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Why Kim Kardashian West says Pregnancy is ‘The Worst Experience’ of Her Life

Posted on October 6, 2015

Not all women enjoy pregnancy. Second time mom-to-be Kim Kardashian is no different.

The reality TV star took to her website to pen a blog post titled, “From the Desk Of: How I Really Feel About Being Pregnant.”

In it the 7-months pregnant paparazzi magnet bemoans all the horrors of pregnancy.

“I’m gonna keep it real: For me, pregnancy is the worst experience of my life! LOL!” Kardashian wrote on her post yesterday, Monday, Oct. 5. “I don’t enjoy one moment of it and I don’t understand people who enjoy it.”

She went on to list the various ailments that go with pregnancy as the source of her disdain for the baby incubation process.

“Maybe it’s the swelling, the backaches or just the complete mindf—k of how your body expands and nothing fits,” she continued. “I just always feel like I’m not in my own skin.”

The biz mogul and much sought after starlet seemed to be upset she wasn’t warned about it all before.

“People just don’t tell you all of the gross things that happen during pregnancy or after. Do you know you basically have to wear a diaper for two months afterwards?!” Kardashian added. “LOL! No one told me that! #SoSexy.”

But in the end, despite all the aches and discomforts, she ends her rant saying it is all worth it.

“Really, it is all SO worth it when you have your precious baby in the end! So for all my complaining, it’s 100 percent worth it and more!!!”

We know of several women who did not like the process and she is not the first celebrity to keep it real and open up about not enjoying the process.

People like my mother in law would tell women who can have babies to not complain because there are so many infertile and other couple’s trying to conceive who would gladly trade in their situation for the privilege of getting to be pregnant…even with the problems.

But in the end of the day, women have the right to vent and share openly and shouldn’t be boxed into keeping shut to not upset someone else.

Just our thoughts on the situation because we see her critics saying if she complained about not getting pregnant easily this second round then she has no right ot complain once she does become pregnant.

h/t US Magazine

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Teen Invents stroller for Wheelchair-bound New Moms (VIDEO)

Posted on October 5, 2015

A Detroit high school student has invented a stroller for wheelchair bound moms who want to take their babies for a walk.

Alden Kane, a student at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, created a custom adaptable stroller as part of his STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) class.

The inventive teen said it took 6 months of planning and 6 months of construction to build a prototype. He gifted it to a local mother Sharina Jones, who had just had a baby and wanted to take her son out on nice days.

“A lot of my friends have babies and they are out, running with their babies in the stroller and I thought, ‘What am I going to do?'” she told FOX 2.

Kane consulted with Jones during her pregnancy and before she gave birth. He worked hard to complete the project before Jones’ July due date.

“The biggest priority is to make it safe for baby, of course,” Kane told the news outlet. “And then, also you really want to make it independent for the mother.”

In the end, Kane used lightweight metal tubing that easily clips onto the wheelchair and safely holds the weight of a baby in a car seat. Given the success of his prototype, Kane says he hopes to make the device accessible to more people.

Kane says he hopes to eventually apply for a patent for his invention.

h/t HuffPo

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How BravoTV Hid Kandi Burruss’ Pregnancy For #RHOA Promo Pics

Posted on October 5, 2015

Coco Austin isn’t the only one who can hide her bump under clothing. In the promo video and photos for the next season of Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kandi Burruss doesn’t look pregnant there tho she was at the time. Bravo TV uses promotional images year round and needs them to be evergreen, meaning they aren’t tied to any particular time in history or event. So they had to get creative with disguising Burruss’ pregnancy using clothing.

“When @bravotv decided they wanted to camouflage my baby bump I was like “how are we gonna do that???” But my team did a great job of helping me get cute with the rest of the ladies of #RHOA! Thank you,” Burruss captioned a photo of herself in an off white blouse and shimmery metalic mini- skirt leaning strategically against the couch so the blouse falls in the right places.

If you are pregnant but hiding it from co-workers or others because you are not too far along or simply don’t want to share too soon, check out our past post with ideas on what clothing is best to hide a pregnancy.

photos: Instagram

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The $132,000 Mini-Van rich Soccer Moms Pre-Ordered Years Ago is HERE!

Posted on October 5, 2015

Tesla unveiled its long-awaited crossover SUV aimed at the safety-conscious soccer mom…oh who has $132,000 in her back pocket to spare for this vehicle.

But wait…before Tesla unveiled its new Model X SUV last Tuesday, it had already secured at least 30,000 pre-orders, mainly from North America!

Wowza! Sight unseen. Test-drive undone. Yup!

Some won’t even get their SUVs delivered until 2016.

During a Tuesday exhibition in San Francisco before journalists, Tesla’s founder Elon Musk unveiled the Signature Model X and showed off all its fancy features like computer controlled “falcon wing” doors that open on the side. It has super ultrasonic sensors to prevent the doors from dinging nearby vehicles in the mall parking lot.

