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The federal Food and Drug Administration is adopting a new rule that will require warning labels on contraceptive products that contain the spermicide nonoxynol-9 but the federal agency is delaying the establishment of a similar rule on condoms containing N-9.
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My husband and I are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our goddaughter in February. We can’t wait to meet the little one!

The mom-to-be has nonchalantly mentioned that she will “most likely have a C-Section,” which she would prefer.

Now, I’ve never been pregnant myself, so I can’t say that I know everything (or much of anything) about the decision to have a C-Section. However, I can’t imagine willingly having surgery (and, consequently, anesthesia) to do what I believe my body was meant to do on its own.

I’ll step off my soapbox now, and leave you with this link from The Nest, which discusses elective C-Sections. What do you think?

Seventeen magazine has recently begun a campaign called The Body Peace Treaty. Jess Weiner, author of Do I Look Fat in This? and A Very Hungry Girl, runs the Body Peace blog, where girls can ask her questions and get advice about body image. 

In addition, there is an actual treaty, which includes celebrity signatures from the likes of Pink, Ashlee Simpson, Carrie Underwood, and Miley Cyrus. The goal is to reach a million signatures, so read the treaty below, and if you agree, head over to Seventeen.com and sign your name!

“I vow to:

- Remember that the sun will still rise tomorrow even if I had one too many slices of pizza or an extra scoop of ice cream tonight.

- Never blame my body for the bad day I’m having.

- Stop joining in when my friends compare and trash their own bodies.

- Never allow a dirty look from someone else to influence how I feel about my appearance.

- Quit judging a person solely by how his or her body looks — even if it seems harmless — because I’d never want anyone to do that to me.

- Notice all the amazing things my body is doing for me every moment I walk, talk, think, breathe…

- Quiet that negative little voice in my head when it starts to say mean things about my body that I’d never tolerate anyone else saying about me.

- Remind myself that what you see isn’t always what you get on TV and in ads — it takes a lot of airbrushing, dieting, money, and work to look like that.

- Remember that even the girl who I’d swap bodies with in a minute has something about her looks that she hates.

- Respect my body by feeding it well, working up a sweat when it needs it, and knowing when to give it a break.

- Realize that the mirror can reflect only what’s on the surface of me, not who I am inside.

- Know that I’m already beautiful just the way I am.”

Two years ago Mariane Pearl—widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl—set out on a personal round-the-globe search for hope and heroes. Her new book goes behind the scenes of her Global Diary column for Glamour magazine where she profiles ordinary women who are changing the world in extraordinary ways.

For each copy purchased on glamour.com, Glamour will donate the proceeds to the charities selected by the women profiled.

 Do you know any ordinary women who are changing the world in extraordinary ways? Tell us about them!

The Breast Cancer Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on “Click to Give FREE Mammograms” (the pink button in the middle).This doesn’t cost you a thing. The Breast Cancer Site’s corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate a mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Here’s the Web site; pass it along to your friends and family.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

As an extra tip - set the Web site as your home page on Internet Explorer or whichever browser you use. That way you’ll be sure to remember to get your one click per day in!