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How Big Is Too Big For Your Baby Bump?

How Big Is Too Big For Your Baby Bump?

November 15, 2010 No Comments

Pregnant women in the UK are not getting good advice on weight gain, a poll has found. Women often wonder how big is too big for their baby bump and many are concerned about their size after the baby is born. A poll of over 6,000 women found: –63% of women did not discuss weight ...

Guidelines For Obese Pregnant Women — Will It Make Any Difference?

Guidelines For Obese Pregnant Women — Will It Make Any Difference?

July 28, 2010 No Comments

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines for pregnant women about exercise and diet before, during, and after pregnancy. With all the conflicting advice women are given about childbearing I hope this provides some clarity, but I don’t expect much to change. The guidelines state that women should not “eat for two” ...

Girls’ Bikes Suck

It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

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