Chris Noth and Girlfriend Tara Wilson Welcome First Baby

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Congratulations to Sex and the City’s Chris Noth and his girlfriend Tara Wilson on the safe arrival of their first baby.

Orion Christopher Noth arrived on Friday weighing 7-pounds, 10-ounces.

“I am happy to confirm that Chris Noth and Tara Wilson are the proud parents of a happy and healthy baby boy,” The couple’s rep said.

Tara met Chris in 2002 while working at the actor’s New York bar, the Cutting Room. The couple starred together in the soon to be released indie film Frame of Mind with Chris as a journalist and Tara in a supporting role, according to the New York Daily News. They also recently opened a teahouse together in Windsor, Ontario called Once Upon a Tea Cup.

We wish them well and look forward to seeing their new bundle!!

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Fit Pregnancy Magazine Names The Top 10 Cities To Have A Baby

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Some parents will do anything to raise a good child. They move to areas that are away from family in order to have better access to good schools and reputable medical facilities.

Fit pregnancy has released the results of their yearly search for the top place to have a baby in the U.S. Congratulations Portland Oregon – you are #1!

The study ranked cities by affordability; birth risk and health factors; breastfeeding; birthing options; stroller friendliness; fertility laws and services; hospitals and doctors; safety; and child care. The top cities in this year’s rankings are:

1. Portland, Ore.
2. Minneapolis
3. San Francisco
4. Seattle
5. Denver
6. Boston
7. Omaha, Neb.
8. Virginia Beach, Va.
9. Austin, Texas
10. Albuquerque, N.M.

The study ranked the country’s 50 largest cities based on census population estimates. Coming in at the bottom of the list for the second straight year was Detroit. Philadelphia; Long Beach, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Las Vegas ranked 46-49.

Boston fell to the sixth spot in the survey after finishing No. 1 in 2007. San Francisco was second last year, with Minneapolis, Portland and Omaha rounding out the top five.

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Personalization With A Cute Twist

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I love the uniqueness of these great personalized blankets. Anyone can script a child’s name across the bottom of a blanket, but the way this company does it is unique. Each letter in your child’s name can be embroidered on an animal or character. Too cute!!

The design shown below is perfect for your prince (shown) or princess. The princess version is a pink blanket with lavender crown and yellow and sage green gems OR a yellow blanket, Pink crown and lavender and sage green gems.

The frogs and turtles blanket gives you the choice of a light blue, light yellow and pale pink blanket with alternating sage green frogs and beige and sage green turtles. They start at $42 and go up to $106 with 7 personalized letters. www.silbodesigns.com

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Research: The Effect of Cellphones On Your Pregnancy

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Researchers are realizing that more studies need to be done on children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell phones or other wireless devices could damage their health.

A few studies have indicated a possible link between mobile telephone use and brain tumors, although far more show no connection.”Measuring the amount of RF energy received by juveniles, children, pregnant women, and fetuses from wireless devices and RF base station antennas could help define exposure ranges for various populations,” the National Research Council said in a statement.

“Although it is unknown whether children are more susceptible to RF exposure, they may be at increased risk because of their developing organ and tissue systems,” it added.

“Additionally, Specific Absorption Rates for children are likely to be higher than for adults, because exposure wavelength is closer to the whole-body resonance frequency for shorter individuals.”

The report also notes that children today will experience a longer period of RF field exposure from mobile phones than adults, because they will most likely start using them at an early age.

As these devices become more popular and new products are introduced to the market place, it is important that their side effects are researched thoroughly. SOURCE

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Cruising and Pregnancy

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If you are in your 7th month of your pregnancy and are thinking of going on a cruise as your last hurrah before the baby arrives, you may want to think again.

I was surprised to find out that each cruise line has their own guidelines for expecting moms, with most not accepting pregnant guests who are past 24 weeks gestation.

The official reason is that the lack of neo-natal care facilities onboard the ship would prevent them from being unable to care for a baby born at this gestation.

I have put together a list of popular cruise lines and their pregnancy requirements:

Princess, Carnival, Holland America, Norweigian, Silversea, Regent Seven Seas, all say that they will make every effort to accommodate you, providing you have not entered the 24th week of pregnancy when the cruise ends.

Royal Carribean, Celebrity are a bit more lax, but will not accept guests who have entered their third trimester of pregnancy (27th week) at the beginning or at any time during their cruise vacation.If you decide to fly and stay at a resort, most airlines usually let any woman with a normal pregnancy and no previous history of premature labor to travel up to and including her 36th week.

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