In fact, stretch
marks top the list of cosmetic complaints during and after pregnancy.
Occurring when fibers in the middle layer of skin break down and become
less elastic , stretch marks are generally permanent, although they usually
fade with time. As president of the
foundation, Heidi helped create Baby Basics: Your Month By Month Guide to a
Healthy Pregnancy , a beautiful, culturally appropriate prenatal guide geared
toward readers with low literacy. Arthur Agatston.

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help expectant parents sleep better at night, Heidi delivered the proposal for
What to Expect just hours before delivering her daughter, Emma. This online publishing company
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Basics , in both English and Spanish, have been distributed free to expectant
moms in need across the country .

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"Of course women are concerned about the condition of their skin during
pregnancy and breastfeeding . When
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who we wanted to work with.

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We'll have informative articles they won't find anywhere
else, easy-to-use tools like the daily pregnancy planner and the scrapbook, as
well as answers to their questions -- all dedicated to making those 40 weeks
easier and more fun. The What To Expect series is clearly the premium
brand in its category, and Waterfront is very pleased to bring it -- and Heidi
-- online."
Heidi Murkoff "conceived" the idea for What to Expect When You're
Expecting during her first pregnancy , when she discovered that most books only
added to her questions and worries.
She's also written nine What to Expect books for children, designed to hold
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approximately 1,000 pounds of orange blossoms are required to make a pound of
neroli pure essential oil. She teamed up
with medical writer Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway, BSN, to write the
book and then continued to write an entire bookshelf of titles for parents and
children that have helped millions of families. Heidi's latest book, What to Expect: Eating Well When
You're Expecting, is a complete guide to diet and nutrition during pregnancy.

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But it wasn't until I met Waterfront that I knew I met
the right partner.com and its e-mail newsletters
(Heidi's Daily Delivery and Expecting To Expect ), Heidi has created a
completely interactive online pregnancy companion for expectant parents, as
well as a vital pipeline of information for those who are preparing for
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Myriad products promise prevention, but until now they contained
ingredients potentially harmful to pregnant moms and their unborn babies --
ingredients women willingly slather on in the hope of preventing stretch
marks. The What to
Expect kids series includes What to Expect When Mommy's Having a Baby and What
to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home.
Waterfront Media currently publishes the online versions of Dr.

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"We're excited to be able to provide expectant parents with an added dimension
to What to Expect -- an interactive, personalized online companion during
their pregnancies."
Asked why she waited so long to bring this successful book online, Heidi
replied , "I've had piles of proposals over the years -- and I knew the Web
site would be an important addition that readers were actually looking for --
in fact, asking for.
Heidi is a senior contributing editor and columnist for Baby Talk and
Parenting magazines and is a frequent guest on shows such as CNN's American
Morning, the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, and Good Morning America.

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Ben Wolin, CEO of Waterfront Media commented, "Waterfront Media strives to
connect people via the Internet with the best self-help experts. The What to Expect series,
which has sold more than 25 million copies, includes What to Expect the First
Year, What to Expect the Toddler Years, the What to Expect Pregnancy
Organizer, the What to Expect Pregnancy Planner, and the What to Expect
Babysitter's Handbook. Now,
with the launch of http://www.

Additional information about Waterfront Media's partners, products, and
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"This Web site -- the latest addition to the What to Expect family -- is
another great resource for moms and dads to be," said author Heidi Murkoff. Andrew
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A passionate commitment to parents and babies led Heidi to co-found the
What to Expect Foundation (http://www. More than 7 million people
receive newsletters from Waterfront's leading authorities, encompassing such
topics as diet, health, finance , exercise, spirituality, religion, and
relationships. In addition, Waterfront Media is the
online publisher for Money Magazine financial expert, Today Show contributor,
and author Jean Chatzky; 20 -year health and fitness icon Denise Austin; and
now the best selling What To Expect series.

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Heidi Murkoff partners with Waterfront Media to Launch First-Ever What to
Expect Web Site, Creating Fresh Online Features, Tools, and Community for
Expectant Mothers

NEW YORK, Heidi Murkoff, New York Times best
selling author of the What To Expect When You're Expecting and the What to
Expect series of pregnancy and parenting books has joined with online
subscription -based publisher, Waterfront Media Inc.WhatToExpect.

Waterfront Media is headquartered on the waterfront of Brooklyn, NY, with
customer service operations in North Adams, MA. Waterfront Media opened its doors in January
2002 and has served over 600,000 subscribers.