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Pregnant Cover Model of Teen Vogue Raises Eyebrows

The magazine said they didn’t know she was pregnant before the photo shoot for the November issue. Should that matter? Is a 19-year old pregnant cover model a bad influence or can her experience be a good starting point for parents to talk to their teens about sex and pregnancy?

Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Give New Hope

The Salk Institute conducted a study where they were able to turn cord blood stem cells into an embryonic state. This is an important discovery because cord blood stem cells can now offer all the power of embryonic stem cells without any of the ethical questions. Needless to say, this opens up a number of potential uses for cord blood. ViaCord blogs about this development in their post, The Value of Cord Blood—Even Greater than Once Imagined. And  Science Daily published an article, Umbilical Cord Blood As A Readily Available Source For Off-the-shelf, Patient-specific Stem Cells.

38 Weeks is too Early to Induce Labor

Induced deliveries are on the rise and though national guidelines discourage (more…)

Screening Test Doubles the Chance of Pregnancy for Women using IVF

Now this is really big news: A genetic-screening test could more than double the chances of pregnancy for women who undergo fertility treatment, a study suggests.

Kids of Working Moms are Less Healthy

Statistics are nice, but what are going to do about this? How about opening up elementary schools for indoor and outdoor play after class and on the weekend? What are your ideas?

Expecting Moms: Flu Shots Can Help Your Baby

Heather Warlick-Moore, aka Domestic Diva, tells us that since April, at least 100 pregnant women have been hospitalized with H1N1 flu, and 28 have died. (more…)

Can Health Insurance Be Denied Because You’re Pregnant?
Apparently, pregnancy is considered by some insurers to be a pre-existing condition. Better not lose your job and health insurance while pregnant!

The New Breastfeeding Rules
Is nursing always the best answer? You decide…

Two Factors Reduce Post-partum Depression Risk
Researches discovered two factors that reduce the risk of depression: age (the older the woman the lower her chance of depression), and whether or not a woman has worked during pregnancy (which reduces the risk). They also discovered a near spot-on method to predict PPD.

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The Duggars’ 19th Pregnancy
Is it really any of our business?

What Pregnant Women Should Know about H1N1
Read what the CDC has to say.

Job-related Claims of Pregnancy Bias Were Up 14% in 2008
When the economy sours, things get tough for everyone, especially pregnant women.

Early Maternity Leave Reduces C-Sections
New study shows that moms who take at least one month off before their due date were four times less likely to have a C-Section. While it’s true that many of us don’t have the luxury of taking an early maternity leave, perhaps this information will encourage all of us to take it easy and ask for help toward the end of the pregnancy.

Celine Dion Announces her Pregnancy, Really, Really Early
I did the math with the help of Babycenter’s Due Date Calculator. Her spokesperson said she was due to give birth next May, and she announced this on August 18. Um, at most this means Celine was 5 weeks pregnant at the time of the announcement. Is that too early to go public? What do you think?