Doing aquarobics during pregnancy reduces the amount of pain-killing medication requested by women during labor, according to a Brazilian study that included 71 expectant mothers. Half the women were assigned to attend three 50-minute sessions a week of aquarobics during their... (Continue reading)
Reuters Life! | 11/14/2008 9:53 AM LOS ANGELES – Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but lives as a man in Oregon after surgery and hormone treatment, is expecting a second child, Beatie has told Barbara Walters in an interview... (Continue reading)
LONDON (Reuters) -Pregnant women who consume caffeine –even about a cup of coffee daily — are at higher risk of giving birth to an underweight baby, researchers said on Monday. The new findings published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) also... (Continue reading)
Reuters | CHICAGO- Women who gain more than 40pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, U.S. researchers said on Friday. The study of more than 40,000 U.S.... (Continue reading)
Women who drink a glass of wine once a week throughout their pregnancy may not be harming their unborn children. Researchers at University College London found boys born to light drinkers get higher scores in vocabulary tests. Girls are also thought to... (Continue reading)
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York woman gave birth to sextuplets — four boys and two girls –earlier this month, the Mount Sinai Medical Center said on Monday. But Digna and Victor Carpio, who also have a seven-year-old son, kept the... (Continue reading)