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November 13, 2009 Cut Your Partner Some Slack
Pregnancy can be a difficult time for partners. It’s only natural that their hopes, fears, and need for back scratches take second place to a pregnant woman’s swollen ankles and constant weeping. But here at Let’s Panic HQ, we want partners to experience the same sense of wonder and ache-filled nights as pregnant ladies do! So in order to help build a little empathy between you two, we’ve made a list of stuff you can do to help you relate to one another in this incredibly swollen, nauseating time of your lives.
Stay involved with each other using science!
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October 26, 2009 Best Halloween Strategies
You’re still trying to decide between the sexy witch costume and the sexy vampire nurse costume, aren’t you? Or is it just that you’re hoping to make it through Halloween weekend without anyone noticing the fun-size candy bar wrappers overflowing from your purse?
What we’re really hoping is that this year you’ll make an effort. Pregnant women’s costume choices range from spooky (pregnant witch) to serious (pregnant vampire nurse), but it’s the women with viable, ambulatory children who we address in this week’s post with our intellectually superior Halloween costume guide.
But we haven’t forgotten our pregnant friends! We have a nice visualization for you up on the front page. Light a candle, take some deep breaths, and try to remember what it’s like not being a bloated, hormonal mess.
October 7, 2009 It’s Time to Have a Little Fun
Yes, we’re having a CONTEST!
Do you have a most embarrassing parenting moment? Of course you do. Would you like to share it with us? And then have everyone on the Internet laugh at you for the rest of your life? SOUNDS GREAT, I KNOW!
Describe your worst, most panic-filled, but-everything-came-out-OK-well-at-least-no-one-DIED parenting moment — bonus point for photos* — in 150 words or less and e-mail it to contest@lets-panic.com by October 31, 2009. The winner will receive a PANIC KIT! that includes fire extinguishing spray, a photoelectric sensor smoke alarm, a battery-operated carbon monoxide alarm, and several other safety items from the generous folks at First Alert.
The winner will also have their story published on lets-panic.com. Anonymously, if necessary.
Void where prohibited. Wherever THAT is.
*Points rescinded for photos of anything that came out of your baby’s back end. No, really.