Strike a Pose: Embryo


Updated 05/29/08 4:54 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

Strike a Pose: Embryo

I love poses that really stretch out your spine, and this pose called Embryo will give you an amazing stretch from your neck to your tailbone. It's one the postures of the Ashtanga closing sequence, but you'll find it in other yoga classes as well. Sanskrit Name: Pindasana English Translation: Embryo Pose Also Called: Baby Pose Want to see how to get into it? Then read more Read more

Guess What Animal?


Updated 02/18/08 4:15 PM · Posted by PetSugar · 61 comments

Guess What Animal?

This photo of a ________ embryo recently won first place in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The winning image was selected from over 1,700 photos taken by scientists and artists from around the globe with the help of a microscope. Read more

Lil Links: The Fate of Frozen Embryos


Updated 02/21/11 1:05 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 0 comments

What Happens to Frozen Embryos?

Here's what happens to frozen embryos — Parenting Celine Dion and her boys are in Sin City — Celebrity Baby Blog The Baskett boys hit the gym — Celebrity Baby Scoop Why the Kardashians have become family millionaires — The Stir Updates on all the stars who are expecting — FitPregnancy The 10 most dramatic birth stories we've heard yet! — The Bump Toddler finger-food recipes — Read more

Colin Egglesfield's Surprising Past Role on All My Children


Updated 05/06/11 9:06 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Colin Egglesfield's Role on All My Children

Tom Cruise look-alike Colin Egglefield is on his way to becoming a household name thanks to his role in Something Borrowed (out today), but he's a familiar face to fans of Melrose Place and All My Children. Before the 38-year-old landed a part in the high-profile rom-com, he played one particularly bizarre character on AMC: Erica Kane's aborted fetus. Oh, yes. In 1973, right after abortion had Read more

DrSugar Answers: Acne Meds and Pregnancy?


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by DrSugar · 3 comments

A Doctor Answers Question About Acne Medication While Pregnant

DrSugar is in the house! And she's answering your health-related questions. Dear DrSugar, I have acne and after several years of tinkering, I've found the right combination of several prescription products daily to control it — benzoyl peroxide 6%, Solodyn, dapsone, Retin-A, clindamycin, and the list goes on. While I'm not pregnant now, I'd like to try and conceive in the next three years or so Read more

A Real Life "My Sister's Keeper" Situation in Britain


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 11 comments

Genetically Engineered Babies

Just like the story line behind last Summer's tearjerker, My Sister's Keeper, a BBC documentary that aired last night is raising ethical questions across the UK as it follows two families' attempts to conceive "savior children" to provide their current kids with bone marrow transplants. The children suffer from Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disease that prevents the body from producing blood, Read more