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baby stories: 193 news summaries

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 We're 'Friends for Now': Levi 

Teen dad won't rule out reunion

Mar 16, 09 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Is there still hope for a Bristol Palin-Levi Johnston reunion? Maybe, Johnston tells ABC in an interview airing today on Good Morning America. "We’ll just remain friends for now. We’re both cool with that decision, and we’ll see," says the teen, who cites "me... More »

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baby • breakup • teen pregnancy • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

(Newser) - Common baby shampoos and lotions contain trace amounts of two carcinogens, a public safety group says. Big-name products such as Johnson & Johnson shampoo and Baby Magic lotion tested positive for the cancer-causing chemicals, apparently produced as byproducts during the manufacturing process, reports the Washington Post. Johnson & ... More »

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FDA • baby • carcinogens • formaldehyde • cosmetics • public safety

 Octuplets 
 Need 6 Nurses, 
 11 Nannies, 
 64 Daily Feedings 

Suleman will pay for many expenses

Mar 12, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Suleman octuplets will require 64 feedings per day, and six nurses and 11 nannies will be on hand, Us reports. The charity Angels in Waiting revealed details of the massive group effort involved in the family’s new life. Nadya Suleman plans to pay for the nannies and living... More »

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nurses • baby • nanny • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Old Dad, Poor Brain 

Children born to older dads fare worse on memory, learning tests, study finds

Mar 10, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children born to older dads tend to do worse on memory, learning and concentration tests than babies of older moms, researchers have found, reports the BBC. Scientists speculate that the poorer performance may be linked to damaging sperm mutations over time that affect babies who are conceived later in life.... More »

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parenting • intelligence • sperm • age • baby • conception • father

 71-Year-Old New Mom 
 Wants to Go for No. 2 

After decades of trying for child, couple heard about IVF

Mar 6, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - At 70, after 4 decades of trying, Indian Rajo Devi Lohan had her first child last year, making her the world’s oldest known mother. Now, she tells the Guardian she’s “strong”—and wants a brother for daughter Naveen. But she and her husband sold 2 buffaloes... More »

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India • age • mothers • baby • birth

Critics Blast 'Designer
Baby' Clinic

LA Doc offers defect-screening technique
to pick eye color

Mar 2, 09 1:39 AM CST
(Newser) - The founders of an embryo technology that identifies birth defects are furious that a leading Los Angeles fertility clinic is using their discovery to enable couples to choose baby traits like hair and eye color. The role of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis—which identifies thousands of characteristics in a three-day embryo—... More »

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medical breakthrough • in vitro fertilization • baby • embryo • genetic alteration

 Richie to Have Kid No. 2 

Boyf Joel Madden announces news on MySpace

Feb 22, 09 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden’s 1-year-old daughter will soon have a new sibling, the New York Daily News reports. Madden made the announcement on his band's website: “What's better than winning an Oscar?" the Good Charlotte drummer wrote. " I am so happy to tell everyone... More »

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pregnancy • baby • Nicole Richie • Joel Madden • Good Charlotte • Harlow Madden

 Here's 
 Tiger's 
 Baby 


Feb 18, 09 9:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Tiger Woods has released the first images of his new son, Charlie, reports the New York Daily News. In fact, Woods issued a family portrait of himself, wife Elin, daughter Sam, and the new Charlie Axel, who arrived on Feb. 8. Now that Charlie's here, dad expects to be back... More »

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 Octuplet Mom Rules Out 
 Reality Show 

Another PR firm cuts ties, former publicist speaks out

Feb 17, 09 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Is a reality show in octu-mom Nadya Suleman’s future? “No, I think that's exploitation of my kids,” she told TMZ. Good thing that's her attitude, because yet another PR firm has denied having ties with the mother of 14, reports Access Hollywood. The president of Ambassador Agency,... More »

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reality TV • baby • death threats • publicity • public relations • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Bristol: Mom 
 Clueless About 
 Teenage Sex 

Abstinence is 'not realistic at all'

Feb 17, 09 6:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin doesn't have a clue about teenage sexuality, her 18-year-old daughter, Bristol, indicated in a Fox News interview last night. The former VP candidate backs teen sexual abstinence, but that's just "not realistic at all," the teen mom told Greta Van Susteren. And while teenage sex may... More »

