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More Hospitals Banning Videos in Delivery Room

Those sentimental images can become court evidence

(Newser) - Hospital managers across the country are confronting a tough decision, reports the New York Times : whether to allow families to videotape births. For one thing, those ever-more powerful cameras can deliver strikingly detailed pieces of evidence should things go wrong. In a 2007 case, for example, the University of Illinois...

New Hope for Pregnant Diabetics

Artificial pancreas could save lives of mothers, improve babies' health

(Newser) - An artificial pancreas can dramatically reduce the risks of pregnancy for women with Type 1 diabetes, British researchers say. Self-management of insulin levels can be very difficult because physiological and hormonal changes make the safe range for blood sugar levels much narrower—in fact, pregnant diabetics' levels fall outside what...

Pregnant Woman Ordered to Leave Bar
Pregnant Woman
Ordered to Leave Bar
Jan 13, 2011 3:50 AM CST

Pregnant Woman Ordered to Leave Bar

I was humiliated, says water-swilling mom-to-be

(Newser) - Note to bouncers: Proximity to other people's drinks won't harm a fetus. An Illinois woman says she was ordered to leave a bar after a bouncer noticed she was heavily pregnant. She had flown to town that day for a friend's baby shower, but her night out lasted just 15...

Mom Freezes Eggs for Sterile 2-Year-Old Daughter to Use

Which means her daughter would give birth to a sibling

(Newser) - British mom Penny Jarvis is determined that her 2-year-old daughter—who was born without ovaries—will be able to have children of her own someday. So much so that Jarvis plans to freeze her own eggs so daughter Mackenzie can use them to get pregnant via IVF, the Daily Mail...

In New York City, 41% of Pregnancies Aborted

Among minorities, rate is even higher

(Newser) - A whopping 41% of pregnancies in New York City ended in abortion in 2009, and that rate was even higher among some minorities, according to new data released by the health department. Non-Hispanic blacks, for example, had a 59.8% abortion rate, while Hispanics had a rate of 41.3%....

Phone App Predicts Chance of IVF Success

Scientists develop one-minute questionnaire

(Newser) - British scientists have developed a one-minute test they swear is a highly reliable predictor of whether a couple can conceive a child with in vitro fertilization, the Telegraph reports. What's more, it's a questionnaire—no blood or tissue sampling required. It's already available for free here and will soon be...

Hospitals Ban Early Elective Childbirths

Pilot program will discourage inducing labor before 39 weeks

(Newser) - About two dozen hospitals across the country will have a new message for pregnant women in the new year: Don't ask us to induce labor until your 39 weeks are up. The hospitals will ban early elective childbirth under a pilot program sponsored by the March of Dimes, which maintains...

Why I'm Glad I Didn't Get My Tubes Tied
Why I'm Glad I Didn't
Get My Tubes Tied
OPINION
Dec 18, 2010 3:45 PM CST

Why I'm Glad I Didn't Get My Tubes Tied

Jowita Bydlowska intended to ... and then she got pregnant

(Newser) - Brittany Shoot, age 27, laid out the reasons why she had her tubes tied in an essay for Salon —and Jowita Bydlowska totally gets them. In her own Salon piece, Bydlowska takes us down the same path, with a different ending: She made no bones about her lack of...

Why I Had My Tubes Tied —in My 20s

Essayist doesn't want kids

(Newser) - Brittany Shoot is 27, married, and DOES NOT want kids—and she has a small scar on her abdomen to prove it. That would be from the surgery she underwent to have her tubes tied, she explains in a Salon essay . For those who want to smugly lecture that it'...

Anorexic Women Have More Abortions
 Anorexic Women 
 Have More Abortions 
NEW STUDY
Nov 14, 2010 10:17 AM CST

Anorexic Women Have More Abortions

...and many more unplanned pregnancies

(Newser) - Contrary to popular belief, anorexic women continue to menstruate, and retain the ability to conceive and give birth. The widely-held belief that they can't, however, may be behind a striking finding by obstetrics researchers: anorexic women are a lot more likely to have unplanned pregnancies and abortions. In a recent...

