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Hank Baskett says, "I've seen more baby television shows since she got pregnant than I have in my entire life"
She says there's "something wonderful" about pregnancy, but is ready to be done with it
Diana Adam, 35, and her husband wanted to have a second child this year. The timing just seemed right. She had a job as a software engineer at a big market research company near San Francisco, California, and it had good benefits -- including paid maternity leave. He was looking for a faculty position after finishing his Ph.D. in sociology but had a steady job as a lecturer at a state university. Their first child, a boy, was three.
After two pregnancies, she ditches the cupcakes and turns up her workouts to get into the best shape of her life
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
The SNL star is having another child with director Paul Thomas Anderson
A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos was denied access to a British lawyer who flew out to meet her, a human rights group said Tuesday.
The View co-host says she's so busy she's "lucky to have a prenatal pill by the end of day"
The soulful singer becomes a mom for the first time to son Jett Hamilton Roberts
Hank Baskett says, "I've seen more baby television shows since she got pregnant than I have in my entire life"
She says there's "something wonderful" about pregnancy, but is ready to be done with it
Diana Adam, 35, and her husband wanted to have a second child this year. The timing just seemed right. She had a job as a software engineer at a big market research company near San Francisco, California, and it had good benefits -- including paid maternity leave. He was looking for a faculty position after finishing his Ph.D. in sociology but had a steady job as a lecturer at a state university. Their first child, a boy, was three.
After two pregnancies, she ditches the cupcakes and turns up her workouts to get into the best shape of her life
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
The SNL star is having another child with director Paul Thomas Anderson
A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos was denied access to a British lawyer who flew out to meet her, a human rights group said Tuesday.
The View co-host says she's so busy she's "lucky to have a prenatal pill by the end of day"
The soulful singer becomes a mom for the first time to son Jett Hamilton Roberts
Had she been born a generation earlier, Kim Hoffman might have had a shotgun wedding. As it turned out, she and Steve Miller took the time to plan their dream nuptials -- outdoors, on an organic farm, and with their 10-month-old daughter in tow.
Twins? Triplets? Octuplets? Sounds like a lot of stress to handle more than one baby at once.
The average cost of medical care for a premature or low birth-weight baby for its first year of life is about $49,000, according to a new report from the March of Dimes Foundation.
New book reveals Palin thought that not disclosing her condition would prevent unwanted attention
In a case that's captured international attention, Nadia Suleman, the mother of six children, gave birth to octuplets in Bellflower, California.
As more details of the mother who gave birth to octuplets come to light, ethicists are debating the moral quandaries involved.
The expectant mom describes herself as being like "a Koala bear where I'm slightly stoned"
The 40-year-old actress's pregnancy will be written into the storyline of her show The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Every day in the United States, thousands of women and families experience one of the most joyous occasions in their lifetime -- the birth of a child.
"I am Fertile Myrtle," says the singer, who tells Bonnie Hunt she loves "being 40 and pregnant"
The star and her fiancé are expecting their first child together
When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The season three couple who wed in March are due to have their first child in July
Is it possible for a woman to still get pregnant after having her tubes tied?
Sexual content on television is strongly associated with teen pregnancy, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows.
Thomas Beatie, known as "the pregnant man," was interviewed Monday by CNN's Larry King. Joining Thomas was his wife, Nancy. Thomas gave birth in July to the couple's first child, Susan, and now they're expecting again.
The "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter earlier this year says he is expecting a second child.
Thomas Beatie, who is due in June, breaks his baby news with Barbara Walters
The Access Hollywood co-host, who lost her own mom last spring to Lou Gehrig's disease, will release her book next April
The elated singer is six months along with her first child – and it's a boy!
Depressed moms-to-be are more likely than nondepressed women to have a preterm birth, and the worse their mood, the greater their risk, says a new study published in Human Reproduction. In fact, women in the study who were severely depressed during early pregnancy more than doubled their risk of giving birth to premature babies.
A comprehensive 30-year analysis of abortion rates in the U.S. finds they're on a steady decline
The revelation that Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is five months pregnant puts teen pregnancy squarely in the spotlight again this summer.
Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, became the center of the media spotlight this week after her pregnancy was revealed.
Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labor harbored bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid
Teen pregnancies rose in the United States for the first time since 1991, the National Institutes of Health reported Friday.
Forget the screaming and scandal. Is it possible the pregnancy pact is a sign of maturity? Nancy Gibbs thinks so
After a report by TIME that a group of high school girls made a pact to get pregnant, top school officials are raising questions
"I'm all about choice," says the former talk show host, who had her child at home
A Massachusetts fishing town tries to understand why so many of its teenagers made a pact to get pregnant. How one school is grappling with the Juno effect
Up to 35,000 pregnant cyclone survivors are in urgent need of proper care in Burma, a U.N. expert said Wednesday
The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a recent rise in the number of children living in poverty
Not only does Brad Pitt think it's hot, but "to have a little life inside you is amazing," she says
More and more doctors, fed up with overpacked schedules and restrictive insurance company rules, are turning their practices into full-service, concierge affairs
Before the crying, diaper changes and sleepless nights set in, a growing number of moms-to-be are spending their pregnancies in the lap of luxury. From belly "facials" to in-home massage therapy and private yoga sessions, women are indulging like it might be their last chance.
Doctors now have a better way of helping parents make an agonizing decision -- whether to take heroic steps to save a very premature baby
Consultations: Dr. De-Kun Li of Kaiser Permanente on what pregnant women should know about caffeine
The first three months of her pregnancy were difficult, says the 24 star
Even as more of them survive their early years, premature babies can have health problems later in life, new research shows
Daphne Babrow's son, Evan, is only 5 months old and she's already thinking about getting pregnant again. The decision won't be easy.
