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A transfer station is a fancy name for a place that collects a community’s rubbish before shipping it off to a regional solid waste facility. Usually trash gets trucked to a landfill (high-tech dump) or incinerator plant. In our town, trash gets shipped to a huge trash-to-energy plant. And it’s burned to produce electricity. Today’s coffee grounds are converted into kilowatts – which in turn power the coffee maker and produce yet more coffee grounds....

Unfortunately, triploidy is a disorder that is incompatible with life. The majority of fetuses that have triploidy die before birth and those that make it to term rarely survive the first months of life.Many times, babies that make it past 24 weeks gestation, die in the womb and are stillborn. Most cases of triploidy involve “full” triploidy, meaning all the body’s cells are uniformly affected. In rare cases, the triploidy can be “mosaic,” meaning some of the body’s cells have three copies of each chromosome and others have a normal set of 46 chromosomes....

Guidelines for Twin Pregnancy Weight Gain Most people have heard about the weight gain guidelines for a singleton pregnancy, but they also exist for moms pregnant with more than one baby. These new guidelines are actually BMI-specific and have been researched and are presented by the Institute of Medicine (IMO). Normal BMI: 37-54 lbsOverweight BMI: 31-50 lbsObese BMI: 25-42 lbs These recommendations are made from looking at healthy gestations of other twin mothers, using their weight gain records and their BMI to calculate the safest weight gain ranges available....

Month Two Checklist Start developing a maternity wardrobe. Make room for your baby. Create a baby-safe car environment. Your Baby This Month Your unborn child has now advanced from raisin to raspberry size—about a half inch in length. By the end of the month, she will be about an inch long. Your baby is lengthening and straightening from the curled form she held last month. The tail she was sporting disappears around week eight, and her closed eyes start to move from the sides of her head to their permanent location....

IQ levels in early childhood are considered stable and may have subsequent impacts on future schooling, health, and socioeconomic standing. So, researchers stress the importance of testing for vitamin D levels in pregnancy and supplementing if required. The study also found that vitamin D deficiency was alarmingly common among pregnant people in general, but deficiency occurred at an even greater rate among populations with darker skin. What the Study Shows The study, published in The Journal of Nutrition, looked at data from over 1000 people during pregnancy to determine their vitamin D plasma levels in the second trimester....

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Considering that some couples may need up to three IVF cycles to get pregnant, plus the unfortunate fact that even high-tech IVF is no guarantee—it’s enough to make your head spin. How can you afford costs like these? But before you walk away from IVF, consider these seven tips for making the costs slightly more affordable. Read Your Insurance Plan Carefully You may be eligible for at least partial coverage of the cost for infertility treatments....

What she meant by that is when you’re trying to conceive (TTC), you’re often wondering what tweaks you need to make to your diet and lifestyle to support conception. Perhaps that means cutting alcohol and coffee or choosing low-impact workouts. Some people may make no changes at all. Rather, their mindset alters. (“I could eat this sushi, but what if I am pregnant and don’t know it?”) There are a lot of what ifs....

Parents who have had children in school for many years may find the idea of homeschooling confusing and complicated. You may have practical questions like how to withdraw your children from their school districts legally. And you may wonder if you are qualified to homeschool your children. However you are approaching learning at home, the good news is that it’s probably simpler than you think—and although it may take a little while to get into a routine, homeschooling and learning at home can have many surprising benefits for your children....

Listeria is a food-borne bacteria to which pregnant women are more susceptible. It is found in unpasteurized dairy products, as well as refrigerated, ready-to-eat foods like meat, poultry, and seafood. To avoid it, thoroughly reheat hot dogs, lunch meats, or prepared deli foods and avoid unpasteurized dairy products and check soft cheeses labels to be sure they’re made with pasteurized milk.Nearly all seafood contains at least trace amounts of mercury which can affect the development of the fetal nervous system....

Encourage. If there is one thing that every homeschool manager needs, it is encouragement. When you are slogging through what can sometimes be a daily grind of homeschooling, it is important to have someone to encourage you along the way. When enmeshed in the details, it can sometimes be difficult to see the progress that is being made. A spouse can encourage the homeschool manager by recognizing this progress and being the homeschool manager’s cheerleader to help get through the inevitable rough spots that occur for every homeschooler....

Most of these conditions and side effects are well known. But there is one pregnancy symptom that doesn’t get talked about nearly as much as the others, and is actually quite common—pregnancy rhinitis, or having a stuffy nose during pregnancy. Pregnancy Rhinitis Pregnancy rhinitis is characterized by having congestion and cold-like symptoms during pregnancy that are not linked to viruses, allergies, or other medical conditions, but which are caused by the pregnancy itself....

What Is Snapchat? Snapchat allows users can send time-limited photos that might be embarrassing or just silly without a significant fear that an image will find its way to other social media sites where it might live forever. With Snapchat, teens have a way to interact that feels authentic and fun. It’s meant to be low-pressure and low-stakes. This sense of freedom and low consequences can encourage kids to send more questionable pictures than they normally might....

Many women find that their body changes quite significantly after pregnancy, and often, those changes are most noticeable in the abdominal area. Your abdomen might look and feel different, and even if you return to your pre-pregnancy weight, you might still notice changes in your stomach. And although appearance might be part of the changes that can occur, the more important change is in function. If your post-pregnancy stomach is causing you to have pain in your abdomen or back or is otherwise affecting your daily life, there may be a deeper issue at hand....

If you’re wondering what you’re actually supposed to do with your kids 24/7 in the wake of mass closings, schedule changes, and instructions to self-isolate from everyone you know and love, we’re here to help. Scenario: You’re Working From Home With Your Kids Your employer gave the go-ahead to work from home, but that’s turning out to be a nightmare. Your kids were playing ball inside during your conference call, demanding lunch when you had a memo to submit, and asking you how to finish their math assignment while you were busy crunching your own budget numbers in Excel....