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(Newser) - The grandmother of the California octuplets has backtracked on a well-publicized, and rather dim opinion of her daughter, Us reports. Nadya Suleman “is trying so hard to take care of these children, and she's a good mother,” her mother, Angela, said. “She's a very good mother,... More »

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California • mothers • baby • Kaiser Permanente • television interview • grandmother • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

Baby-Faced Teen May Not
Be the Dad

Will take DNA test to disprove two other teens' claims

Feb 16, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Four-foot-tall teen dad Alfie Patten will take a DNA test to prove he really is the father of girlfriend Chantelle Steadman’s daughter Maisie, the Mail reports. Photos of the baby-faced 13-year-old caused an uproar last week, and two other teens came forward to claim they also slept with Chantelle.... More »

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pregnancy • DNA • children • baby • Britain • paternity test • teen pregnancy

OPINION

Kid UK Parents Might Be Just Fine, Thanks

They need guidance, sure, but who cares if they go on the dole?

Feb 15, 09 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Don’t be so sure 13-year-old Alfie Patten and 15-year-old Chantelle Steadman will be bad parents for their newborn, Sarah Sands writes in the Independent. Sure, the young father “loves computer games and Manchester United,” but that “does not actually set Alfie apart from the adult male... More »

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social services • baby • Britain • teen pregnancy • child

(Newser) - It's too late for the decision to limit the size of her family, but the octuplets mom has sworn off sex for 18 years, she tells the Sun. "I cannot maintain a social life and be a mother," said single mom Nadya Suleman, 33. "To even take... More »

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pregnancy • parenting • mothers • baby • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

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 MIA Has a Boy;  
 Will She Make  
 the Oscars?   

Baby's sex not yet public

Feb 14, 09 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - MIA is now an M-O-M, reports Hitfix. The 31-year-old Sri Lankan singer and hip-hop artist delivered a healthy baby boy on Wednesday, notes People. It's her first child, and there's no word on the name yet. Now the big question: Can MIA—who performed at the Grammys on her due... More »

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music • Academy Awards • baby • birth • hip-hop • rapper • M.I.A. • Oscars

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman became a national sensation this week, receiving death threats and a getting the business end of critical interview with her own mother, but she says she’s doing just fine. "I'm OK, and the babies are good," she told Us Weekly reporters today outside her home.... More »

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in vitro fertilization • mothers • baby • fertility treatment • infants • fertility clinic • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Baby-Faced Dad Is Just 13 

Teen parent stands barely four feet tall

Feb 13, 09 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Thirteen-year-old Alfie Patten, who, with his baby face, could pass for eight, became a father on Monday, the Sun reports. The 4-foot-tall Brit—who did not know how much diapers cost but said, "I think it’s a lot"—was not sure how he and girlfriend Chantelle Steadman,... More »

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pregnancy • children • baby • Britain • teen pregnancy

Octuplet Doc Implanted 7 Embryos in Woman, 49

Woman who wanted on baby is now pregnant with quadruplets

Feb 13, 09 4:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A 49-year-old woman who went to the controversial fertility specialist responsible for Nadya Suleman's octuplets is now pregnant with quadruplets, even though she wanted only one baby, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred at least seven embryos—made from eggs donated by a woman in her late... More »

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pregnancy • in vitro fertilization • baby • quadruplets • fertility treatment • fertility clinic • multiple births • Nadya Suleman • Michael Kamrava

(Newser) - The octuplets' mom swears she isn't trying to be like Angelina Jolie, either through plastic surgery or mothering. But an anonymous source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Nadya Suleman has sent Jolie fawning letters over the past year concerning the actress's humanitarian work. Jolie is said to be "creeped... More »

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Angelina Jolie • in vitro fertilization • mothers • baby • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Patients Push 
 Fertility Docs for 
 Extra Embryos 

Though hazardous, many parents take the risk to up their odds of having kids

Feb 12, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - While Nadya Suleman's octuplets remain the in vitro exception, about 30% of such procedures result in multiple births. One attempt can cost $12,000, so patients regularly implore docs to up their pregnancy chances by planting multiple embryos—even though medical guidelines push for the transfer of no more than... More »

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fertility • in vitro fertilization • children • baby • fertility clinic • multiple births • doctors • octuplets

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