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mothers stories: 69 news summaries

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Want to Make Girl Babies?
Get Stressed!

More females born
in tense times,
scientists discover

Nov 18, 07 6:20 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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pregnancy • mothers • stress • baby

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

Pregnant women in the UK will be given $240 to support a healthy diet

Sep 9, 07 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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

Daycare program aims to get moms working; won’t conquer guilt

Sep 8, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in
Breast Milk

FDA: Watch out for signs of overdose in babies

Aug 18, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Babies Off Breast Milk
Too Soon

Three-quarters of new moms breast feed, but only 11% long enough

Aug 4, 07 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost three quarters of new mothers in the US breast feed their babies, but they are switching to formula too soon, say federal health officials. Only 30% are sticking to breast milk alone at three months, and only 11% at six months, a new survey shows. Breast milk protects infants... More »

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obesity • health • childhood obesity • children • parents • mothers • baby • infant • breast feeding • breast milk

'Mommy Lit' Taps Motherlode of Frustration

Reviewer rips popular portraits of female mediocrity

Aug 2, 07 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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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feminism • women • literature • mothers • chick lit • Mommy Lit • Slummy Mummy • Fiona Neill • book

New Moms Use Natural Remedy for Depression

Placenta thought to help regulate volatile hormones

Jul 22, 07 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FDA • mothers • organs • mammals • birth • placenta • fetus • gelatin capsules • placentophagy • childbirth • nutrients

Moms Look to Part-Time Work

60% say part-time job is the most appealing option

Jul 12, 07 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young women with children are more interested in job flexibility than their boomer moms were: 60% of employed moms would like to work part-time, rather than full-time or no job at all—up 12% from a decade ago, a new study shows. But only 24% of those surveyed actually work... More »

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mothers • employment • working mothers • part-time jobs

Modern Moms Do More for Kids

Mar 20, 07 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Modern mothers spend more time with their children than those in the June Cleaver era, a new study concludes. Diaries compiled for the study show that, despite working more, today's moms spend less time on things like housework, leisure, and sleep to devote four more hours per week to interacting... More »

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motherhood • fatherhood • families • parenting • women • children • mothers

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