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1 You Asked: When will I be Ready to Move on?
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2 The How-To Lounge: Helping a Friend Cope With a Miscarriage
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3 You Asked: Should I Tell Him I Was Pregnant?
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4 DearSugar Needs Your Help: She's Afraid to Be Intimate Again
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5 Sunday Confessional: I Hurt My Sister Out of Jealousy
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6 Do Tell: When You Get Pregnant, How Long Will You Wait to Tell?
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7 Sex Myth: You're More Fertile After a Miscarriage
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8 DearSugar Needs Your Help: My Best Friend Is a Train Wreck!
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9 Tweeting Your Miscarriage or Abortion: Good For Women?
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10 Sunday Confessional: We Got Married Because I Was Pregnant
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11 Group Therapy: Must I Tell Him Everything About My Past?
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12 "I'm Dealing With a Miscarriage"
This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I'm only 18. My ex broke up with me in March. Shortly after I had a miscarriage without even knowing I was pregnant. I was on birth control too, so don't judge. I didn't tell my ex when it happened, but I did try to talk to him. I was in a very vulnerable state but he pushed me away and Read more
Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it's not always complication free. Many women deal with physical and emotional effects that range from mild nausea to dangerous high blood pressure. Some can be treated with a glass of water, while other more serious complications require a trip to the doctor or hospital. Keep reading for six common afflictions of mamas-to-be. Read more
Life isn't fair. While some women experience a seamless nine months, other moms-to-be have their anticipation end when the pregnancy abruptly terminates. In a recent interview set to air on Friday, journalist Lisa Ling talked about having a miscarriage. She said: We actually [hadn't] been trying that long. I don’t know that I took it as seriously as I should have because it happened so fast. Read more
The thin pink line may appear when a woman pees on the stick, but a positive test doesn't promise a baby. According to WebMD, about one in four pregnancies (25%) end in miscarriage. In just the last month, three well-known couples — Pink and Carey Hart, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, and Josh and Anna Duggar — have announced an impending pregnancy and a previous miscarriage. Sixty-one Read more
This question comes from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I've finally found the greatest guy ever. I've known him in college as an acquaintance but we never were more than that. Fast forward 3 years post graduation and we somehow are enrolled in the same graduate program on the other side of the country. Things are great, I can see myself Read more
Life can be a roller coaster. This question was submitted by philandjo in the Ask Anything box. Should we tell our 4-year-old son about our currently happening miscarriage, even if he didn't know that we were expecting another little one? Motherhood can be a mind boggler. Before driving yourself crazy looking for answers, head over to the LilSugar Community and type your inquiry away in our Ask Read more
This week's confession comes from our anonymous Confession Booth group in the TrèsSugar Community. Weigh in with your advice below. Eleven-year bf cheated for 6 years. Broke up, then married because I was pregnant, but then miscarried. Should I now try to make marriage work? There's lots of great stuff going on in our community — join it, check it out, share your posts or advice in the great Read more
The entry into parenthood can bring a couple closer together than they ever were before. But when a pregnancy ends before it's run its full course, it can have a devastating effect on the couple. In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Michigan found that couples who endure a miscarriage together are 22 percent more likely to separate up to three years after the loss. Read more
When Penelope Trunk, a blogger who shares almost every detail of her life over the Internet, had a miscarriage, she decided to tweet about it. She wrote: I'm in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there's a f**ked-up 3-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin. Writer KJ Dell'Antonia over at Double X thinks Trunk did women a favor with this TMI tweet. She reasons Read more
A few drops may be enough to get a mama-to-be worried, but 20 to 30 percent of pregnant women experience some bleeding. According to the American Pregnancy Association, vaginal bleeding can occur frequently in the first trimester and may not indicate problems. Did you experience this while with child? Source Did You Spot During Pregnancy? Yes — It ended up being nothing. Yes Read more
