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Folic Acid May Help Prevent Premature Birth

Supplement could cut risk by 70%; fortifying flour, bread advocated

(Newser) - Taking folic acid supplements could cut the risk of premature birth by 70%, a study has found, giving women one more reason to seek out the synthetic B9 vitamin. Since one in three premature babies dies, the findings could save thousands of lives. The catch is that the acid should...

Caffeine May Double Miscarriage Risk: Study

25% of women who drank 2 cups a day miscarried: study

(Newser) - Pregnant women who drink two cups of coffee a day may double their risk of miscarriage,  a new study concludes. Almost one-quarter of women in the study who consumed 200 milligrams of caffeine a day—the amount in 10 ounces of coffee or 25 ounces of tea—miscarried, reports...

Nicole Richie Gives Birth to Baby Girl

Aguilera has baby too in wild day of celebrity births

(Newser) - Wild child Nicole Richie gave birth to a child of her own yesterday, People reports, as she and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden welcomed a baby girl into the world in a Los Angeles hospital. Just down the hall, Christina Aguilera, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and David Allen Grier’s wife were...

Baby Sarko on Way? Rumor Mill's Abuzz
Baby Sarko on Way?
Rumor Mill's Abuzz
Jan 12, 2008 11:25 AM CST

Baby Sarko on Way? Rumor Mill's Abuzz

Gossip mongers say Carli is pregnant

(Newser) - Bloggers and tabloids in Europe are buzzing with rumors that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's fiancee is pregnant. According to the gossip mill, that's why he and Carli Bruni are getting hitched in February, a scant few months after launching their much ballyhooed love affair. A French website first reported the...

It's Official: Nicole Kidman Is Pregnant

Actress and hubby Keith Urban 'thrilled' about baby-to-be

(Newser) - After two failed pregnancies and two adopted children, actress Nicole Kidman is pregnant. Kidman and husband Keith Urban "are thrilled," said her publicist, who declined to specify a due date, reports the Australian. Kidman was set to begin shooting on a new World War II drama in Germany...

Pregnancies Outsourced to India
Pregnancies Outsourced to India
Dec 31, 2007 6:54 AM CST

Pregnancies Outsourced to India

Western couples 'renting' wombs of Indian women

(Newser) - A town in India, where more than 50 women are currently pregnant with the children of Western couples, has hatched a booming industry in commercial surrogacy, dubbed "wombs for rent." The women in Anand have been impregnated with the sperm and eggs of US, British and other couples...

NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing
NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing
Dec 26, 2007 7:31 PM CST

NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing

State will make screening routine part of pregnancy care

(Newser) - Doctors in New Jersey will soon test all expecting mothers for HIV under a new law signed today. The test will become a routine part of prenatal care unless a woman specifically asks not to have one, the AP reports. Previously, doctors were required only to offer the test. Doctors...

Oops! Brit's Sis Preggers at 16
Oops! Brit's Sis Preggers at 16
Dec 19, 2007 4:55 AM CST

Oops! Brit's Sis Preggers at 16

Jamie Lynn Spears in "complete and total shock"

(Newser) - Another Spears may be headed for parenting woes. Britney's kid sister, Jamie Lynn, has announced that she's 12 weeks pregnant. The 16-year-old Louisiana high school student, star of the  Nickelodeon show "Zoey 101," met her boyfriend and the father of the baby, Casey Aldridge, at church, Reuters reports....

Nature's Back-Up Plan Keeps Pregnant Women Upright

Evolutionary changes help fight gravity

(Newser) - Scientists have found slight differences in the lower back and hip joints of men and women—results of evolution—that help women keep their balance and avoid serious back pain while pregnant, the AP reports. “(Women) are experiencing a pretty impressive challenge. Evolution has tinkered ... to the point where...

What They Expect When Expecting
What They Expect When Expecting
Dec 7, 2007 4:33 PM CST

What They Expect When Expecting

New fathers are rewarding their babies' mothers with 'push presents'

(Newser) - How to pass the time while your wife’s in labor? Perhaps at the jewelry store. The New York Times profiles the trend of fathers rewarding their babies’ mothers with “push presents,” gifts for enduring pregnancy. Modern women “are likely to want some sort of tangible bonus”...

