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  • July 2008

    • Are We Happier Without Kids?

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jul 5, 08 3:26 PM CDT

      Are We Happier Without Kids?

      Little bundles of joy may not be delivering as much pleasure to their moms and dads as they're reputed to, Newsweek reports. Parents are about 7% less happy than the childless, one study says, while another concludes that "no group of parents reported significantly greater emotional well-being than people who never had children."  Are today's parents too busy and bleary-eyed to feel the love, Newsweek asks, or have expectations changed? More »

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      children  • family  • mothers  • study  • happiness  • father  • survey

    • 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

  • May 2008

    • 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

    • The 'Gayby' Boom

      newser  |  Details  |  May 18, 08 4:47 AM CDT

      The 'Gayby' Boom

      What’s the latest in the gay lifestyle? Babies—lots of them. Smashing the old cliché of wild and fabulous freedom, more gay men are settling down with kids, in some cases partnering with surrogates to forge a genetic link. And it’s not just for couples. Singles are also opting for parenthood—without sacrificing their dating prospects. Unlike in the heterosexual scene, parenthood for gay singles tends to increase their hottie quotient, reports Details. More »

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      baby  • mothers  • in vitro fertilization  • gays  • surrogates

    • Time's 10 Best Mothers Ever...

      newser  |  Time  |  May 11, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      Time's 10 Best Mothers Ever...

      No one's perfect, but some moms get pretty close—even if they do have control issues, out-of-wedlock kids, or a little drug habit. Time picked these winners for going against the grain. Dumbo's mom: for giving her child wings The moms of The Joy Luck Club : for caring a bit too much Gaia, or Mother Earth: for the skies and the fields More »

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      mothers  • motherhood  • Moses  • Mother's Day

    • ... And 10 Worst, From Futurama to Mommie Dearest

      newser  |  Time  |  May 11, 08 5:34 PM CDT

      ... And 10 Worst, From Futurama to Mommie Dearest

      If an ounce of mom is worth a pound of clergy, as they say, these mothers would topple the scales. Time lists its all-time worst moms:  Mom on Futurama : for bringing her cut-throat business sense home Mother in The Wall : for making Pink a baby forever Mrs. Robinson: for not backing off after bedding poor Dustin More »

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      mothers  • motherhood  • Mother's Day  • Anne Bancroft

    • NYT 's Friedman: Call Your Mother

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 11, 08 10:19 AM CDT

      NYT 's Friedman: Call Your Mother

      New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has a piece of policy-free advice for readers today: “Call your mom.” His own died last month, and on his first Mother’s Day without her, he recalls her influence on his own optimism, which can be found “between the lines of virtually every column.” Without being naive, “she was the most uncynical person in the world.” More »

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      family  • holiday  • mothers  • Thomas Friedman  • columnists  • Mother's Day

    • Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 10, 08 7:23 PM CDT

      Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids

      More states are imprisoning babies, and moms couldn't be happier: Prisons nationwide are allowing incarcerated mothers to keep their little ones, the AP reports. Opponents of the practice say the kids may be traumatized, but one researcher found that “the outcomes are promising, if the prison nursery programs have the appropriate resources.” More »

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      New York  • prison  • Ohio  • jail  • Indiana  • babies  • mothers  • newborn  • inmates

    • This Won't Be the Mother of All Mother's Days

      newser  |  Newsday  |  May 6, 08 4:43 AM CDT

      This Won't Be the Mother of All Mother's Days

      Even gifts for mom aren't  immune to the economic crunch, Newsday reports. Spending on Mother's Day gifts is thought to be dipping, but only by an average of 50 cents, from last year's $139.14, according to a consumer survey. Only 13% of consumers plan to spend more this year.  Those just out of the nest—18 to 24 year olds—will shell out $30 more than other age groups, and 40% of them will spend more than last year. More »

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      consumer spending  • shopping  • mothers  • gifts

  • April 2008

    • 77% of US Moms Breast-Feed

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 30, 08 7:07 PM CDT

      77% of US Moms Breast-Feed

      About 77% of new mothers breast-feed, the highest percentage since the CDC began taking surveys 20 years ago. The agency cites public-awareness campaigns about its health benefits for the rise, noting that only 60% of mothers breast-fed in 1994, the AP reports. Changing cultural attitudes that accommodate the practice also might be responsible, a CDC spokesman said. "It looks like an all-time high." More »

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      public health  • African Americans  • childhood obesity  • culture  • mothers  • CDC  • breast feeding

