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motherhood stories: 36 news summaries

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 Michelle's
 First Job:
 'Mom-in-Chief'

Obama talks kids, Barack, and politics

Aug 5, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama says her foremost role as first lady would be as “mom-in-chief,” helping her daughters settle into life in the White House and “making sure they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.” In a wide-ranging interview with Ebony, she described... More »

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Barack Obama • motherhood • Michelle Obama • Election 2008

Percentage of Working Women in Record Drop

Surprised experts thought 'motherhood movement' caused drop

Jul 22, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The percentage of women in the US job market dipped this decade through a period of economic recovery for the first time in 48 years—and the faltering economy is bound to do even more damage, reports the New York Times. Like men, American women are leaving the workplace due... More »

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motherhood • women • job market • economy

COMMENTARY

Stay-At-Home Mom, Indeed

Home-birthing 'strange and magical,' but trade-offs hurt—like Mo. law against midwives

Jun 27, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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pregnancy • motherhood • mothers • felony • placenta • Missouri • midwife • home birth

 Moynahan Talks
 Getting Dumped, Pregnant 

Brady's ex was 'heartbroken,' but now focuses on 'much younger man'

Jun 5, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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pregnancy • motherhood • breakup • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • Bridget Moynahan • single parenting • emotion • celebrity pregnancy • celebrity tell-alls • celebrity parents

Morning Sickness
May Help Protect Embryos

Ailment has evolutionary benefit, researchers say

May 20, 08 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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 • prenatal care • scientific discoveries • morning sickness

'Mommy Weirdest' Blogger Tells It Like It Is: Depressing

But she's happy to collect $40K from advertisers on her popular site

May 14, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest irreverent star of cyberspace is a former Mormon mommy blogger who isn't afraid to write that motherhood can be "awful." Heather Armstrong of Salt Lake City loves her 4-year-old daughter, but she complains that "sometimes it's really unpleasant and you turn around and you're like,... More »

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post partum depression • motherhood • parenting • depression • blogging

 Time's 10 Best Mothers Ever... 

Mother Earth, Marge Simpson make the cut

May 11, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.
  1. Dumbo's mom: for giving her child wings
  2. The moms of The Joy Luck Club: for caring a
... More »

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motherhood • mothers • Moses • Mother's Day

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

Picks from cult movies and mythology make the cut

May 11, 08 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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: 
  1. Mom on Futurama: for bringing her cut-throat business sense home
  2. Mother in The Wall: for making Pink a baby forever
  3. Mrs. Robinson:
... More »

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motherhood • mothers • Anne Bancroft • Mother's Day

 Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me 

Having a child would make diva feel 'violated'

Apr 23, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mariah Carey may be nearing her 40th birthday but the singer isn't worried about her biological clock, reports the New York Daily News. That's because she has no plans to have kids—in fact, she'd "feel violated' by having a baby. "I know that's a weird thing to... More »

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music • motherhood • celebrity • singer • biological clock • Mariah Carey

The Secret Life of Surrogate Moms

Women like the $25K paycheck but discover a labor of love

Mar 30, 08 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - More women are carrying babies for dollars, despite opposition from Christians, feminists, and medical ethicists—not to mention some states and most EU nations. So why do they do it? A $20,000 to $25,000 paycheck doesn't hurt, Newsweek reports, but many also do it for love. "I... More »

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military • pregnancy • motherhood • parenting • family • baby • military spouses • surrogates • couples

Celine's Heart Will Go On

Pop diva bids tender
adieu to Vegas, wrapping her 5-year show to be a mom

Dec 16, 07 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Celine Dion bid a emotional farewell to Las Vegas last night, wrapping her nearly 5-year run at Caesars Palace and admitting that she once wanted to nix the show, the AP reports. She told the audience of 4,000-plus that she had wanted to raise her son instead, but the... More »

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music • motherhood • Las Vegas • pop music • Celine Dion • Caesars Palace

Motherhood Holds Back EU Women: Study

Domestic duties lock female workers into lower pay, status

Dec 6, 07 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Motherhood has its joys, but professional advancement isn’t necessarily one of them, a study of European women shows. Taking on domestic duties has kept them in lower-paying, lower-status jobs; after having kids, women tend to spend more hours at home and not enough in the office to earn promotion.... More »

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motherhood • European Union • women • working mothers

To Work Or
Not to Work?

Provocative book worries about women giving up good careers to be trophy moms

Apr 3, 07 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The feminist generation gap gets a sharp appraisal in "The Feminine Mistake," the new book by Leslie Bennetts that questions why so many upscale young women are abandoning careers for children. Joan Walsh finds it a refreshing rebuttal to recent paens to motherhood, especially since Bennetts recognizes that ... More »

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gender • motherhood • families • feminism • Feminine Mistake • Joan Walsh • housewives • women • children • Leslie Bennetts • working mothers • career

Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

Children neither fraternal nor identical

Mar 30, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new kind of twin has been discovered, neither strictly identical nor fraternal. Now toddlers, the babies look identical but one is anatomically male while the other has ambiguous genitalia. Genetic tests show the children are identical on their mother's side but share only half their father's DNA. More »

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gender • pregnancy • motherhood • health • twins • genetics • DNA

Red Meat
May Harm Sons' Sperm

Lower fertility found in men whose moms scarfed beef during pregnancy

Mar 28, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men whose mothers ate a lot of beef during pregnancy have lower sperm counts, finds a study attempting to track the effect of growth hormones fed to cattle. While the specific chemicals weren't identified, sons of pregnant women who ate beef more than seven times a week were three times... More »

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medicine • food • pregnancy • fertility • motherhood • health • growth chemicals • growth hormones

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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