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It's the final countdown -- fast approaching single -digit weeks -- before you get to meet your baby and coo over those tiny fingers and toes. Unfortunately, tiny isn't the word that comes to mind these days. The homestretch can be, well, a stretch. Itchy bellies, achy backs, swollen ankles, hemorrhoids -- you name the annoyance, and some expectant mom probably feels it. The real remedy, of course, is childbirth. But since that option is still a bit premature, we asked an obstetrician, a midwife, and a family practitioner to share their best trade secrets for surviving the common aches and pains of the third trimester. Our experts: Owen Montgomery, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia; Stephanie Lowell, a certified nurse midwife in Phoenix, Ariz.; and. Bruce Bagley, MD, a family-practice physician in Latham, N.Y., and former president of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Make sure to talk...

Related Coverage South Carolina’s tax- free shopping weekend starts at 12:01 a.m. on August 4 and ends at midnight on August 6. Here is an extensive list of exempted and non-exempted items. SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND TECHNOLOGY EXEMPT Computer hardware service contracts sold in conjunction with computers Computer software Computer software service contracts sold in conjunction with computer software Computer software service contracts when the true object of the contract is to obtain computer software updates during the contract period Computers* ( computer parts and accessories such as computer monitors , keyboards and scanners, when not sold in conjunction with a central processing unit (CPU), are taxable) Daily planners or organizers when used by school children as a school supply Personal Digital Assistants or PDAs (PDAs are hand- held computers used as daily planners. Please note that the exemption does not apply to cell phones with a PDA, computer applications or similar compo...