alumni files—which amounts to more than 500 files total in some Houses. The assistant also sends out recommendation letters for students applying to graduate or pre-professional schools. Additionally, he or she is often the sole “point of access” in Houses, providing students with impromptu counseling and advising, and fielding questions about academic policies, according to a memorandum presented to the College Working Group by assistants to the resident deans...
...think that young people have been scared out of the stock market forever? -Brianna Morrissey, Columbus, Ohio Yeah, I think so. It became a mug's game. Unless we bring back the regulations that we had pre-Bush, unless we prosecute the bad actors, I think they should be scared. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...