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Pampering

Pampers

Lori Karbal recommends
soothing scents that can
relax or revive.

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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111 he most noticeable change will, of course,

occur right at the stomach. Suddenly, it
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will seem as though a watermelon is
growing there, expanding with each and
every breath you take.
It's all the baby and placenta, naturally.
Those late-night ice cream sodas and Hershey
bars with almonds surely account for a mere
fraction of a tiny percentage of your weight
gain, right? ,
Once you've gotten used to the idea of an
ever-enlarging belly you'll be ready to deal with
other issues, like your skin, often so oily and
acne-prone that you're using up to a tube a
day of Clearasil (and praying that it's never,
ever, taken off the market); an achy-breaky

Doesn't every pregnant
woman deserve
a little TLC?

back; hair with the consistency either of a Brillo
pad (but please, refrain from using it on your
pots and pans) or of wet spaghetti; and feet
and legs so swollen it takes you 10 minutes
just to get from the TV to your kitchen to
retrieve yet another Hershey bar.
All right, so it's not that bad.
There's no denying that for all the natural

glow supposedly emanating from pregnant
women, there are a lot of natural pains as well.
There is hope. A number of modern mira-
cles can help ease the challenges of pregnancy.
The first stop: the masseuse.
Mary Ann Garafalo is a massage therapist
at Tamara Institut de Beaute in Farming-
ton Hills. Once a woman has secured an okay
from her physician, Mrs. Garafalo said, a mas-
sage can be the perfect treatment for an ex-
pectant mother. Although for medical reasons
the masseuse will shy from legs heavy with
varicose veins (which tend to plague many
pregnant women), she can pay special atten-

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