Pregnancy & Birth

Health experts say you don't have to get fat during pregnancy

Pregnant women should be encouraged to eat a healthy diet instead of "eating for two" and do moderate exercise, according to a new health advice by NHS. The British experts say women do not even need to drink full fat milk or change the amount of ...

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A woman who had the wrong embryo implanted in her gave birth to a baby boy Friday, according to a statement from the couple.


Teen pregnancies on the rise

Beatrice Siu The Standard 31.03.2009
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The number of young girls seeking pregnancy help has increased by 16 percent over the past year, with the spike blamed on more teenagers confusing sex with love.

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A 14-year-old expectant mother has painted a bleak picture of teenage drug abuse and parental abandonment on her blog.


Parents of twins at 15

GUY PATRICK The Sun 22.02.2009
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TWO classmate lovers told of their joy yesterday after becoming parents at 15 — to TWINS.

Baby-faced boy is father at 13

LUCY HAGAN The Sun 13.02.2009
Little family ... Alfie, Chantelle and baby Maisie. Lee Thompson

BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost — but said: “I think it’s a lot.”


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The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets this week has six other children and never expected to have eight more when she took fertility treatment, her mother said Thursday.

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BELLFLOWER, Calif. -- The world's second-ever octuplets were born Monday at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, and doctors said the six boys and two girls are doing well.


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Rajo Devi, who married 50 years ago, gave birth to a baby girl on November 28, and is now thought to be the world's oldest new mother.

Man who gave birth is pregnant again

Tom Leonard Telegraph 14.11.2008
Thomas Beatie with his baby. He claims to be pregnant again  Photo: GETTY IMAGES

The "pregnant man" who gave birth earlier this year says he is expecting a second child.


Pregnancy does not cloud the brain, says Australian study

Pregnancy has long been blamed for addling women's minds but new work by Australian researchers finds this idea may be nothing more than an old wives' tale.

Pregnancy cleaning concerns

The Sydney Morning Herald 07.10.2008
Pregnancy cleaning concerns

Pregnant women are too freely exposing their unborn babies to household chemicals that could be damaging their lung development and making them vulnerable to asthma in childhood, a leading child health expert has warned.


Pregnancy cleaning concerns

The Sydney Morning Herald 07.10.2008
Pregnancy cleaning concerns

Pregnant women are too freely exposing their unborn babies to household chemicals that could be damaging their lung development and making them vulnerable to asthma in childhood, a leading child health expert has warned.

Women to give birth at 100 within three decades

Graham Tibbetts Telegraph 18.07.2008
Women to give birth at 100 within three decades

Women aged 100 will be able to give birth within three decades as infertility is eradicated, scientists have predicted.


Male biological clock 'ticks too'

Caroline Parkinson BBC News 07.07.2008
Previous studies have linked ageing to a lower chance of fatherhood

Scientists say they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks and that they start to tick in their mid-30s.

'Pregnant Man' Gives Birth to Girl

Russell Goldman and Katie Thomson ABC News 04.07.2008
(Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

The Transgender Man Born a Woman Was Impregnated by a Sperm Donor


Oregon Man Says He's Pregnant

KPTV Portland 26.03.2008
Oregon Man Says He's Pregnant

BEND, Ore. -- An Oregon man is five months pregnant, according to a national magazine. Thomas Beatie, who used to be a woman, appeared in the most recent issue of The Advocate, a magazine for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers, Portlan...

FOXSexpert: Pregnant Women Have the Best Sex, Better Orgasms

Few think “orgasmic” when they look at a pregnant woman in all her budding — or bulging — belly beauty. Yet pregnancy is amongst the most sensual, sexual times in a woman’s life. Unbeknownst to most of us, pregnant women often top the list of the ...