  • February 2008

    • EcoMoms Talk and Shop for Green Cause

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 16, 08 3:42 PM CST

      EcoMoms Talk and Shop for Green Cause

      A gathering of women may look like a book club, sewing circle, or Tupperware party these days—but is just as likely to be part of the 9,000-strong EcoMom Alliance, where mothers talk fluorescent lightbulbs, waste-free school lunches, and local produce. Long essential to America's green movement, young women are now using it to inspire coffee klatches and find environmental approaches to homemaking and parenthood, the New York Times reports. More »

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      global warming  • environment  • women  • mothers  • green  • An Inconvenient Truth

  • December 2007

    • Winehouse's Mom Pleads: Please Come Home, Amy!

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Dec 10, 07 3:04 AM CST

      Winehouse's Mom Pleads: Please Come Home, Amy!

      Troubled singer Amy Winehouse's mother has written an open letter to her hot mess of a daughter begging her to come home and get well. The letter, which appears in the London tabloid News of the World , was written shortly after Winehouse was photographed recently wandering the streets before dawn in jeans and a bra, mumbling incoherently. More »

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      London  • Amy Winehouse  • tabloids  • drug addiction  • mothers  • letters  • singers

  • November 2007

    • Want to Make Girl Babies? Get Stressed!

      newser  |  Economist  |  Nov 18, 07 6:20 AM CST

      Want to Make Girl Babies? Get Stressed!

      Scientists have wondered for years why mothers in rich and peaceful countries are more likely to have baby boys, and new research suggests the answer may be stress, reports the Economist . Danish researchers have also found that stressed-out moms in the West are more apt to have baby girls—just like women in war zones and disaster areas. More »

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      pregnancy  • babies  • stress  • mothers

  • September 2007

    • Brits Will Pay Moms-to-Be to Eat for Two

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 9, 07 10:23 AM CDT

      Brits Will Pay Moms-to-Be to Eat for Two

      Starting 2009, all expecting moms in the UK will receive a lump sum of $240, intended to be spent on a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables to help prevent low-birth-weight complications in newborn children. The "pregnancy grants" are part of Britain's new health secretary's plan to close the gap between rich and poor, the Guardian reports.   More »

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      health  • food  • pregnancy  • England  • public health  • diet  • women's health  • parents  • mothers  • prenatal care

    • Dutch Gov't Courts More 9-to-5 Women

      newser  |  Economist  |  Sep 8, 07 2:24 PM CDT

      Dutch Gov't Courts More 9-to-5 Women

      The Dutch government is working to get women working. A new law mandating that schools must provide afternoon childcare is meant to raise the number of mothers in full-time jobs, the Economist reports. At 66%, the Netherlands has a higher than average female workforce among European countries, but 61% of those are part time. And other social forces stand in the way. More »

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      parenting  • Netherlands  • mothers  • gender roles  • working mothers  • daycare

  • August 2007

    • Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in Breast Milk

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 18, 07 8:46 AM CDT

      Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in Breast Milk

      The Federal Food and Drug Administration has warned nursing mothers using codeine to be on the lookout for any signs of unusual drowsiness in their babies. A significant number of women have a gene that can concentrate high levels of the painkiller in their breast milk. Last year, a Canadian newborn died of a morphine overdose traced to a mother with the gene. More »

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      baby  • mothers  • infant  • breast feeding  • nursing  • morphine  • breast milk

    • 'Mommy Lit' Taps Motherlode of Frustration

      newser  |  Slate  |  Aug 2, 07 6:00 AM CDT

      'Mommy Lit' Taps Motherlode of Frustration

      Slate reviewer Katie Roiphe dresses down the entire emerging "Mommy Lit" genre in her caustic feminist review of the Brit bestseller "Slummy Mummy." Roiphe says she doesn't have a problem with light summer page-turners, but she takes issue with the novel's celebration of frumpy female mediocrity.  More »

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      book  • women  • literature  • feminism  • mothers

  • July 2007

    • New Moms Use Natural Remedy for Depression

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jul 22, 07 8:05 AM CDT

      New Moms Use Natural Remedy for Depression

      People think it's weird, and there's no research to prove it works, but new mothers  who've suffered from postpartum depression swear by it. The placenta that nourished the baby is injested by the new mom—dried and put into gelatin capsules, or just plain cooked and eaten. The placenta is thought to contain nutrients that act as a natural preventative for postpartum depression. More »

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      FDA  • mothers  • childbirth  • birth  • nutrients  • organs  • mammals  • placenta  • fetus

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