Trading my sweatpants-and-Birkenstocks uniform for dresses and beach coverups, I arrived with my husband at the 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay in Kauai, Hawaii on the day I hit 27 weeks and stayed through the transition into the last leg of pregnancy, leaving when I was 28 weeks along. During the six days we spent there, I practiced holistic self-care with the hotel's expansive wellness programming complimented by the serene setting;
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If you came to stay on the tiny island of Styrso (steer-shuh) in the Gothenburg archipelago in the late 19th or early 20th century, there was a good chance it was because you had tuberculosis. The island had already begun to appeal to city folk who came here for fresh air, sea baths and peace, but the sanatoriums set up by the renowned Dr Peter Silfverskiold gained such a positive reputation that the isle became known as a health resort.