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Welcome to New Stork City!
Aside from the surprise food-cart smells that can send a first-trimester mom-to-be running to the nearest coffeeshop restroom, New York might be the perfect pregnancy town. Craving penne puttanesca or matzo ball soup? Odds are it can be delivered to you, stat. Need some pampering? Take your pick of the spas here that specialize in treatments for moms-to-be, like soothing belly masks and all-natural mulberry-lemon facials. And whatever you need to buy—be it a maternity wrap dress, a Stokke stroller or a set of midcentury-modern nursery furniture—it’s all within easy reach. Of course, you have to know where these resources are. That’s where our Expectant Mom’s Guide comes in. The editors of Time Out Kids have combed the city to provide you with an at-a-glance reference to all the shops and services you’ll need. So worry about D-day—for everything else, we’ve got you covered.
Expectant Mom’s Guide writer Marisa Cohen is the author of Deliver This! Make the Childbirth Choice That’s Right for You...No Matter What Everyone Else Thinks (Seal Press, 2007) and a mother of two in Greenwich Village.
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