pregnancy – News Stories About pregnancy - Page 16

Snooki Baby: Who Can Say 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?'

Snooki Baby: Can You Spell
'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?'

Mar 1, 2012 12:02 AM CST

Snooki Baby: Can You Spell 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?'

How hard has she been hitting the booze?

(Newser) - Let's hope Snooki sorta planned that baby she's reportedly carrying (stop giggling). Because if she didn't, that fetus has to be nearly swimming in booze by now. While Forbes is concerned about what's to become of the diminutive reality star's "brand," others are...

The Male 'Pill': Ready
for Testing

researchers say

Feb 27, 2012 6:48 PM CST

The Male 'Pill': Ready for Testing

Contraceptive pill for men may be just a decade away

(Newser) - Will men take it? Will women believe men are taking it? However this unfolds, the male contraceptive pill may be only a decade away, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. Researchers at the University of Kansas are so confident about their male contraceptive pill that they're ready to seek...

New Home Test
Checks Sperm Count

Feb 21, 2012 2:09 PM CST

New Home Test Checks Sperm Count

It's the first kit to win FDA approval

(Newser) - If you've ever questioned your sperm count but weren't thrilled with the idea of dropping by a clinic, worry no longer: For the first time, you can get an FDA-approved home test. The $30 to $40 SpermCheck Fertility Home Sperm Test, available at CVS.com and Walgreens.com,...

Pregnant Women in 50s
Do Just Fine

study says

Feb 3, 2012 4:58 PM CST

Pregnant Women in 50s Do Just Fine

In-vitro pregnancies of older women show no rise in complications

(Newser) - Women in their 50s who receive donated eggs have just as healthy pregnancies as their younger counterparts who do the same, a new study shows. In the largest analysis to date, researchers found that 101 women age 50 and older who used in-vitro fertilization had no more complications than women...

US Home Births Up 29%

Jan 26, 2012 6:29 PM CST

US Home Births Up 29%

They're still rare, but number is rising

(Newser) - MSNBC's Vitals blog takes note of a trend in US births over the last decade: more are taking place at home. It cites a new government report showing that home births jumped 29% from 2004 to 2009, mostly among white women. They're still pretty rare, though, accounting for...

Is Kate Middleton Pregnant?

Nov 7, 2011 2:15 AM CST

Is Kate Middleton Pregnant?

She's avoiding peanut paste, holding her belly

(Newser) - Is Kate Middleton pregnant already? London's Sun has speculated that there could soon be the patter of little feet at the new larger digs of the princess and her prince. One hint? Kate turned down a taste of high-protein peanut paste with her hubby during a visit to a...

Justin Bieber Till Take DNA Test, Sue Mariah Yeater

Bieber Will
Take DNA Test,
Sue Baby Mama

Nov 6, 2011 4:05 PM CST

Bieber Will Take DNA Test, Sue Baby Mama

Mariah Yeater's lawyers seem 'nervous' about suit

(Newser) - Justin Bieber, baby daddy? No way, he says, and he's willing to prove it: The pop idol will take a DNA test to show that he didn't father Mariah Yeater's child. Then he's going to sue her, sources tell TMZ . Yeater's lawyers apparently looked "...

Bieber Baby Mama
Faces Assault Charge

Nov 5, 2011 2:16 PM CDT

Bieber Baby Mama Faces Assault Charge

Mariah Yeater accused her ex of impregnating her

(Newser) - Mariah Yeater's lawyers are keeping mum over the latest news—that the baby mama first blamed her ex for impregnating her and allegedly smacked him, TMZ reports. Matthew Pare and Lance Rogers, who filed Yeater's paternity suit against Justin Bieber , said this week they had "credible evidence"...

Woman Passes
Driver's Test—
During Labor

Nov 3, 2011 3:31 PM CDT

Woman Passes Driver's Test— During Labor

First trip is to the hospital

(Newser) - Contractions 10 minutes apart didn’t stop a woman in Scotland from getting her driver’s license—and then speeding off to the hospital to give birth. She’d woken that morning at 4am after her water broke, but ignored her family’s advice and went through with the test...

