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  • July 2008

    • Vasectomy Is Young Man's Pill

      newser  |  Details  |  Jul 15, 08 11:44 AM CDT

      Vasectomy Is Young Man's Pill

      Once exclusive to the over-40 crowd, vasectomies are increasingly popular among young men who want condom-free sex and no fears of Daddydom. But there's also a control component, writes Richard Morgan in Details : These men are taking charge of birth control, not leaving it up to the woman. "I don't have to worry about being tricked," says one snipped man. More »

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      pregnancy  • sex  • birth control  • contraception  • condom  • birth control pill  • vasectomy

    • Teen Pregnancy on Rise for 1st Time in 15 Years

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jul 11, 08 5:06 AM CDT

      Teen Pregnancy on Rise for 1st Time in 15 Years

      The teen pregnancy rate increased in 2006 for the first time since 1991, reports CNN. Officials from the National Institutes of Health aren't sure if the 2.8% increase in the number of teen moms is a blip or the start of a trend, but the figures are a "red flag that something has gone wrong," one expert told Bloomberg. More »

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      pregnancy  • public health  • teen pregnancy  • teenager  • National Institutes of Health

    • Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 1:57 PM CDT

      Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

      When it comes to in vitro fertilization, frozen might be better than fresh, a new study shows. Infants born after being implanted in mothers' wombs as frozen embryos were no more likely than those from fresh stock to be born with congenital defects, the BBC reports; but they were also significantly heavier, and less likely to be born prematurely. More »

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      pregnancy  • Denmark  • scientific study  • infant  • embryo  • in vitro fertilization  • human embryos

    • Call the Tabs: CBS Reporter Is Pregnant, Too

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 8, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      Call the Tabs: CBS Reporter Is Pregnant, Too

      Lara Logan is sick of being tabloid fodder, CBS’ star reporter tells the Washington Post . But in the same interview, she acknowledged a nugget sure to keep gossip hounds at her heels: She’s pregnant. Having generated a slew of press over a romantic triangle in Iraq—said to have provoked a fistfight between a CNN correspondent and a US contractor in Baghdad—Logan says she plans to marry the child's father. More »

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      Iraq  • pregnancy  • celebrity pregnancy  • Lara Logan  • love triangle

    • We Are What Our Moms Ate

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 1, 08 9:18 AM CDT

      We Are What Our Moms Ate

      Long-term health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease may begin in the womb with mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy, the Guardian reports. A new study suggests expectant mothers who eat unhealthy diets not only risk the health of their newborns, but may set the child up for a lifetime of health problems. More »

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      obesity  • pregnancy  • diabetes  • diet  • mothers  • junk food

  • June 2008

    • Stay-At-Home Mom, Indeed

      newser  |  Babble  |  Jun 27, 08 4:08 PM CDT

      Stay-At-Home Mom, Indeed

      Home-birthing isn’t only strange and magical—it requires some covert-operation skills, Madeline Holler writes in Babble. After finding she preferred an attending midwife in the birth of her first child, Holler found using one for her second to be illegal in Missouri, where she'd moved. As such, she found, "there were trade-offs in going off the grid to have a baby." More »

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      pregnancy  • Missouri  • mothers  • motherhood  • felony  • placenta

    • Pregnancy Pact Recollection 'Foggy'

      newser  |  Boston Herald  |  Jun 23, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Pregnancy Pact Recollection 'Foggy'

      The mayor of the city where high school students reportedly made a "pregnancy pact" reiterated today that local officials haven't found any evidence confirming the agreement, the Boston Herald reports. The Gloucester, Mass., mayor said at a press conference the school principal couldn't provide a source for that claim: “He was foggy in his memory of where he heard the information.” More »

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      pregnancy  • teen pregnancy  • Gloucester

    • Mayor: No Proof of Teen Pregnancy Pact

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 23, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Mayor: No Proof of Teen Pregnancy Pact

      The mayor of Gloucester says there’s no proof that teenage girls in the Massachusetts town made a pact to have babies together, the AP reports. The principal of Gloucester High School, where a bizarre spate of 17 girls got pregnant this year, was quoted in Time saying the girls had conspired to conceive. But the principal can’t remember his source of information, the mayor says. More »

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      pregnancy  • teen pregnancy  • birth control  • contraception  • weird  • Catholic  • social conservatives

    • 17 High School Teens Pregnant After Secret Pact

      newser  |  Time  |  Jun 20, 08 3:21 AM CDT

      17 High School Teens Pregnant After Secret Pact

      A pact among teenage girls to get pregnant has resulted in 17 pregnancies at a single Massachusetts high school—and sparked a debate in the conservative Catholic fishing town about birth control and available career options, reports Time magazine. Officials began to get wise to the secret pact when girls flooded the high school clinic for pregnancy tests last fall—and high-fived each other after positive results. More »

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      pregnancy  • teen pregnancy  • birth control  • contraception  • weird  • Catholic  • social conservatives

    • Kidman Pregnancy: It Was 'Meant to Be'

      newser  |  Vogue  |  Jun 18, 08 7:20 PM CDT

      Kidman Pregnancy: It Was 'Meant to Be'

      A 7-months' pregnant Nicole Kidman talked—what else?—babies with Vogue in an extensive interview, recounting that her first ultrasound brought her to tears. "I didn't think I'd get to experience that in my lifetime," explains the 40-year-old actress, who discovered she was pregnant on the set of her upcoming film Australia . More »

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      celebrity  • Australia  • pregnancy  • celebrity pregnancy  • Nicole Kidman  • Keith Urban