It boasts an ultra-thin profile and the rear seats can scoot forward by themselves — even with baby still strapped in his infant carrier, so other passengers can access the back of the SUV. Fancy.

Tesla founder Elon Musk unveils the Signature Model X

It has a dual-motor, all-wheel drive system, and will be the first EV-SUV of its kind to have towing ability.

And if you need speed, the Signature Model X line will go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds with a top speed of 155 mph.

“This thing goes so fast it’s wrong,” Musk said at the event.

Tesla promised to release this model in 2013 and it has been delayed successively, perhaps because as Musk explained Tuesday, it was “the most difficult car in the world to build.”

Musk admitted that he could have sold the cars without the extra bells and whistles they added to it, like a panoramic windshield and an air-filtration system with a “bioweapon defense mode.” No Zombie apocalyptic germs will get in this puppy!

The Model X has a triple-layer-carbon air filter that can virtually eliminate all bacteria from the cabin.

In August, Tesla had received “22,538 reservations for the SUV in North America, which is its largest market. The figure represents 75% of the global reservations. 21,193 Americans and 1,346 Canadians are eagerly waiting for their Model X,” Business Finance News reported.

Designing and constructing Interior back rows were blamed for the delay in relesase

The company obtained 4,680 orders from Europe, which reflects 16% of the global orders. Asia Pacific only contributes 9% of the worldwide reservations with 2,809 orders. In Asia Pacific, Tesla has received 2,345 orders from China, 366 from Hong Kong, and 98 from Australia.

Don’t fret, lowly middle class families, Musk revealed that it will start work on its Model 3, a lower-cost sedan that could retail around $35,000. You just have to wait a little while longer given production on that version won’t begin until two years from now.

Whoa!

photos: Teslarati

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Second Time Mom-to-Be Kelis hits NYC to promote her New Cook Book

Posted on October 4, 2015

When not touring or belting out hits on a stage, mom-to-be Kelis was studying at the famous Paris cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu. The native New Yorker recently hit up the HuffPost Live and Sirius XM studios to promote her new cook book, “My Life on a Plate: Recipes From Around the World“.

Dressed in baggy denim cuffed cropped pants, a silk t-shirt and black ballet flats, the “Milkshake” singer hit the NYC promo tour last week.

In her cookbook, the native New Yorker shares dishes from her Puerto Rican heritage and her travels around the world. During stops on various legs of world tours, she discovered local outdoor markets and tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurants and other hidden journeys. She captures some of the food from her travels, culture and her own specialties derived from growing up watching and learning her mom who ran a catering business in the family home.

The cook book is the output of all that effort and was released this past September 28. And she had much practice working in a few restaurants on the line as a prerequisite to graduating from cooking school. “Kitchen is intense,” she told BBC of working sauté, adding that at first her fellow classmates were taken with a celebrity apprentice by their side but over time, because “time is so crucial that no one, it was like whatever, can you cook, like get on with it?”

Kelis, who is still actively performing, told BBC that the cook book is “just another outlet” for her, “something she enjoys.”

It’s available in hardback for $17.79 at Amazon.com.

Kelis is currently expecting her second child with her husband (though that is yet to be confirmed). She has a 6-year old son Knight with ex-husband Nas,

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30+ Celebrity-inspired Costumes

Posted on October 4, 2015

Take a stroll back to Halloween 2014 and check out all the celebrity -inspired Halloween costumes of the past, some celebrity parents and their kids, and some celebrity-inspired costumes such as these two babies dressed as Beyoncé and Jay Z in front of the portrait of Mona Lisa as during the couple’s Paris visit this fall.

Meanwhile, the actual Carters went as The Jacksons, Janet and Michael.

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and North West inspired this duo’s costume. Fun!

The Real Kim and North paid homage to Vogue editors with Kim dressed as editor in chief Anna Wintour, North as editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley and friends dressed as the creative director who decided to put Kimye on the cover Grace Coddington with another toddler dressed as designer Karl Lagerfeld.

Nicole Richie and daughter Harlow and son Sparrow as some of the 101 Dalmations.

Invanka Trump and her little Monster, on Joseph.

Tiffanie Amber Thiessen and her family of unicorns, including daughter Harpe and hubby Brady Smith.

Here are Rachel Zoe‘s boys, Kaius and Skyler as Pirates of the Caribbean’s Captain Jack Sparrow.

And later with the whole family in a Peter Pan, Pirate Fantasy theme.

Eva Marcille‘s baby girl Marley is a cupcake. Sweet!

Molly Sims as Snow White and son as Batman.

Not celebrating Halloween but dressed up was Tamar Braxton-Herbert‘s son Logan as an astronaut.

