plus 3, Early-pregnancy weight gain linked to gestational diabetes - Los Angeles Times

Early-pregnancy weight gain linked to gestational diabetes - Los Angeles Times
Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Welcomes Baby Girl! - US Magazine
Carolyn Hax | Stress of pregnancy, or just morons? - Kansas City Star
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Early-pregnancy weight gain linked to gestational diabetes - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:44 PM PST

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Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi Welcomes Baby Girl! - US Magazine

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:23 AM PST

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Padma Lakshmi has welcomed a baby girl, her rep tells UsMagazine.com.

The girl was born late Saturday in New York City, the rep adds.

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A source tells Us the girl's name is Krishna.

The Top Chef star, 39, has not revealed the baby's father.

UsMagazine.com first broke news that Lakshmi was expecting last October. The pregnancy was considered "a medical miracle," her rep told Us, because Lakshmi has struggled with endometriosis, a painful uterine condition that can lead to infertility.

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"I actually can't button my jeans anymore," Lakshmi joked to Us last fall when asked how her pregnancy was going. "Up until about a week ago, I could. There's just too much pressure, so I've had to put them away for now."

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During her pregnancy, Lakshmi said she hadn't "really had any cravings. There was about a week-and-a- half when I was really craving a cinnamon donut. Then I had the cinnamon donut, and it was like, 'Eh.' I mean, it was OK, but that was it. And then it was over."

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Carolyn Hax | Stress of pregnancy, or just morons? - Kansas City Star

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:20 PM PST

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ADVICE

DEAR CAROLYN: My friend and his wife are expecting ... and separating. The cause of the separation seems to be (significant) "stress of pregnancy" issues that I think are temporary.

While I recognize their choices are none of my business, it's hard to watch my friend nurse his hurt and think about dating other women, rather than look toward a very near future in which there will be no reason to separate and at least one big reason to stay together.

As a bystander, what kinds of things are OK to say/do in support of the marriage? What kinds of things are over the line? — Va.

Assuming you're that kind of friend, how about: "Maybe you should wait till your wife gives birth before you openly contemplate dating other women, you moron."

Absolutely, there are things you don't know, as you acknowledge. For one, she could be as big a moron as he is. It could just be his hurt feelings talking. And it could be over between them for reasons that have nothing to do with pregnancy stress, where the prospect of a child merely precipitated a meltdown that was coming all along.

Whatever the case may be, you do know your friend is a mess, and you know the baby's coming, mess be damned. And your friend is confiding in you. And, while the baby obviously has a timetable, absolutely nothing else does.

So the most productive — and compassionate — tack might just be to listen as he talks his way through this, and remind him at judicious intervals that his best move might be no move at all. He loses nothing by waiting to see what effect the baby has on his life before turning that life on end.

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