The baby she’ll never know: Vanishing Twin Syndrome sees one mother wonder...
There is a folder in my bedroom drawer that I am keeping for posterity. It contains all my old maternity notes — fetal scans, blood pressure readings, even (somewhat unnecessarily, so my husband tells...
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Should there be a weight cutoff for IVF? Firestorm of debate over denying...
As hospitals deal with growing numbers of obese mothers-to-be, Canada’s fertility specialists are considering guidelines over whether they should be helping severely obese women get pregnant. Doctors...
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‘Mono mono’ newborn twins born holding hands, girls doing well despite rare...
AKRON, Ohio — Twin girls born with a rare condition in Ohio were breathing on their own and their mom said she and her husband were able to hold them on Mother’s Day. Sarah Thistlethwaite said babies...
View ArticleWomen more likely to get in a serious car crash during second trimester of...
Pregnant women who drive appear to be at a significantly higher risk of being in a serious car crash during the second trimester of their pregnancies, a new study suggests. The researchers, who believe...
View ArticleEating junk food before getting pregnant spikes risk of premature birth:...
Women trying to become pregnant should avoid a diet high in junk food because it is linked with an increased risk of giving birth prematurely, scientists are warning. Large amounts of fat, sugar and...
View ArticleForget IVF: Getting pregnant by accident, the old fashioned way, will remain...
Comment Professor Carl Djerassi is one of those enviable polymaths who knocks out a bestselling novel or a hit play in his time off from his day job of world-changing scientific research. Best known...
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The Jennifer epidemic: How the spiking popularity of different baby names...
FotoliaBaby names go through cycles. There has never been a name like Jennifer. Take your Liams, Olivias, Ethans, Emmas, Avas, Michaels, Williams and Christophers — none of them, not one, can match...
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Case of U.S. woman allegedly cutting fetus from mother reignites debate about...
LONGMONT, Colo. — The case of a woman accused of cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman and removing her unborn baby girl is reviving a highly-charged debate in the U.S. over when a fetus can...
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Alberta woman battles brain tumour and infertility to surprise her family...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvTGxSEosys&w=620&h=315] Surrounded by family and crumpled wrapping paper, Whitney Quinton’s father opened one of his final gifts last Christmas morning....
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Ultrasound images of fetal movements show how smoking affects a baby even...
Durham UniversityTop: 4D scans of a fetus with a mother who smokes. Bottom: a fetus with a non-smoker mother. LONDON — The harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy on unborn babies may be seen in...
View Article13 kids and counting: 65-year-old German mother pregnant with quadruplets...
BERLIN — A 65-year-old German mother of 13 is getting ready to give birth again — this time to quadruplets. Annegret Raunigk, 65-y-o, set to be oldest mother of quadruplets (she already has 13...
View ArticleWoman gives birth to baby girl in middle of Mother’s Day flight from Calgary...
An Air Canada flight left Calgary and landed in Japan on Mother’s Day with one extra passenger, after a Canadian woman on board gave birth to a baby girl. The baby was delivered with the help of...
View ArticleOntario woman charged with failing to seek medical attention during...
A 23-year-old Napanee, Ont. woman faces charges for allegedly failing to seek medical attention during childbirth, causing her baby to die. Ontario Provincial Police said they were called by a family...
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Activists trying to ‘normalize’ abortion by talking about it openly, frankly
In 2013, Lucy Flores, then 33, told a remarkable story to the Nevada legislature. As one of 13 children born into an impoverished Hispanic family, she had joined a gang, gone to juvenile detention and...
View ArticleIs there a season for teen pregnancy? Research points to spring spike
Ongoing research at an Ontario university has raised a curious possibility – that there is a season for teen pregnancy. Evidence gathered at a hospital in Kingston suggests adolescent girls are more...
View Article‘Maternity paranoia’: Women face discrimination when returning to work after...
A new report proves there’s a very real reason why women have ’maternity paranoia’, says Tanith Carey Almost every woman who has been on maternity leave will recognize the uneasy feeling: a creeping...
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‘Stone’ fetus found inside 91-year-old Chilean woman suffering from abdominal...
Washington Post via Otis Historical Archives of “National Museum of Health & Medicine”A 'stone' fetus was found inside a 91-year-old Chilean woman suffering from abdominal pain. It’s a rare...
View ArticleQuadruplets born prematurely to 65-year-old mother in Germany are almost...
BERLIN — Doctors in Germany say quadruplets born prematurely three months ago to a 65-year-old woman are doing well and can leave a Berlin hospital soon. Charite hospital said Tuesday that the babies...
View ArticleTrying to get pregnant? A regular period doesn’t guarantee ovulation,...
For women hoping to get pregnant, having a regular, normal-length period is no guarantee they are actually ovulating, according to Canadian researchers who say one-third of all seemingly normal...
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Woman gets womb transplant from mother and gives birth to baby boy
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — For one family in Sweden, a pioneering procedure has led to a baby being born from the same womb that nurtured his mother, uniting three generations. The new mother, who lost her...
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