Keeping mum is a costly game or moms and dads, as the findings of a recent study commissioned by Sheila’s Wheels reveal. British parents have been found to be paying a hefty yearly sum to their offspring to avoid leaking of something they would rather conceal. Full story

Chelsea Muff will never forget how she was bearing her third baby. Nobody would, if they were first told they had miscarried and booked for the operation and in two weeks learned they were still with a baby. And Chelsea Muff has only herself to thank for saving the life of the fetus. She is now in her third month and feeling dizzy and stunned after what she had gone through. Full story

There exists a relatively simple and astonishingly accurate gender-detecting blood test for those expectant parents who are eager to know if they are going to have a boy or a girl, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals. Full story

The representatives of preschool education sphere in Sweden concluded that addressing children with pronouns he or she, that emphasize gender differences, can be viewed as gender discrimination and should be abolished. Full story

The women wishing to get pregnant with the help of a donor can choose a candidate based not only on his physical abilities. Now, the questionnaires of some clinics indicate the descriction of a person’s style, such as "the image of a rock star," or "a fan of the English style," "introspective, relaxed, and having a clear style." Full story

Futurologists have been sharing their misgivings about the intensive growth of the world population and its ramifications for a long while, and a recent report in the Science journal gives the latest figures, telling us that we can expect the population exceed 7 billion within the next three months. The seventh-billion person is predicted to appear in India on October 31. Full story

In one of the British hospitals, there has been recently born a premature baby. Its mother rejected the doctors' advice to have an abortion and decided to give birth to the baby, but the delivery began four months earlier. The scientists claim that a woman was incredibly lucky to have her baby alive. Full story

The experts from the University of Oslo have proved that children do grow mainly during sleep. Of course, they grow during the day as well, but the rate of growth at night is 43% higher than of that during the daytime. Full story

Just in a few days, there starts a unique in its kind IVF lottery in the UK, in which all women interested have a chance to purchase a lottery ticket worth £ 20 and get a chance to win ... a child. Full story

The idea of milk delivery for moms with babies was conceived by a breastfeeding mom Jill Miller. Though she may have overdone it a bit with her image of a huge nippled boob, the Milk Truck can make the lives of socially active mothers easier. Full story

A team of scientists from Clark University in Massachusetts has established that nothing is so irritating and disturbing as the sound of a child whining. Their research revealed that the annoying quality of the sound exceeds those of any other noise in the world. Full story

A girl who will never get sick with breast cancer was born in the clinic of London’s University College Hospital. Her parents and doctors have taken all possible measures to avoid this disease. Full story

Any hands free device is worth a try, and this one is sure to win your praise for convenience and efficaciousness. New moms do have their hands full, and the Simple Wishes Hands Free Breastpump Bra goes a long way to take a load off their hands. Full story

U.S. scientists have conducted a study in Romanian orphanages and found a striking fact: the adverse environment and unhappy childhood shorten telomeres. Telomeres are terminal parts of chromosomes that regulate cell aging. That is, abandoned children will get older faster and will live less... Full story

Seeking to break fresh grounds, the UK’s Make Me Fabulous dance studio in Northampton offers a range of activities outside dancing – like meditation, Zumba or pole dancing. The Daily Mail reported on their latest innovative idea to call in pre-teen and teen children for their share of pole dancing in a class named “Little Spinners.” Full story

Contraceptive pills for men had been under development for a long time until the researchers from Columbia University (USA) finally announced the completion of the work in the nearest future. Full story

This young mother would be no different from the millions of other young moms in the world, but there is just one shag. She not only smoked during her pregnancy, but also invented her own theory why tobacco smoke could be useful for an unborn baby. Full story

A very rare case in medical practice has occurred in a clinic in the U.S. state of Arizona. Ectopic pregnancy has ended up with a birth of a completely healthy child. Full story

Vitamin D which is synthesized by the body under the influence of sunlight is essential for human reproduction, and its deficiency can lead to a decrease in velocity of spermatozoa. Full story

Dr. Michael Kamrava, fertility doctor that treated octo-mom Nadya Suleman, is in hot water profession-wise. According to RadarOnline’s information, his medical license has been revoked starting from July 1, 2011. Full story

Actually Madison, YouTube’s leading 2011 makeup expert, has been furnishing online beauty hints since February. Her young age (she is only 5) doesn’t prevent her wielding face brushes as well as other beauty tools with a dexterity that is quite surprising. With her mother’s help Madison uploaded a number of haul videos, makeup lessons and other stuff in the same vein on the site. Her latest video belongs with her best as she conjures up an impressive eye patch in the good old pirate fashion. Full story

American scientists have discovered that one of the factors that encourages the increased appetite and the appearance of excess weight among girls is the availability of television in their room. Full story

The Facebook creators ought to have counted on the site’s worldwide popularity, but they hardly thought that it will be used for generating baby names. Nevertheless that’s what happened when a couple in Israel began to cast about for a name for their newborn child. Full story

The mother of two children from California (USA) has submitted a lawsuit against McDonald's. Monet Parham blames the fast food industry giant of the incorrect use of toys included into the Happy Meal and regards it to be an advertising campaign that violates the rights of consumers. Full story

Five-month-old girl Frieda who is the earliest born surviving baby in the world is going to leave hospital for the first time in her life and stay with her parents over the holidays. Frieda arrived into the world on November 7, 2010, after only 152-day pregnancy period, weighing 450 grams and measuring a little more than 27 centimeters. Her parents are Yvonne and John Mangold, 33 and 38. Full story