Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: childbirth

childbirth stories: 24 news summaries

1 - 20 of 24 Stories | 1 2 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

Mom-to-Be Plans
to Broadcast Birth Online

Minnesota woman births new level of online sharing

Nov 6, 09 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Minnesota mom-to-be has been blogging about her pregnancy daily for months and plans to bring readers into the delivery room with a live online broadcast of the birth. Lynsee and her husband agreed to a request from online community MomsLikeMe to allow a tasteful video of the birth, she... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Internet • birth • childbirth • blogger

 Women Getting 
 Shorter, Heavier 

They'll lose 1 inch and gain 2 pounds by 2409

Oct 21, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Humans are still changing, and the female winners of the evolutionary crapshoot will be shorter and heavier down the line. A new study that tracked the motherly productivity of the slim-and-tall set alongside their squatter peers concludes that a lower center of gravity will win out in the end, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
evolution • women • menopause • childbirth • human • scientific study • medical study • women's issues • inherited traits

 Yemen Right-Wingers 
 Blocked Push to End 
 Child Marriages 

Conservatives claimed introducing minimum marriage age was un-Islamic

Sep 17, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative lawmakers in Yemen, where a 12-year-old girl died giving birth to her husband's child last week, shot down an attempt to set the minimum marriage age at 17 earlier this year, CNN reports. The lawmakers kept the bill from reaching the country's president by arguing that it violated Islamic... More »

MORE ABOUT:
human rights • children • Islamic Sharia law • childbirth • Yemen • child brides • child marriage • underage marriage

Yemeni Child Bride, 12,
Dies in Childbirth

Girl forced to marry 24-year-old dies after three days in labor

Sep 15, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pregnant 12-year-old Yemeni girl has died after three days of excruciating labor that also claimed her baby, a human rights group tells CNN. Fawziya Ammodi's poverty-stricken family forced her to drop out of school last year to marry a 24-year-old man. More than half of Yemeni girls are married... More »

MORE ABOUT:
human rights • children • baby • childbirth • Yemen • human rights abuse • child rape • child brides

GLOSSIES

 Turlington 
 Models a More 
 Charitable Path 

At 40, she's earning a master's and educating the world on maternity risks

Jul 15, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christy Turlington still considers modeling her work—“It’s the only thing that pays me; everything else is school or volunteerism,” the Columbia masters candidate, often described as one of the world’s most beautiful people, tells Vogue. “My face is a dime a dozen in many... More »

MORE ABOUT:
pregnancy • Columbia University • public health • celebrity • documentary • childbirth • developing countries • supermodel • Christy Turlington • Ed Burns

Want a Mind-Blowing Orgasm? Have a Kid 

Labor pains can be overwhelmed by pleasure, some say

Mar 18, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Going into labor, most women would agree, is not much fun. But for Amber Hartnell of Hawaii, childbirth offered "the most overwhelming pleasure I have ever felt in my life"—a 4-hour sexual climax. As the Guardian reports, she's one of the women in a recent documentary on... More »

MORE ABOUT:
women • labor • sexuality • childbirth • pain

 First Octuplets Ready 
 to Leave Hospital 

Plus, birth tape still being shopped

Mar 11, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first two Suleman octuplets will be released from the hospital soon, People reports. “Four of them are ready to come home now. They’ve been ready for days,” Nadya Suleman told Dr. Phil, but hospital officials are waiting to inspect her new, bigger home before releasing the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
video • childbirth • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Octuplet Mom 
 Birth Tape 
 May Go 
 Public 

Video is being shopped for seven figures

Mar 4, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman may be serving up the realest reality show of all: TMZ reports a videotape of her octuplets’ delivery is being shopped for seven figures. Suleman apparently gave her consent, but it’s not clear who did the filming. More »

MORE ABOUT:
video • birth • childbirth • Gloria Allred • Dr Phil • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Nigeria Struggles 
 to Protect Child Brides 

Underage marriage outlawed, but Muslim leaders support it

Nov 28, 08 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - In northern Nigeria, almost half the girls are married by age 15, and a law outlawing child marriage faces serious resistance from Muslim leaders, the Times of London reports. "We have no choice," says one teen who was brutally raped by her husband. As a result, fistula—a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Africa • pregnancy • Nigeria • women's rights • Muslim • childbirth • forced marriage • child brides • fistula

Prenatal Screening Advances Create Agonizing Choices

Doctors may detect disease but struggle for details

Oct 25, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advances in prenatal screening have given parents-to-be a clearer window into the health of their unborn children—and the dramatic increase in information can lead to wrenching choices. Tests are now able to detect many genetic disorders—but they are not always reliable, or able to predict specific outcomes, the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
parenting • baby • childbirth • prenatal care

