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The Internet is aflutter about Republican vice-president nominee Sarah Palin’s son, Trig, who has Down’s syndrome.
I’m not going to address the rumors about whether Ms Palin is Trig’s mother or grandmother, but there is a lot of misinformation floating around about Down’s syndrome.
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Did you know that up to 80% of new mothers experience some type of baby blues? However, postpartum depression, something often chalked up to baby blues, is really much more than that.
If you feel that you may be living with PPD (postpartum depression), there is help for you. In the United States, there is [...]
Generations ago, women would be told that if they saw or experienced a trauma while pregnant, their baby would end up with some problems. This became a so-called old wive’s tale but now, in a study published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, researchers are saying that it isn’t an old wive’s tale and that there [...]
When Louise Brown, the first “test tube” baby was born, the term test-tube baby became the term that many people used for IVF. (Louise Brown, world’s first test-tube baby turns 30 years old) But in reality, test tubes aren’t used. So - that begs the question: how does in vitro fertilization work?
Melissa Jeffreys over at [...]
It’s one of life’s horrors that you can’t begin to imagine: Two babies are mixed up and one dies. This sad story that is taking place in South Africa right now as two women wait to see if the mix-up really did occur and whose baby died. How sad.
Mothers’ anguish over baby mix-up
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Thanks to Karen at Pink Ribbon Review for reminding me about the September 5th event, Stand up to Cancer. On Sept. 5, 2008 (EST), stars from film, television, sports, journalism and music will come together in an unprecedented evening of philanthropy. NBC, ABC and CBS are each donating one hour of simultaneous, commercial-free prime-time for [...]
And who is pregnant or had a baby recently? Let’s see what the celeb world is doing:
Actress Diane Farr had twin girls this past Wednesday. The two girls, Sawyer and Coco, join their 17-month-old son, Beckett.
Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke, are expecting. This is Brooke’s first baby while Charlie is father [...]
A new study has shown that infection in mom triggers more premature births than doctors thought.
In the study, researchers tested the amniotic fluid of 113 women who went on to have premature babies. The results showed that 15% had infections, more than they had thought would be. As a result, the lead researcher said [...]
Don’t forget your chance (to Aug. 30) to win a 50.00 Amazon.com gift card and a 3-pack parenting/pregnancy book set/
Organ transplants, for livers, kidneys, even lungs and hearts, are becoming more common place. And, now that more children are receiving - and surviving - transplants, there comes the issue of having babies later on [...]
A baby is a blank cheque made payable
to the human race.
~Barbara Christine Seifert
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