    • Moynahan Talks Getting Dumped, Pregnant

      newser  |  Harper's Bazaar  |  Jun 5, 08 11:06 AM CDT

      Moynahan Talks Getting Dumped, Pregnant

      Actress Bridget Moynahan opens up to Harper's Bazaar about the emotional rollercoaster that was being dumped by Tom Brady for supermodel Gisele Bundchen only to learn she was pregnant. "Going through that traumatic time of being heartbroken and then being pregnant turned my whole life upside down…just knocked the wind out of me," Moynahan tells Harper’s Bazaar . More »

    • Gwyneth: Baby No. 3 on Agenda

      newser  |  People  |  Jun 4, 08 12:29 PM CDT

      Gwyneth: Baby No. 3 on Agenda

      Call her IronMom. "I may force myself to do it one more time because the result is so worth it," Gwyneth Paltrow tells Harper's Bazaar of her desire for another baby. But instead of getting pregnant—which she described as 9 months of nausea—the 35-year-old mother of two says she and hubby Chris Martin are “very open” to adoption. More »

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      celebrity  • pregnancy  • celebrity pregnancy  • baby  • celebrity parents  • adoption  • Gwyneth Paltrow  • Chris Martin

  • May 2008

    • 'NewlyWentz' Already Expecting

      newser  |  People  |  May 29, 08 8:48 AM CDT

      'NewlyWentz' Already Expecting

      Newlyweds Pete and Ashlee (Simpson) Wentz have put an end to months of speculation and confirmed that they're definitely going be new parents before the year is out, reports People. The Fall Out Boy singer and his bride—who is legally changing her name to Wentz—announced their happy news on the groom's website following their Caribbean honeymoon. More »

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      celebrity  • pregnancy  • celebrity pregnancy  • Ashlee Simpson  • Pete Wentz  • Fall Out Boy

    • Surprise! Half of US Pregnancies Are Accidents

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  May 26, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Surprise! Half of US Pregnancies Are Accidents

      Nearly half of all US pregnancies are accidents, a new survey shows. The risk of unintended pregnancy is especially high for women unsatisfied with their contraceptive method, says the report, released by a think tank on reproductive issues. The problem isn't laziness or absent-mindedness, reports the Boston Globe —it's a complex combination of attitudes, habits, and other factors. More »

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      pregnancy  • contraception

    • Late-Term Abortion Ban Overruled in Va.

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 20, 08 10:23 PM CDT

      Late-Term Abortion Ban Overruled in Va.

      A federal appeals court struck down Virginia’s ban on a late-term abortion procedure, ruling that the law burdened a woman’s right to choose, Reuters reports. Although the Supreme Court upheld a similar federal law last year, the appeals court ruled that Virginia's ban went further because it provided no protection for doctors who performed the procedure by mistake. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • pregnancy  • doctor  • abortion  • abortion rights  • court cases  • US Court of Appeals  • partial birth

    • Morning Sickness May Help Protect Embryos

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  May 20, 08 5:59 PM CDT

      Morning Sickness May Help Protect Embryos

      Far from being a mere nuisance, morning sickness may actively protect embryos, LiveScience reports. Doctors have long recognized the association of morning sickness and a healthy pregnancy, but new research suggests the condition evolved to protect embryos from dangerous environmental factors. More »

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      pregnancy  • motherhood  • scientific discoveries  • prenatal care

    • Pregnancy Stress Ups Kid's Asthma Risk

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 19, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      Pregnancy Stress Ups Kid's Asthma Risk

      Stress an expectant mother experiences can increase her child’s predisposition to allergies and asthma, Reuters reports. Mothers-to-be with high stress levels gave birth to babies with high levels of an immune compound involved in the allergenic response, Harvard researchers found—even when their environmental exposure to allergens was low. More »

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      pregnancy  • Harvard  • stress  • mothers  • infant  • immune system  • infants  • allergic reaction

    • 'Baby Planners' Born of Busy Moms-to-Be

      newser  |  ABC News  |  May 15, 08 1:53 PM CDT

      'Baby Planners' Born of Busy Moms-to-Be

      Babies are tough, time-consuming work – even before they’re born. That’s why a new industry of “baby planners” has cropped up, catering to busy women who don’t have time for things like setting up registries, decorating nurseries, and hiring a nanny. For a mere $100 or so an hour, baby planners can do all that and more, ABC news reports. More »

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      pregnancy  • parenting  • baby

  • April 2008

    • Dark Chocolate Fends Off Pregnancy Problems

      newser  |  AFP  |  Apr 29, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Dark Chocolate Fends Off Pregnancy Problems

      Pregnant women who indulge in a daily treat of dark chocolate are cutting the risk of a serious complication, according to new research. Dark chocolate, rich in the chemical theobromine, helped prevent preeclampsia, a serious condition related to high blood pressure that affects up to 8% of pregnancies, the study found. More »

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      pregnancy  • blood pressure  • chocolate  • pregnant  • prenatal care

    • Study Finds More Pregnant US Diabetics

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Apr 28, 08 1:23 PM CDT

      Study Finds More Pregnant US Diabetics

      Diabetes among pregnant women has skyrocketed, a study finds, raising concerns for both mothers and children. In 1999-2005, the number of diabetic women giving birth more than doubled, the study found, and the number of diabetic teenage pregnancies rose five-fold. “These are high-risk pregnancies,” one doctor told USA Today . “All women with pre-existing diabetes need to plan their pregnancies.” More »

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      obesity  • pregnancy  • diabetes  • teen pregnancy  • obesity epidemic  • type 2 diabetes

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