Sex Is Okay With 'Pleasure Marriage'

Muslims date sans guilt in sanctioned trysts, and marry later

(Newser) - What Americans call dating, Muslims increasingly permit as “pleasure marriage,” Bloomberg reports. Twenty-somethings who want sex but can’t afford marriage—a problem in the Middle East, where pay is low and unemployment high—get guilt-free dating clearance with a short-term contract. Men often keep it and “...

Bigger Babies Become Happier Adults

Study links low birth weight with depression and anxiety

(Newser) - A new study links the size of a baby at birth with its happiness later in life, Reuters reports. Researchers found that adults suffering depression or anxiety were more likely to have weighed less at birth, according to a study in the journal Biological Psychiatry. "As birth weight progressively...

Anorexia Linked to Hormones in Womb

Study of mixed-sex twins suggest hormones tied to females may trigger disease

(Newser) - Nobody's knows exactly why women are far more likely to develop anorexia than men, but hormones released in the womb could be the cause, according to a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers have found that men with a female twin are more at risk of developing...

Want to Make Girl Babies? Get Stressed!

More females born in tense times, scientists discover

(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...

Prenatal Binge Drinking May Have Little Risk, Study Finds

Consistent booze more harmful than occasional

(Newser) - Pregnant women have been told to avoid alcohol for decades, but a new study suggests that occasional drinking and even a binge now and then could be OK, ABC News reports. Researchers at Oxford University looked at 35 years of studies and found no consistent link between sporadic binge drinking...

Abstinence Ed. Isn't Slowing Teen Sex

Celibacy-only programs have little 'positive impact,' study argues

(Newser) - Abstinence-only sex-education courses funded by the federal government are no match for teenage libido, according to a new study from a non-partisan group seeking to reduce teen pregnancy. The study found such programs had less “positive impact” than more comprehensive curricula, the AP reports, and dismissed as myth the...

Marathon Mom Ran Through Pregnancy
Marathon Mom Ran Through Pregnancy
Nov 3, 2007 8:01 PM CDT

Marathon Mom Ran Through Pregnancy

British distance runner Radcliffe kept training with baby onboard

(Newser) - Paula Radcliffe, holder of the best women’s marathon time ever, will run the New York City Marathon Thursday, her first since giving birth last year. But pregnancy never slowed down Radcliffe, who kept running up until the day before her daughter was born. “As far as I know,...

Designer Confirms J.Lo Pregnancy
Designer
Confirms
J.Lo Pregnancy
Oct 31, 2007 2:01 PM CDT

Designer Confirms J.Lo Pregnancy

Roberto Cavalli: 'Every week she is getting bigger'

(Newser) - Roberto Cavalli, who designs clothes for Jennifer Lopez, has confirmed that the star is pregnant. When asked by People about his celebrity clients, he said, "Well Jennifer Lopez, at this moment, she requests something very special because she is waiting for the baby." Cavalli has been designing loose,...

French Sour on Wine Warnings
French Sour on Wine Warnings
Oct 29, 2007 3:23 PM CDT

French Sour on Wine Warnings

Labels must include health cautions for pregnant women

(Newser) - France's new wine label warning pregnant women of alcohol's dangers has vintners coming uncorked, the Washington Post reports. The spreading European penchant for aggressive advisories has led to pictorial warnings that are seen as sacrilege from Champagne to Burgundy. Part of the problem is that, until recently, French doctors didn’...

Let Them Eat Fish!
Let Them
Eat Fish!
Oct 4, 2007 5:45 AM CDT

Let Them Eat Fish!

Scientists' advice that pregnant women eat seafood contradicts fed mercury warnings

(Newser) - Contrary to federal FDA recommendations, pregnant women and nursing mothers should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood a week to help promote fetal brain development, according to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. The government has been warning moms-to-be and nursing mothers not to eat more than 12...

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