C-Sections, Wary Docs
Push Birth Costs Up

Report is critical of high-tech methods, urges natural ones

Oct 8, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spending on childbirth—the country's No. 1 reason for hospitalization—is on the rise, and much of it is due to unnecessary tests and procedures, USA Today reports. A new study critical of the system found that $2.5 billion is spent annually on needless high-tech C-sections, which cost... More »

MORE ABOUT:
health care costs • motherhood • infant • childbirth • hospitalization • health study • obstetrician-gynecologists • cesarean section

 Newborn Is Mile-High Miracle

Baby born on flight from Hong Kong to Australia named for ocean and air

Aug 28, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian newborn can claim his birthplace is miles in the sky after his mother gave birth during a flight from Hong Kong to Australia yesterday, the AP reports. Four doctors helped deliver the premature 6-pound boy. Mom—who was flying for the first time ever to reunite with her... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Australia • India • weird • childbirth • premature birth

 It's a Boy for McConaughey 

Model girlfriend gave birth last night to first child for herself, actor

Jul 8, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Matthew McConaughey's model girlfriend Camila Alves gave birth to a son last night, his rep tells People. No name has been reported for the 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. "Oh, it's going to be fun!" the actor's brother Rooster told the mag. "He'll make a really good dad because... More »

MORE ABOUT:
baby • childbirth • celebrity pregnancy • Matthew McConaughey • celebrity parents • Camila Alves

 Twins Born
 to 70-Year-Old 

To produce male heir, scrounges to afford IVF procedure

Jul 7, 08 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 70-year-old Indian grandmother of five has become the world’s oldest mom after giving birth to twins, the Sun reports. Omkari Panwar and her husband, a retired farmer, mortgaged their land, sold off their buffaloes, and took out loans to finance IVF treatment so they could produce a male... More »

MORE ABOUT:
India • twins • in vitro fertilization • world record • childbirth • multiple births

 Jolie in Hospital, Awaiting Birth 

Jolie's pre-planned admittance to avoid immediate birth

Jul 1, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(AP) - Angelina Jolie has gone into a hospital in the south of France where she expects to give birth to twins. A spokeswoman for the Lenval Hospital in Nice says Brad Pitt's better half is fine and that the actress' admittance to the hospital's maternity wing had been planned for some... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Angelina Jolie • twins • childbirth • hospital • celebrity pregnancy • Nice, France • celebrity parents

 It's a Girl
 for Alba 

Actress, 27, gave birth Saturday to Honor Marie Warren

Jun 9, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jessica Alba gave birth to a daughter, Honor Marie Warren, on Saturday in Los Angeles, People reports. It’s the 27-year-old’s first child with husband Cash Warren, 31, who won over the actress when he was the director’s assistant on the set of Fantastic Four. "She seemed... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Los Angeles • childbirth • newborn • Jessica Alba • celebrity pregnancy • celebrity parents

C-Sections Propel Jump
in Preemies

Risks, costs skyrocket for premature infants, new research notes

May 29, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of US babies born before reaching normal gestation jumped by a third from 1996 to 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports, with Cesarean sections accounting for much of the rise. With health risks and high costs associated with premature babies, the trend presents "a serious problem,"... More »

MORE ABOUT:
public health • childbirth • premature birth • premature baby • preterm birth rate • cesarean section

 A-Wuss Fainted
 at Baby's Birth: Wife 

A-Rod 'real wimpy' when it comes to medical situations

May 7, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A close-up look at childbirth when his first daughter was on the way knocked slugger Alex Rodriguez out cold, AP reports. "One nurse had a cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure cuff on his arm, and I'm there, in the middle of labor,"... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • childbirth • YES Network • celebrity pregnancy

 Moms Go Bananas
 to Conceive Boys 

Gender influenced by diet, researchers find

Apr 23, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women who want to conceive boys should eat potassium-rich bananas as part of a high calorie, high protein diet, according to the latest British research into influencing gender at conception. Scientists found that 56% of mothers on a high calorie diet conceived boys, compared with 45% of those on a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
gender • diet • mothers • conception • Oxford University • childbirth • high calorie diet • Exeter University • gestation • Stuart West • Fiona Mathews

'Toxic Sperm' Linked to
Child Ills

Gene material in sperm may be hurt by heavy drinking, smoking: study

Feb 19, 08 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Men who smoke or drink heavily may transmit genetic abnormalities through their damaged sperm, leading to child health complications, miscarriages or stillbirth, researchers have found. The effects of environmental toxins on paternal health—long held to be far less important than that of mothers—may play a crucial role in... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fatherhood • health • alcohol • sperm • smoking • conception • childbirth • toxin • genetic abnormalities

1 - 20 of 24 Stories | 1 2 Next >>


from our news partners