Fit Pregnancy

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Fit Pregnancy
Editor-in-ChiefPeg Moline
FrequencyBimonthly
Total circulation
(December 2011)
503,577 [1]
First issue1993
Final issueApril 2015 (print)
Company Dotdash Meredith
CountryUSA
Based in New York City
LanguageEnglish
Website www.fitpregnancy.com
ISSN 1079-3615

Fit Pregnancy is a Web site for pregnant women and new mothers.

Contents

History

Fit Pregnancy was founded as a magazine in 1993 by Weider Publications as a spin-off of Shape Magazine . Weider Publications was acquired by American Media, Inc. in November 2002. In 2015, Fit Pregnancy was acquired by Meredith, who closed its print edition. [2]

Peg Moline is the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief. [3]

Fit Pregnancy offers advice and health information from OB/GYNs and Pediatricians, such as Dr. Jay Gordon, [4] Dr. Michel Cohen, [5] and FitPregnancy.com's Ask the Labor Nurse blogger Jeanne Faulkner. [6]

Fit Pregnancy's annual feature on The Best Cities to Have a Baby has been regularly featured on the NBC program Today. The magazine encourages breastfeeding, fitness, and regularly features a column on Environmentalism.

Awards

Magazine excellence:

Famous pregnancies

Celebrity pregnancies which have been featured in the magazine include: Jessica Alba, Gabrielle Reece, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Brooke Burke, Lara Spencer, Cindy Crawford, Alex Kingston, Ming-Na, Kelli Williams, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jane Kaczmarek, Ana Gasteyer, Jenny McCarthy, Toni Braxton, Catherine Bell, Christa Miller Lawrence, Kimora Lee Simmons, Rachel Griffiths, Denise Richards, Kathryn Sansone, and Chynna Phillips.

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  3. Peg Moline Bio Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine , FitPregnancy.com, 2007
  4. Dr. Jay Gordon on the Huffington Post
  5. Dr. Michel Cohen and The New Basics
  6. "Real Moms blogger Jeanne Faulkner". Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  7. 2008 Maggie Award Winners, Western Publications Association, May, 2008
  8. The New York Times: The End of Childbirth 101?
  9. Get Your Body Back After Baby, Starring: Jennifer Gianni Director: Linda Shelton Rating
  10. Your Complete Guide to a Fit Pregnancy, by FitPregnancy (Author), Peg Moline (Editor)