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 Meet the March of Dimes Moms!  As part of our new panel in 2009, our March of Dimes mom bloggers nationwide will be sharing posts with important information about how to maintain a healthy lifestyle for both Mom and baby. Be sure to check out each of these special blogs for helpful information from the March of Dimes and their exciting tales of motherhood!

Kristina Brooke Daniele, known as Mom on the Rise in the blogosphere,  is a former High School English Teacher and currently a web-designer/computer geek who loves to read, blog, read blogs, design websites, and eat cheez-its. Occasionally, she tries her hand at writing reviews, photography, knitting, crocheting, and weight loss. For Kristina, pregnancy brings, along with the joy and anticipation, Hyperemesis, bed-rest and fear- the result of several early term loses and one loss at 19.5 weeks. She finds her strength in knowledge and believes that all women should arm themselves with information so that they can better protect themselves and their unborn child.   Kristina currently resides in New York with her husband Andrew and their beautiful 2.5-year-old. 

Catherine Connors is a mother, writer and recovering academic. When she’s not changing diapers or writing scholarly articles about the place of motherhood in Western philosophy, she blogs as Her Bad Mother. She’s also the moderator of Her Bad Mother’s Basement, a open blog-space for anonymous confessional posts, the founding editor of the Playdate Network, a network of group blogs by and for parents, and is a Contributing Editor at BlogHer. In her spare time, she relaxes by writing about pop culture at Mamapop and Babble and by trying to convince anyone who will listen that bad is, indeed, the new good.  She tweets at http://twitter.com/herbadmother

 Denene Millner, a mom and a writer, provides witty, engaging, mom-to-mom advice on ethics and etiquette in everything from childrearing and marriage to work and friendship. She is a contributing editor for many publications including Parenting and Essence and has appeared on The Today Show, CBS Early Show, CNN, MSNBC, VH1, WABC Eyewitness News and Good Day New York.  Denene is also an award winning author who’s most recent collaboration with the comedian Steve Harvey, “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man,” hit stores in January. Her book, “Dreamgirls,” the novelization of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play-turned-big screen film, was released in December 2006.  Of course, she also has her own blog, MyBrownBaby, dedicated to lifting the voices of African-American moms looking for the 411/advice/a high-five on everything from pregnancy and childrearing to sex, work, and relationships. Denene is a graduate of Hofstra University and lives in the Atlanta area with her husband and their two daughters and son.

Christina McMenemy is a married mom of two girls living in Columbus, Ohio. By day she seeks out new and interesting ways to keep her daughters entertained, as well as advocating for her older daughter, who has autism. At night Christina can always be found in front of her computer, either blogging at A Mommy Story or studying for nursing school exams (because one college degree wasn’t enough).

Michele Howley Boudreaux has been a Graphic Designer for over ten years. She graduated from the Penn State University with a BFA in Graphic Design and many scars from Xacto blades. In August of 2007, after becoming a mother, she stopped commuting to Manhattan and became a stay-at-home mom.  She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, son and three cats and balances her commitments with an active freelance career, a very popular blog, and hobbies ranging from baking to digital photography. Recent professional accomplishments include designing the logo for The Webby Awards.  She also loves taking pictures as much as she loves New York City and has combined the two on many occasions, such as Cool-Props and The New York Post Project. You can follow her twitters as well.  She really enjoys a good laugh and dark beer.

Christine Koh is a music and brain scientist turned writer, editor, and designer. She spent a decade in academia and was about to become a professor when she decided to hang up her academic spurs in favor of more flexible and creative ventures. Christine is the founder and editor of Boston Mamas, a stylish resource portal for families in Boston and beyond, and is the self-taught designer behind Posh Peacock. Christine also is a freelance writer and editor and recently started a third blog – Pop Discourse – where she gives voice to her fascination with pop culture, the intellectually interesting or absurd, Boston life, and parenthood. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and 4-year-old daughter.  Christine tweets at @bostonmamas.

Lisa Gulley is a stay at home mom with two young boys.  In her life before kids, she was a personal trainer and group fitness instructor who ran marathons in her spare time.  These days her spare time is filled with laundry and changing diapers,  so she tries to squeeze in any kind of workout whenever possible.  She hopes to inspire the world to move more by blogging about mommy fitness over at Workout Mommy.  She tweets at http://twitter.com/workoutmommy