Celebs Flaunt Pregnancies —and It's Beautiful

Stigma over growing, naked bellies is going away

(Newser) - Model Miranda Kerr appears naked and very pregnant in the December issue of W magazine. The fact that it hardly seems newsworthy, however, is significant in and of itself: Over time, images like this have gone from being taboo to openly celebrated. And that's a beautiful thing, writes Tracy Clark-Flory...

In the Delivery Room: Doctor, Nurses ... Hairdresser?

Thanks to Facebook, moms are pushing out babies then putting on lipstick

(Newser) - In our Facebook-obsessed world, giving birth comes with new expectations: that photos of the baby will be posted stat ... which has many new moms primping for the occasion. Wary of having sweaty, exhausted pictures circulated online, many are lining up hair appointments, getting a last-minute mani-pedi, packing lipstick, and buying...

Blood Type O May Hurt Fertility
 Blood Type O 
 May Hurt Fertility 
study says
Oct 25, 2010 7:11 AM CDT

Blood Type O May Hurt Fertility

Study links blood type A to higher egg count, better eggs

(Newser) - Women with type O blood may have more difficulty conceiving a child as they get older, a new study suggests. Researchers tested a group of 560 women seeking fertility treatment whose average age was slightly under 35, and found that those with type O blood had fewer and poorer-quality eggs...

Morning Sickness Reduces Risk of Miscarriage

Another study sees a benefit to the nausea

(Newser) - It turns out that morning sickness isn't all bad—women who suffer from pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting are less likely to miscarry, a new study suggests. Researchers—they say their work advances previous studies by focusing on the duration of symptoms—found that women who did not experience morning sickness...

Brits Think Umbilical Cord Is a Musical Note

 Brits Think 
 Umbilical Cord 
 Is a Musical Note 
staggering studies
Oct 7, 2010 11:44 AM CDT

Brits Think Umbilical Cord Is a Musical Note

Twenty percent of 18- to 25-year-olds do, at least

(Newser) - More than 20% of young British adults made it all the way to somewhere between the ages of 18 and 25 … without learning how long a pregnancy lasts. They believe it lasts a year, the Guardian reports. That’s just one surprising finding among many from a recent survey...

Pregnant? Light Drinking Is A-OK

At five, children of light drinkers show no ill effects

(Newser) - Good news for pregnant ladies who are craving the occasional drink: Yet another study shows that light drinking is A-OK during pregnancy. London researchers looked at 11,500 children born between September 2000 and January 2002 whose mothers were divided into categories based on how much they drank while pregnant....

Impatient Doctors Behind Boom in C-Sections

Majority of Caesareans begin before labor

(Newser) - The rate of babies delivered by Caesarean section has been rising steadily since 1996, and a new study thinks it’s identified a reason why: Impatient doctors. According to the study, 44% of women who were trying for vaginal births between 2002 and 2008 had labor induced, which made them...

Can a Pregnant Woman Drink? Let Her Decide

An occasional glass of wine is safe, so back off

(Newser) - Gasp, here's another story about pregnant women enjoying an occasional glass of wine. Why is this still such a taboo, wonders Margaret Hartmann at Jezebel . Study after study has shown that moderate drinking—say a glass or two a week—is safe during pregnancy, yet American women are still told...

Why I'll Never Freeze My Eggs
 Why I'll Never Freeze My Eggs 
OPINION
Aug 18, 2010 11:21 AM CDT

Why I'll Never Freeze My Eggs

Jessi Klein is 35, but not desperate

(Newser) - Jessi Klein is 35 and childless, which meant it was time for that “horribly clichéd sad-woman moment” at her gynecologist’s office: The moment her doctor asked if she wanted some “literature” about freezing her eggs. At that moment, “I decided I didn’t want the...

Jen: You Don't Need a Man to Have a Baby

Cue the pregnancy/adoption/in vitro rumors...

(Newser) - Get ready for another wave of “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” rumors after this quote. While promoting her artificial insemination comedy The Switch, Aniston said that “times have changed” when it comes to having a baby. “Women are realizing more and more that you don't have to settle,...

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