MyNaturalSistas Pregnancy has a way of bringing on the thickness! Hair thickness that is. However, it also has a way of bringing on postpartum shedding. If you’ve ever been there you know it can be very traumatic. Well, you’re not alone. Tune in as India of MyNaturalSisters shares her story. Continue
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Can Somebody Tell Celebrity Baby Mamas that Child Support is for the Child?
Chris Brown, daughter & Nia Guzman By Brenda Alexander Children are expensive…this I know. But after recent reports of Chris Brown’s baby mama Nia Guzman gunning for more than $20k monthly in child support, I’m stuck with one question: Are mothers of children who have wealthy fathers taking advantage of child support? Because you can’t …
Folks Wanna Call CPS on Dad Pretending to Arrest His Baby
Screenshot of video By Onicia Muller There’s a one-minute clip of an adult male pretending to arrest a baby. A small fraction of Twitter users replied in-thread that police or Child Protective Services (CPS) should be involved. A larger portion seemed to view the role-play as a joke. As always, I have mixed thoughts about …
The Unbelievable Reasons Behind the Astonishing Rate of Black Maternal Death
By Dawn Washington As I’m watching a news story on the rise of maternal deaths in America, I’m shocked to learn that America leads the world in the number of maternal deaths. But that shock didn’t compare to what happened in me when I heard the stats related to maternal deaths among African American women …
No Hollywood Snapback for Tia Mowry & We Love Her For It!
Tia Mowry By Mwabi Kaira Let’s face it – pregnancy does a number on women’s bodies; the weight gain, the acne, the heartburn, the frequent trips to the bathroom, swollen ankles, you name it and we get it during pregnancy. And then we hold our precious babies in our arms after they are born and …
4 Things I Learned When I Forgot My Baby in the Car
By Erickka Sy Savané I was reading an article recently about a South Carolina dad whose 8-month-old baby died after being left in a hot car all day. We hear these stories and wonder how this could happen? Actually, statistics show that it happens to the tune of 36 babies dying each year in the …
When Should a Man You’re Dating Tell You He’s Expecting a Child?
Dominique Perry & Sarunas J. Jackson By Veronica Wells This week, “Insecure” fans were surprised to learn that Dominque Perry, the actress who played Tasha the bank teller, gave birth to a child fathered by her castmate Sarunas J. Jackson, (the man who plays Dro.) There was a shock factor associated with this revelation not …
The Common Sense Lesson That Everyone Can Learn From Kloe & Tristan Thompson
Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian By Brenda Alexander By now, you’ve already heard that Khloe Kardashian’s basketball player boyfriend, Tristan Thompson, was caught on video tonguing other women down in clubs throughout the country while his 9-month-pregnant girlfriend was home prepping to give birth to their first child. To escalate matters, Kardashian went into labor …
4 Times It’s Okay To Ask A Woman If She’s Pregnant
By Erickka Sy Savané Let’s face it, some questions are just taboo. If you’ve ever asked a woman, “How many months are you?” when she wasn’t even pregnant then you know there aren’t enough rocks to crawl under. It’s right up there with “Is that your grandchild?” when it’s actually the person’s kid. I’ve been …
41 and Childless: Why I’m Still Hitting Snooze On My Biological Clock
Via XoNecole.com By Tee Elle I scroll through my Facebook news feed admiring the chubby-cheeked faces that my high school classmates post. The happy babies are dressed in toothless grins and two-pieced grownup outfits looking like little men and women. I smile in recognition of the toddlers who are complete miniatures of the people who …