It wasn't Tibet's subzero temperatures that nurse practitioner Arlene Samen found so chilling on a 1997 medical trip, but the haunting stories she was told about mothers and newborns on the brink of death after childbirth.
At its worst, Melissa Miller's blood pressure measured 153 over 95, dangerously high for anyone, never mind a woman who is 36 weeks pregnant.
With her fraternal twin daughters Eden and Savannah turning 1 on Feb. 20, Marcia Cross is recalling all the ways she struggled to have children.
Thirty-five years after Roe v. Wade, a debate is still raging -- over which side is responsible for the drop in abortions
New research out Monday may have expecting moms rethinking their drinking habits.
A thriving career. And a sure-to-be-adorable baby (due any minute). It would be easy to envy Halle Berry -- if she weren't so nice. The Academy Award opens up about the blessed event.
For expectant mom Brooke Burke, staying in shape during – and after – pregnancy is an ongoing process that she works hard at.
Mark Hacking is accused of killing his pregnant wife, Lori, in Salt Lake City. Scott Peterson is accused of killing his pregnant wife, Laci, in Modesto, California. Meanwhile, as their cases play out before a national audience, countless other husbands and boyfriends stand accused of the same crime in courtrooms across the country.
A comprehensive study finds that abortion and miscarriage lead to low birth weight and preterm birth. But is 40-year-old data still relevant today?
As Angela Kinsey settles into her pregnancy, she's getting much more experimental with the snack food than she is with the baby names.
When Barbara Stratton of Baltimore, Maryland, looks back at the birth of her son, Charlie, now 7, she's angry -- angry she had a surgery she believes she didn't need.
Q: I'm 28 and diabetic. Now my husband and I would like to have a baby. Is there anything I should worry about because of my condition?
For expectant mom Halle Berry, her current condition is all good – even the wardrobe.
Life was proceeding as planned for Ravinder Dhallan, or so it seemed. Having earned doctorates in medicine and biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, he had just started a radiation oncology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. On the home front Dhallan and his wife, Hejung Christine Chang, had a daughter, and they were eager to see their family grow.
A new report says gestational diabetes is strongly linked to childhood obesity -- but there's a lot you can do to treat the condition
U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.
When Kori Morrison had her first miscarriage, she and her husband, Tom, were upset but still hopeful. After all, she knew that 15 to 50 percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, and most of these women who've miscarried go on to have healthy babies. But in the next eight years, Morrison had four more miscarriages. Sadness and self-blame set in. "I wondered if I was eating the wrong things, if I was overstressed, or, worst of all, if my body just wasn't cut out for pregnancy," she says.
The lights were dimmed, soft music was playing and a scented candle burned on the counter. In the center of it all was Julie Trotter -- moaning through hard labor contractions.
Cece Clark's fibroids had gotten so bad that she often had to lie down in the middle of the day. When she got up, it was usually for another trip to the bathroom. "My periods were astoundingly heavy, and pressure on my bladder made me feel like I had to go all the time," she recalls. But after she tried an uncommon ultrasound treatment, everything changed. "The pressure lessened right away," she says. "It was such a physical and emotional relief."
A leading group of women's doctors called Wednesday for closer consultations with pregnant women using anti-depressants, particularly singling out one of the medicines -- paroxetine or Paxil -- as a risk for birth defects.
One of the first things you notice about Adrian Vasquez is the bulge beneath his shirt. It's a pacemaker, the size of a chocolate-covered Oreo cookie.
Delivery rooms tend to be noisy and joyful places.
It's the day before Jennifer Witt is scheduled to start treatment for in vitro fertilization, and she's in a panic. It's not only the prospect of the medical procedure that's worrying her, or even ...
Women in the United States are waiting longer to have children, health statistics show, presenting challenges for doctors and patients alike.
Amniocentesis, a common prenatal test that involves sticking a needle into the mother's womb, is dreaded by many because of its risk to the fetus, but a diagnostic company hopes to eliminate that risk by developing a urine test that would detect Down syndrome in fetuses.
Before it takes a village to raise a child, Angela Ferin says it takes two women to birth that child -- the woman in labor and her doula.
Spectacular birth
Assisted reproduction, in least in Europe, may be moving closer to the era of one-at-a-time babies.
Having already given birth to two girls, Soledad O'Brien was ready for another addition to her family last winter. Yet she and her husband, Brad, were in for a surprise when, several months into her most recent pregnancy, her doctor told her she had not one, but two babies, on the way.
The thick and thin of health
Earlier this month, Illinois judge Jeffrey Lawrence refused to dismiss a wrongful death suit against a fertility clinic in Chicago. The plaintiffs are a couple, Alison Miller and Todd Parrish. They allege that the defendant, the Center for Human Reproduction in Chicago, discarded their nine embryos and thereby ended the embryos' lives.
Just three days shy of her 57th birthday, Aleta St. James has given birth to twins.
A 57-year-old New Age mystic is pregnant and could tie the record for the oldest American to give birth to twins.
Many British businesses are failing to manage pregnancy effectively because of a lack of awareness of their legal obligations, according to ongoing research by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC).
Regular exercise goes a long way towards weight maintenance, heart health, and even stress management. But pregnant women reap those benefits and more.
The baby of murder defendant Scott Peterson was born alive, his attorney declared Wednesday, saying the baby's umbilical cord had been cut.
(FindLaw) -- Last week, Utah prosecutors charged a woman with murder for failing to undergo a Caesarean section ("C-section") delivery, a failure that allegedly resulted in the death of one of her unborn twins. Prosecutors have suggested that the reason the woman, Melissa Ann Rowland, refused the procedure was her desire to avoid an abdominal scar.
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