Archive for November, 2009

Mother of Thirteen Children: I Won’t Stop Until I Have Twins

Mother of Thirteen Children: I Won't Stop Until I Have Twins
A mother of thirteen children, who receives £50,000 of taxpayers’ money every year, said she won’t stop until she has twins. ‘Child making machine’, Sara Foss, 39, expects her fourteenth baby in April and will be trying to get pregnant again and again to fulfill her dream. Full story

JetBib to Get Baby Food to Its Destination Fast

JetBib to Get Baby Food to Its Destination Fast
There may be some kids who will love you tossing their food for them to catch, but you’d better explain to them that it’s technology age outside and the safest thing to land the food home will be by airplane. Full story

Maternity Support Band

Maternity Support Band
Many expectant moms must have heard about the benefits of wearing a maternity support band. Yet deciding on the need to wear maternity support band and choosing this orthopedic garment correctly is not easy and requires your doctor's advice. Full story

Thyroid Problems May Arise Due to Preeclampsia

Thyroid Problems May Arise Due to Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a condition brought about by high blood pressure. If your blood pressure rises way beyond the normal level and doesn’t come down for some time, it can lead to convulsions, disorder in heart and kidney function in both mother and fetus; it may even result in death. Full story

Male Obesity Contributes to Fertility Problems

Male Obesity Contributes to Fertility Problems
It's not just overweight women who may face conception problems. According to Australian scientists, desired pregnancy may not be reached due to a man’s weight. It was the first evidence of how a man’s weight is linked to fertility problems. Full story

Newborns May Develop Asthma Inflicted by Folic Acid Supplements

Newborns May Develop Asthma Inflicted by Folic Acid Supplements
A recent study warns expectant mothers against taking folic acid supplements during the latest stages of pregnancy: those supplements have been found to be linked with asthma. Full story

Adriana Lima Welcomes Baby Girl

Adriana Lima Welcomes Baby Girl
The 28-year-old Adriana Lima, a model and Victoria's Secret angel became mother last Sunday. Baby girl was born in New York. Adriana and Marco are thrilled to announce they had a baby girl, Valentina. Full story

Breast Milk Should Be Given to Babies as Soon as It’s Been Expressed

Breast Milk Should Be Given to Babies as Soon as It's Been Expressed
Breast milk should be fed to babies as soon as it's been expressed. Breast milk ingredients fluctuate over 24 hours to adjust to baby’s needs, according to Spanish researchers, so it should not be stored for a long time. Full story

A Courageous Attempt at Separating Siamese Twins Went off Right

A Courageous Attempt at Separating Siamese Twins Went off Right
Bangladeshi Siamese orphans Trishna and Krishna, who are yet to become three years old, were born with conjoined heads, common blood vessels and brain tissues. Full story

TV Is Linked To Aggression in Children

TV Is Linked To Aggression in Children
Increased direct TV exposure and household TV use can damage a positive childhood development and interaction with parents. The research conducted by scientists from Tulane University is one of the few to look at the link between TV exposure and aggression in young children. Full story

Mel Gibson’s Daughter Will Become Multilingual

Mel Gibson's Daughter Will Become Multilingual
Mel Gibson became father for the eighth time last week. The celebrated actor and a winner of two Oscars for his Braveheart, Mel Gibson is doing well with the old role, skillfully changing diapers for a newly born baby girl. Full story

Pregnancy Smoking Can Lead to Behavioral Problems in Children

Pregnancy Smoking Can Lead to Behavioral Problems in Children
Smoking while bearing a child may affect the fetus adversely, providing for attention deficit disorders and unruly behavior in the child in future, warns the new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Full story

Celine Dion’s Pregnancy Refuted

Celine Dion’s Pregnancy Refuted
Although in August Celine Dion’s representative made known that the famous singer was pregnant, now it seems that the statement was a little premature. In Touch magazine has reported that Celine is not pregnant for the time being. Full story

Babies Learn to Cry in Their Native Language

Babies Learn to Cry in Their Native Language
It’s common knowledge that during the last three months of pregnancy human fetus hears and memorizes sounds coming in from outside, mainly voices and music. The parents’ native language begins to influence the unborn babies before they are out in the world. Full story

How Mother’s Anxiety Affects the Weight of Newly Born Baby

How Mother's Anxiety Affects the Weight of Newly Born Baby
A new study published in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology showed how anxiety during pregnancy can affect the weight of newly born babies and the gestation period. Women with severe or chronic anxiety fell in the group with higher risk. Full story

Why Should Babies Sleep in Baby Cot and Not with Parents?

Why Should Babies Sleep in Baby Cot and Not with Parents?
Exhausted by sleepless nights, mothers often take their babies to sleep with them in bed, thinking this is a safe practice. The data, however, shows that 50 percent of babies who died from sudden death syndrome were in bed with their parents. Full story

Serve Alcohol to Your Children at Home

Serve Alcohol to Your Children at Home
British scientists say that parents may keep their children out of troubles by allowing them to drink some alcohol at home. Teenagers who try to fetch alcohol by themselves are more likely to engage in violence-related situations or other forms of illegal behavior. Full story

Girl Becomes Mom at 11 on Her Wedding Day

Girl Becomes Mom at 11 on Her Wedding Day
The day of her wedding was also the day when she gave birth to her daughter. The white wedding attire wasn’t exactly the symbol of innocence for the 11-year-old girl from Bulgaria by name of Kordeza Zhelyazkova. Full story

Back Pain during Pregnancy Successfully Treated by Ear Acupuncture

Back Pain during Pregnancy Successfully Treated by Ear Acupuncture
A study recently published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology advises pregnant women to go for ear acupuncture if they experience pain in the pelvis and in the back near the base of the backbone. This is a frequent pregnancy complaint which requires a good treatment course yet to be worked out. Full story

Sucking a Pacifier Affects Speech Development

Sucking a Pacifier Affects Speech Development
A pacifier may save a lot of problems without being detrimental to your baby’s health and development if used reasonably. The study of babies in Patagonia, Chile, showed babies sucking a pacifier or their fingers past the age of three were three times more likely to have speech development problems. Full story

Colin Farrell Becomes Father the Second Time over

Colin Farrell Becomes Father the Second Time over
Ireland’s own Colin Farrell, 33, can boast of more than 30 films under his belt (including In Bruges) and – already – two children! E! News reports that in October Colin’s girlfriend Alicja Bachleda gave birth to son who was named Henry Tadeusz Farrell. Full story
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