In the State of Texas, USA, women will be obliged to familiarize with the obtained ultrasound image of the fetus before an abortion. Such law was passed by the House of Representatives of the State on March 3. Full story

It was revealed during the experiment, conducted among Israeli patients in the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF), that a 15-minute encounter with a professional “medical clown” increased the chances of getting pregnant up to 36%, compared with the women who did not meet the clown. Full story

The scientists have made a startling announcement: antioxidants can be the cause of sterility. The reason is that nowadays these substances are being added everywhere: into food products, beverages and even into make-up. However, the final impact of antioxidants on the human organism has not been studied yet. The most widespread antioxidants are well-known to people vitamins C and E. Full story

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), providing services on pregnancy abortion questions the local law about abortions. According to the BPAS experts’ opinion, the regulations of this law (adopted in 1967) should allow women to have abortions at home, and not in hospital. Full story

Psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics published the results of his latest study. His findings report that attractive people tend to have girls, while ''average-looking'' people tend to have boys. Full story

It is not a secret that in this era of women's emancipation birthrate in developed countries has significantly decreased. Moreover, the number of pregnancies in the late period of productivity, when a woman is in her late thirties or even in early forties, has increased. However, a woman's ''biological clock'' is not directly related to her age. Full story

Various studies already showed the great bulk of work women shoulder and the great amount of time they spend on that, and Christmas is no exception – as the new survey of 3,000 mothers conducted by HobbyCraft reveals. Full story

Infertility is the reason for emotional suffering for a surprisingly huge number of men and women. It is a nightmare for a man tormented with infertility to see his wife go into baby obsession mode expecting to conceive each time they have sex. Full story

One of the results of vast hormonal changes that are generated by pregnancy is the inflow of blood to the breast combined with the inception of active processes in the breast tissue. Your breasts begin to swell and feel extremely sensitive. Actually it is one of the first signs heralding pregnancy. Full story

Should we name all the challenges any single mom has to face with? There are only 24 hours in a day, and they are supposed to get all things done in time, things which are sometimes difficult to be handled by two parents. They have only two hands but are to do the job where four hands are not enough. So the greatest challenge they have to deal with is desperation. Full story

Scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have proved that women with blood group O are less likely to become pregnant. Full story

After giving birth, the female brain starts to increase in size whatever the story about its reduction. In fact, the grey matter of the brain begins to grow in volume shortly after a woman gives birth. Full story

Researchers inform that the average mother’s routine work comprises duties of 23 professions from all walks of life. Full story

A recent research says if the average couple decides to try for a baby they’ll have to go to bed 104 times before they get their wish realized! Six months was found to be a period usual for a woman to get pregnant, and with a common practice of having sex about four times a week, that’s what the desire to have a baby amounts to. Full story

Neither Transformers nor Barbie is still able to make a dint in the universal popularity of LEGO. This is everybody’s favorite that came on top of the poll meant to name the best-loved toy in the world. Full story

A predominant opinion has it that women who experienced a miscarriage shouldn’t try to conceive again until after some time has passed. Full story

That’s the conclusion a study looking into the most fertile human combination came up with - a couple made up of an extrovert, outgoing male and a neurotic, unsure woman are best fitted to make babies. Full story

The time is coming when India’s surrogate mothers will come more expensive and harder to get. The Indian government means to step in and take over control over the hiring procedure. Full story

There are numerous studies showing that children notch up mothers’ stress level because of the need for unyielding attention, nursing and care. But a new study finds that on the whole parents who have children register lower blood pressure than those who chose to remain childless. Full story

Russian singer/composer Oksana Grigorieva, 39, Mel Gibson’s latest flame and mother of his eighth child, looks stunning. It’s not three months yet after she gave birth to Lucia on October 30, but she goes about slim and charming as ever. Full story

Hormonal changes during pregnancy bring on plenty of psychological changes, apart from the much-talked-of mood fluctuations. A new study by British scientists published in the Hormones and Behavior reveals that pregnancy heightens women’s ability to read the expressions on people’s faces. Full story

Strange as it seems, but some moms experience kind of euphoria when they see their baby crying. Other women get negative feelings, and even disgust. A study looking at reasons for maternal neglect found that such opposite behavior patterns have their root in different brain chemical responses which could be explained how mums themselves were treated as children. Full story

More and more women are postponing pregnancy or wanting fewer babies. The recession has hit at much more than people’s wallets. According to Dr. Laura Lindberg from the Guttmacher Institute, women, especially those struggling financially, are trying more than ever to avoid getting pregnant. And many of them can’t even afford to buy their contraceptives. Lindberg and her colleagues interviewed about 1,000 sexually active women aged between 18 and 39 years old with their annual income less than $75,000. Full story

New fetal heart monitor can help to save the lives of fetuses in complicated pregnancies. The report about this device was published in International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation. In cases of complicated pregnancies that result in premature birth, miscarriage, fetal growth cessation and stillbirth, problems do not usually happen suddenly but develop over a certain period of time. Regular ultrasound monitoring of fetal growth can help identify some problems, but too frequent ultrasound monitoring of a mother and her fetus involves its own health risks. Full story

Physicians warn that pregnant women are in the risk group for developing severe health problems during the flu season. So in this year marked by swine flu threat, they have to be even more on the alert. Dr. Keith Reeves from Methodist Hospital in Houston says that physicians don't want pregnant women to be panicked by this virus, but they do want women to be more responsible for taking precautions typical for the flu season. In particular, women should be vaccinated. Full story