"Don't you wish any of those cakes, Eloise? They look so good. I think I'll try the lemon one." Eloise shook her head. "No thank you. I don't eat raw cakes." Charlotte stared at her. "Did you say raw cakes?" "Yes." "What exactly are raw cakes?" "They are wheat, gluten, egg, dairy, soy and refined …
Women And Infertility
I was watching General Hospital and one of the characters received the news that she could not have children. Any child she carried would not be carried to full term. She would lose the baby. What heartbreaking news. It hurts to see women who want to be mothers and who would be great mothers unable …
Smoking and Women
A long time ago I took one drag on a cigarette and vowed never to touch another one again. It made me cough and I felt terrible. My sister used to smoke but then she stopped. I have a cousin who used to smoke and her lips looked black. I used to work with a …
Pregnancy At 40 and Older – The Risks
I got pregnant when I was forty and had our son when I was forty-one. It was a textbook pregnancy. There were no complications. I didn't have to have an epidural and the actual delivery took under fifteen minutes. The contractions although they were bad, they didn't last long. I have heard some horror stories of …
Notes to Women 