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The minute I got pregnant (ok, well 2 days after I found out I was pregnant) I signed up for all sorts of e-newslettters and magazines. At 24 weeks, 1 day I am ready to give you the evaluation of them.

Websites - E-newsletters
Baby Center
This is my favorite one, again because it give you an update on baby's development. I love reading about what is happening! This is also the one that the hubster gets. I sent him one at 5 weeks and he was like, "Oh! Keep sending me these!". I actually really like this website too. If I am ever looking for more information beyond my Mayo Clinic book, i go here. Sign Up for "My Baby This Week" here.

Mothering
Another weekly email. This one is always a week ahead of things - like I am 24 weeks and 1 day today and I got the 25 week email. Maybe so you can read ahead? I also like this email. It is a bit more "crunchy" and has a lot of natural things to do. They have some good recipes and some nice stretches. It is pretty well rounded too - like there is usually a poem or a story about being pregnant at the end of it. I think I get both the your pregnancy week by week one and the Peggy's Kitchen one. Sign up here. This is also a parenting magazine, which I have never read.

Fit Pregnancy
This newsletter is terrible. Useless and repetitive info. I get this magazine free from my doctor's office and this is the corresponding enewsletter. Save your time. They also do a lot of celebrity pregnancies, of which I am not a fan. If interested, you can sign up here.

The Bump
If you used The Knot or The Nest at all, you will be familar with this as the interface is the same. The enewsletter is ok. Personally, I think I get more info from the Baby Center and Mothering ones so this one is only so so. Sign up here.

Those are the four that I subscribe too. Of course I also get about three cord blood banking emails per day with this too. I would definitely subscribe to the first two and not the last if I were picking today. I also don't use any of the sites above for message boards, etc. Some people really like these features but because I don't use them, I can't comment on that aspect of the websites. My use is primarily confined to the e-newsletter.

Magazines
Ah, so you all know that I am a freak about magazines. I can't say that any of the pregnancy magazines that I read are amazing or must sees. They're good for a quick read and that's about it.

Pregnancy
I of course took advantage of one of Amazon's $5 subscriptions and signed up to get Pregnancy magazine. The magazine is ok. It is worth 10-15 minutes of entertainment. Every issue so far has had a BumGenius cloth diaper coupon in it so for that, I think it was worth it. I can't say that I learn a whole lot from this magazine.

American Baby
You sign up and get this magazine for free. For free, it's decent. I woulnd't pay for it though.

Fit Pregnancy
I get this magazine free from my doctor's office. It's not bad but again, I'm not sure I would subscribe to it.

All magazines are heavily geared towards celebrity pregnancies and the accumulation of "stuff". Still, a nice form of entertainment while your husband watches sports on television and you are too lazy to get off the couch.