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OctoMom May Never Have Kids Again

Eliza Ferree — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:24:19 +0000

The internet is buzzing with the news that Octomom, aka, Nadya Suleman may be having surgery done on her uterus. What’s this mean? In many blogs I’ve noticed they are talking about how she may never have kids again due to the surgery taking out half her uterus.

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Sometime this weekend Nadya will undergo surgery for a benign tumor, which actually means it isn’t active. However, I think given the option and already having 14 children she’s doing the right thing. There is always a chance of it becoming an active tumor.

Yesterday she actually left her house and enjoyed the day at the park with her little ones. Just to show she is no longer being taken care of by the government she announced:

“I am not in any government assistance,” she said. “(The children) are off Medi-Cal, they have no Medi-Cal. I’m paying (insurance) premiums. I’m paying a hundred percent of everything.”

Honestly, I think we knew this part, but I’m sure it feels great to her to be able to do it all on her own finally. Either way, hopefully the surgery is a success and she is back home with her babies very soonl.

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Toys’R'Us and BPA Bottles

Eliza Ferree — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:09:19 +0000

Remember that post I wrote about last week on baby bottles containing bisphenal and causes all types of terrible things to happen to kids such as cancer, obesity and more? Well Toys’R'Us is responding to the dozens (I’m sure) of emails they’ve got about the bottles and what they’ll be doing about it.

According to the http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thecheckout/2008/04/update_toys_r_us_to_pull_bottl.html?nav=rss_blog”>Washington Post Toys’R'Us told them the following:

Toys”R”Us, Inc. is committed to the safety of all its customers and is vigilant about staying current with emerging scientific and other thinking about ingredients in products sold in its stores.

While the FDA has not changed its position on the safety of products made with Bisphenol-A (BPA), in light of growing consumer concerns on this topic, the company has been working with manufacturers to phase out all baby bottles and other baby feeding products containing BPA in its Toys”R”Us and Babies”R”Us stores nationwide. This process is ongoing and is expected to be completed before the end of 2008.

What does this mean? For starters it looks as if they’ll be taking all bottles that are in question off their shelves and replacing it with new bottles that don’t have the Bisphenol. But it might take until Christmas before they can do this, so in the meantime you might want to be careful when you shop for baby utensils or bottles.

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Dangers in Baby Bottles

Eliza Ferree — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:50:45 +0000

Earlier this week Inside Fatherhood and many other bloggers were posting about baby bottles being dangerous to babies. There is a chemical, bisphenal, that is used when making baby bottles and other shatterproof items that is now being said to a possible link in hormonal issues. Problems such as urinary infections, precancerous tumors, early puberty, obesity and more. While there has been no recall yet, you may want to begin watching for one.

Some very popular bottle brands are being questioned such as Avent, Evenflo. To read more on the bottles and how to protect your child read here.

Giving Birth Makes you Smarter

Eliza Ferree — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:30:03 +0000

Wow, now this is something I had no clue about. Did you know that while we (moms) might get “Momnesia” for a while after giving birth, but we actually get smarter? According to a report done a few months ago they have discovered that not only do we get smarter but giving birth also lowers our risk of cancer. Better hide this finding before the hubby tells me I should have another. (he wants a football team) There are a lot of findings in the link above, read it and comment back here to comment.

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