Jenni “JWoww” Farley’s little girl, Meilani, is a bumble bee.

And later as a family of monkeys and fiance Roger Matthews as the banana.

Melissa Joan Hart and fam in a Star Wars theme.

It’s Mason Disick.

And later with the whole fam with Penelope dressed as a skunk and mom Kourtney Kardashian as a cat

Vanessa and Nick Lachey and son Camden in a Peter Pan family theme. Loving the bump!

Holly Madison‘s glam squad did an excellent job converting her it Queen Elsa from the movie Frozen!

Toni Braxton‘s boys Diezel and Denim dressed as a ninja and an alien?

It’s Hilary Duff and son Luca!

Love Vanessa Simmons‘ fashion rabbit ears. It’s Fashion.

TODAY‘s Meredith Vieira, Jenna Bush Hager and new mom Savannah Guthrie as Mom Jeans.

Garcelle Beauvais and her twins boys Jax and Jaid as death and the grim reaper, spooky!

Tamara Mowry Housley‘s son Aden and cuzzo as cowboys.

Tez Palmer and new baby, son Bodhi.

The ladies of The Real including two of our Bellyitch BumpWatch alums, Tamara Housley as an astronaut and Tamar Herbert as a ballerina.

Kim Zolciak Biermann‘s brood were super cute too especially Kaia as an adorable bunny.

Kroy Jr with brother Kane.

Kash and Kroy Jr.

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STUDY: Pregnancy is No Reason To Delay Cancer Treatment

Posted on October 4, 2015

Pregnant women who are diagnosed with cancer do not need to delay treatment or end their pregnancy, a new study found.

The study included 129 children in Europe whose mothers were diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy, as well as a control group of 129 children born to women without cancer. The children’s physical and mental health were assessed when they were 18 months and 3 years of age.

Among the children whose mothers were diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy, 69 percent were exposed to chemotherapy before birth, about 3 percent to radiation therapy and 5.4 percent to both chemotherapy and radiation. A small number were exposed to trastuzumab (Herceptin) or interferon (less than 1 percent each), while about 10 percent were exposed to surgery alone.

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Instagram Saturday: Celeb Husbands and their Kids (PHOTOS)

Posted on October 3, 2015

It’s that time again! Stalk Check out what our favorite Bellyitch moms from the past are up to. And in today’s edition, we feature those adorable photos, some recent, some not-so-recent, of the husbands of celebrity bumpwatch alums and their kids. Starting with Miami Heat NBA player Chris Bosh with daughter Dylan.

Jessie James Decker‘s husband Eric Decker and his newborn son Eric Decker Jr.

Cacee Cobb‘s husband Donald Faison and daughter Wilder.

Hillary Scott‘s husband Chris Tyrell and daughter Eisele.

Tia Mowry-Hardrict‘s husband Cory Hardrict with their son Cree.

Jaime King’s husband Klye Newman with their sons James Knight and Leo talking to mom over Skype.

Ivanka Trump‘s husband Jared Kushner with their son Joseph while vacationing in Italy.

Kelly Rowland‘s husband Tim Witherspoon and their son Titan.

Busy Phillips‘ husband Marc Silverstein with their daughters Cricket and Birdie.

Ali Landry‘s husband Alejandro Monteverde with their son Marcelo.

Photos: Instagram

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VIRAL: After 17 Years Trying to Conceive, Wife Delivers Shocking News to Husband (VIDEO)

Posted on October 3, 2015

After 17 years of trying to have a baby including one stillborn at six months and four miscarriages, Dana Griffin-Graves and her husband Arkell had given up hope of ever having a baby on their own.

“It just didn’t work out, so we kind of gave up,” Dana told Buzzfeed about her and her husband’s repeated unsuccessful attempts.

But after going to the doctor to inquire about suspicious weight gain, Dana learned she was 5 months pregnant with a son but never knew.

In this video, which has since gone viral with over 6 million views on YouTube, watch Arkell’s tearful response when he learns the news.

She placed a photo of the ultrasound next to a pack of buns in the oven and set it up for her husband to open the oven. Creative.

Grab your tissues. This is a tear jerker.

>photos: Facebook

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Policing Women’s Ovaries: Olympic Committee to Release Recommendations for Pregnant Elite Athletes

Posted on October 3, 2015

When Talysia Montano competed in the 800 meters race at the U.S. Track & Field Championship last year at 34 weeks pregnant, she not only amazed global audiences, she also opened up new concerns about other elite athletes who may want to compete whilst pregnant.

This week, medical experts gathered at the request of the International Olympic Committee to discuss recommendations for elite athletes during and after pregnancy.

Given the fact that Montano will not be the last elite level athlete to attempt to compete while pregnant, the IOC’s medical and scientific commission said it is hoping to gather research so “sportswomen can make informed choices for their futures and those of their children.”

H/t LA Times

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