Father Get to See Birth of Son Via Webcam

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:53:00 GMT

Just in case you can't be there for the delivery:

Times Recorder
ZANESVILLE - Amy Trescott went into labor on Thursday, the day she was scheduled for a Cesarean section. Everything in the Bethesda Hospital delivery room was ready for Trescott, including a laptop with a built-in webcam. This new feature allowed her husband, Jeremy, who is stationed in Iraq, to see his newborn son, Bradyn, as soon as Amy did. "We were both just so happy that he got to be a part of it being so far away," Amy said. &am

Pregnant Woman Hit By Car While Running From A Bear

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:33:00 GMT

The headline tells the whole story...

KKTV
Police say the woman was walking when she saw a bear and she thought the bear was coming after her. The woman reportedly screamed and ran into the street. "I heard a rustle behind me and a bear came out of the creek, I was about 2 feet away from the bear," Ashley Swendsen said. >>>

Pregnancy Exercise 'Helps Baby'

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:43:00 GMT

NEW RESEARCH:

BBC NEWS
A team from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences suggest it is linked to better foetal heart health and nervous system development. The findings from their pilot study of 26 women are being presented to the American Physiological Society's conference in New York. A UK expert said pregnant women should >>> read entire article

Interesting New Book...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:32:00 GMT

While I haven't yet read, Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth by Mark Sloan, M.D., I was looking for a book like this when I was researching Dad's Pregnant Too!. I'll let you know what I think when I get a copy. In the meantime, click on the book image below to read a review printed in The San Francisco Chronicle:

ATTN MEN: Pregnant Bikini Contest (pictures)

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:45:00 GMT

Does your partner have a hot pregnant body? Does she want to earn big prizes showing off that big belly in a bikini? Do you want to make a suggestion that will get you smacked, evicted, or no action for the next year? Click here and check this out:

ATTENTION MEN: Our biological clock might be ticking too

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:45:00 GMT

ATTENTION MEN: New research is in - our sperm might have a shelf life afterall:

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THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read between the lines of a recent study out of Australia and you can see hints of a coming shift in the gender conversation. Researchers at the University of Queensland found that children born to older fathers have, on average, lower scores on tests of intelligence than those born to younger dads. Data they analyzed from more than 33,000 American children showed that the older the man when a child is conceived... >>> read entire story

Memory loss - pregnant pause for thought

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:54:00 GMT

This whole memory loss thing might have some science to back it up. Feel free to share this with her so she knows she's not losing her mind...

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From The New Zealand Herald
It has been called "baby brain" and "placenta brain" - but now the commonly held idea that pregnant women have misplaced their memory has gained scientific backing. A series of tests comparing pregnant women with those not carrying a baby has indicated that the condition erodes a woman's ability to remember what she has been told. >>> read entire story

Newly Pregnant Smokers Have a 15-Week Window to Quit

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:54:00 GMT

HealthDay News

Pregnant women who quit smoking before the 15th week of pregnancy reduce their risk of premature birth and having small babies to that of nonsmoking women, a new study finds. It's known that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, premature birth, small babies, stillbirth and neonatal death, but no study until now has determined whether stopping smoking in early pregnancy reduces the risks of small babies and premature births, the study authors said. >>> read entire story

US Births Break Record, But More Men Are Less Involved Than Ever

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:41:00 GMT

The 4,317,119 births, reported by federal researchers Wednesday, topped a record first set in 1957 at the height of the baby boom.

Behind the number is both good and bad news. While it shows the U.S. population is more than replacing itself, a healthy trend, the teen birth rate was up for a second year in a row. The birth rate rose slightly for women of all ages, and births to unwed mothers reached an all-time high of about 40 percent, continuing a trend that started years ago. More than three-quarters of these women were 20 or older. >>> read entire story

Will fatherhood affect Federer's game?

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:23:00 GMT

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