To Be Mom

On Sunday, the researches from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, reported that anxiety during pregnancy does not appear to raise the risk of long labor, low birth weight, or other perinatal problems (problems around the time of a baby’s birth). Researcher Heather Littleton states that pregnancy is an emotional time for women [...]

Often depression during pregnancy is overlooked, which may further give rise to complications. Researchers say depression affects between 10 percent and 15 percent of pregnant women and is the strongest risk factor for postpartum depression. During which they are not able to eat properly neither get enough rest or prenatal care, which increases the risk [...]

Some so called ‘pregnancy counseling centers’ are showing wrong paths to the women who are seeking their advice. In a recent investigation, Congressional aides posed as 17 year-olds seeking advice for unplanned pregnancies. All they received was false and misleading facts about abortions. One center went on to the extent of saying that the chance [...]

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s National Perinatal Statistics Unit today released a report on smoking and pregnancy, which asserts that more than half – 59.2 per cent – of indigenous women who gave birth in SA in 2003 smoked during pregnancy. Health authorities are concerned at the alarming rate, which is well above the [...]

Even the pregnant women experienced the wrath of the Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. No accurate data are available on the number of babies born during the Katrina crisis, but officials at both hospitals in Baton Rouge described vivid scenes of distraught pregnant women arriving with no records, of desperate mothers searching for their babies and [...]

A report suggested that at Timken High School in Ohio,out of 490 females,65 girl students were pregnant. In order to bring city school district’s health curriculum in line with national standards the new Canton school board program will teach students who decide to have sex how to do so responsibly. The Rev. David Morgan served [...]

A report by Guttmacher Institute postulates that expanding Medicaid coverage of contraceptives would reduce dramatically the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions. The report by Rachel Benson Gold, ‘Rekindling Efforts to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy,’cites research by the Guttmacher Institute showing that there is a growing disparity between upper- and middle-class women and poor women’s ability [...]

The Pregnancy Weekly blog is an online magazine about pregnancy, baby care and parenting. It is in connection with Pregnancy Weekly an online guide, providing resources that monitor your week by week pregnancy. There are various topics under discussion in the Pregnancy Weekly; like: 1. Birth plan- it’ll talk about birthing environment, who will attend [...]

Recent study reveals the effect of TV can be more soothing than compared to mom during pain. Especially if your a kid is being stuck with a needle at the hospital. Researchers are of the view that distraction proves to be a kind of boon at times when a child is under going painful medical [...]

Carolyn Westhoff, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and public health runs a large federally funded family planning clinic at Columbia University. Westhoff and her patients have a lot to be interested in these days. In just the past few months, the Food and Drug Administration gave final approval to an implantable birth control device and [...]