Delivery
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How Tori Spelling, Busy Philipps Are Spending the Holidays
US Magazine Moms & Babies News &bull Dec 15, 2011
To celebrate the festive season, we're taking a look at how these star moms are spending their holidays. From Tori Spelling's love of decorating, baking and eating, to Jodie Sweetin's multi-celebrations, let's take a look at how the celebs enjoy… Full Story »
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Stress Early in Pregnancy Linked to Fewer Baby Boys
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Dec 9, 2011
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A stressful early pregnancy could lower a woman's odds for delivering a boy and raise her risk for premature delivery, a new study suggests. The findings from an investigation of how the stress of a major 2005 earthquake affected pregnant… Full Story »
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Stress Early in Pregnancy Linked to Fewer Baby Boys (HealthDay)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Dec 9, 2011
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A stressful early pregnancy could lower a woman's odds for delivering a boy and raise her risk for premature delivery, a new study suggests. The findings from an investigation of how the stress of a major 2005 earthquake affected pregnant… Full Story »
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Mode of delivery doesn't affect later maternal stress
LA Times: Health &bull Dec 7, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether a woman gives birth by elective C-section or vaginal delivery may not affect her anxiety or stress levels afterward, suggests a new study that questions the idea of using C-sections just for the sake… Full Story »
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Pregnancy and oral health: how proper dental care may help prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Nov 22, 2011
Every year, over six million U.S. women become pregnant - and subsequently find themselves with the monumental responsibility of caring not only for their own health and well being, but for that of their unborn child as well. While many warnings related to pregnancy… Full Story »
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Evolution offers clues to leading cause of death during childbirth
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Nov 2, 2011
Defined as the loss of more than a pint of blood during or just after vaginal delivery, postpartum hemorrhage accounts for nearly 35 percent, or 125,000, of the 358,000 worldwide annual maternal deaths during childbirth. Despite its prevalence, the causes of postpartum hemorrhage are unknown, says Julienne Rutherford, assistant professor of oral biology at UIC, who along with Elizabeth Abrams, assistant professor of anthropology, co-authored a theoretical synthesis published in the journal American Anthropologist. While common in humans, postpartum hemorrhage… Full Story »
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First Lady Carla Bruni Gives Birth To A Baby Girl!
Celebrity Baby Scoop &bull Oct 19, 2011Le Figaro reports that she and French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, 56, welcomed their first child together - a girl - at 8 p.m. According to The Daily Mail, Bruni was seen entering the Clinique de la Muette in Paris early… Full Story »
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Planning ahead can lead to a healthier pregnancy
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Oct 11, 2011
It's important that prenatal care starts when you are trying to become pregnant and continues until delivery. A woman who is healthy and prepared before pregnancy is more likely to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Because of the serious risks associated with low folic acid during pregnancy, it is recommended that all women of child-bearing age take 0.4 mg of folic acid daily. Folic… Full Story »
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Chemotherapy appears safe in pregnancy: study
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Sep 27, 2011
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Treating pregnant cancer patients with powerful chemotherapy drugs appears not to harm their unborn children, but pre-term delivery to avoid subjecting them to chemotherapy does, according to a study by cancer experts on Tuesday. Scientists who studied the health and mental development of children born to… Full Story »
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Chemotherapy appears safe in pregnancy, study finds
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Sep 26, 2011
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Treating pregnant cancer patients with powerful chemotherapy drugs appears not to harm their unborn children, but pre-term delivery to avoid subjecting them to chemotherapy does, according to a study by cancer experts on Tuesday. Scientists who studied the health and mental development of children born… Full Story »
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How much time is available for antenatal care consultations? Assessment of the quality of care in rural Tanzania
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth &bull Sep 24, 2011
Many women in Sub-Saharan African countries do not receive key recommended interventions during routine antenatal care (ANC) including information on pregnancy, related complications, and importance of skilled delivery attendance. We undertook a process evaluation of a successful cluster randomized trial… Full Story »
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Working Until Delivery
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth What's Hot &bull Sep 18, 2011
As your pregnancy winds down, you may wonder when you should leave your job and begin your maternity leave. Should you work until your due date? Perhaps you could stay until delivery? Is there one right answer? I've personally done it both ways. I've quit work weeks before my baby… Full Story »
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Don't Use Tobacco While Pregnant, But Snuff Might Be Worse Than Smoke
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Aug 31, 2011
We all know that smoking can kill and is especially harmful to the unborn whether it is being inhaled by mothers, second hand smoke or in a maternal snuff delivery system. A new study takes a look at what is most dangerous, and it has been found that babies born to… Full Story »
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Victoria Beckham Recovering From Injury Since Harper's Birth
Celebrity Baby Scoop &bull Aug 20, 2011Victoria Beckham hasn't been seen out in public since giving birth to daughter Harper five-weeks ago and now we know why: the mom-of-four suffered a slipped disc while she was pregnant and the injury was exacerbated during her c-section delivery.… Full Story »
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Hospitals take 'hard stop' on early elective C-sections
MSNBC.com: Pregnancy &bull Aug 15, 2011
Beginning next month, many pregnant women in Oregon will no longer be able to have the early delivery they've been dreaming of. Chaotic emails are a cause of psychic stress. Slip into work early for an uninterrupted inbox cleaning session. Click for more of TODAY's do-it-yourself "Detox your life"… Full Story »
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Prenatal Pet Exposure, Delivery Mode, Race Are Key Factors In Early Allergy Risk
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Aug 10, 2011
Prenatal pet exposure, a mother's delivery mode and race are influential factors in a child's risk of developing allergies by age 2, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. In a study believed to be the first of its kind,… Full Story »
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Factors Before Birth Can Determine Child's Risk of Allergies: Study (HealthDay)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Aug 9, 2011
TUESDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Key factors that affect a child's risk of developing allergies by age 2 include race, a mother's exposure to pets during pregnancy and the method of delivery, a new study suggests. Researchers at Henry… Full Story »
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Prenatal pet exposure, delivery mode, race are key factors in early allergy risk, study finds
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Aug 8, 2011
In a study believed to be the first of its kind, Henry Ford researchers found that babies who have indoor prenatal pet exposure have a pattern of lower levels of the antibody Immunoglobulin E, or IgE, between birth and age 2. IgE is linked to the development of allergies and asthma. IgE levels were 16 percent lower in infants who had indoor prenatal pet exposure and… Full Story »
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WHO renews push to cut hepatitis infections in babies in Asia (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Jul 28, 2011
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nine Asia Pacific countries will not meet a 2012 target to reduce hepatitis B infections among children, according to the World Health Organization which plans to intensify its fight against the disease. Nine out of 10… Full Story »
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Review of 700,000 women reveals factors affecting vaginal birth after previous caesarean
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Jul 27, 2011
ScienceDaily (July 27, 2011) A wide range of clinical and non-clinical factors can affect whether women go on to have a vaginal delivery after having a caesarean, according to two major reviews published in the August issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Private health insurance, induction, cervical ripening agents, local guidelines and scoring systems were just some of the issues explored by the reviews of 60 studies, published over 24 years, covering more than 700,000 women and hundreds of hospitals in 13 countries. Researchers from… Full Story »