Jessica Simpson
Confirms the
Obvious

Oct 31, 2011 5:58 PM CDT

Jessica Simpson Confirms the Obvious

'It's true. I am going to be a mummy,' she tweets

(Newser) - More from the Not Such Shocking News Dept : Jessica Simpson is pregnant. The 31-year-old performer today made a Halloween-theme announcement, tweeting a pic of herself dressed as a mummy and rubbing her tummy: "It's true. I am going to be a mummy," she wrote. Her first baby...

Mom With Two Uteruses
Has Twins

Sep 20, 2011 5:33 PM CDT

Mom With Two Uteruses Has Twins

One from the left uterus, one from the right

(Newser) - A woman in Florida has pulled off what her obstetrician figures to be a 1-in-5-million longshot by giving birth to twins, reports the St. Petersburg Times . Why the long odds? Andreea Barbosa has a rare condition called uterus didelphys, meaning she has not one uterus but two. That in itself...

Blood Test Determines
Fetus' Sex at 7 Weeks

Aug 10, 2011 4:30 AM CDT

Blood Test Determines Fetus' Sex at 7 Weeks

New testing technology is highly accurate, study finds

(Newser) - Blood tests that promise to determine a baby's sex just seven weeks into pregnancy are highly accurate if used properly, a new study finds. Researchers found that the tests, which analyze fetal DNA in the mother's blood, are 95% accurate at seven weeks and 99% accurate at 20...

Carla Bruni
Finally Confirms
Pregnancy

what a surprise

Jul 15, 2011 4:28 PM CDT

Carla Bruni Finally Confirms Pregnancy

None of us are shocked, of course

(Newser) - Maybe it's because photos of her obviously-pregnant bikini belly were recently splashed all over the Internet, but French first lady Carla Bruni has finally, finally confirmed she's with child. The big reveal comes two months after her father-in-law made the happy announcement himself. No word yet on the...

Woman's Sleeping Position May Affect Stillbirth Risk

Jun 15, 2011 12:45 PM CDT

Woman's Sleeping Position May Affect Stillbirth Risk

Those who lie on their left side have less risk, study suggests

(Newser) - A British study suggests that women who sleep on their left side on the last night of pregnancy have less risk of giving birth to a stillborn child, reports the Guardian . The researchers were quick to say their study in the British Medical Journal is only the "starting point...

Sarko's Dad: Yep,
Carla's Pregnant

May 17, 2011 2:32 AM CDT

Sarko's Dad: Yep, Carla's Pregnant

82-year-old confirms Bruni pregnancy, is sure it's a girl

(Newser) - There's one more tongue wagging about whether Carla Bruni is pregnant : father-in-law Pal Sarkozy. The octogenarian papa of French president Nicolas Sarkozy says that the pair are definitely expecting, reports the AP. "Neither wants to know the gender beforehand, but I'm certain it will be a girl,...

C-Sections, Obesity Cited
in Rise of Pregnancy Deaths

Apr 26, 2011 4:24 PM CDT

C-Sections, Obesity Cited in Rise of Pregnancy Deaths

African-American women have four times the risk

(Newser) - A new report in California shows a troubling rise in deaths related to pregnancy, with Caesarean sections and obese mothers blamed in part for the spike. Maternal deaths rose from 8 per 100,000 live births in 1999 to 14 per 100,000 births in 2008, reports the Bay Citizen...

Teen Fakes Pregnancy, Fools Family, School

Only a few knew about 6-month experiment

(Newser) - Month after month, as her baby bump grew, fellow high schoolers talked behind Gaby Rodriguez’s back—until they found out she’d never been pregnant at all. Instead, the 17-year-old faked a pregnancy, complete with a wire-and-cotton belly, as a social experiment at her school in Washington, the Yakima ...

Pesticide Exposure
in Womb May Lower IQ

Apr 21, 2011 1:58 PM CDT

Pesticide Exposure in Womb May Lower IQ

Three studies suggest a link to kids' intelligence

(Newser) - Three new studies suggest that pregnant women exposed to pesticides have kids with lower average IQs, reports USA Today . But let's not be too alarmist about applying these findings, cautions the Los Angeles Times . Along those lines, one of the study's lead authors offers this takeaway message for...

Meet the Women Who Pee
on a Stick—Then Show Us

Mar 14, 2011 4:45 PM CDT

Meet the Women Who Pee on a Stick—Then Show Us

WombTube videos capture that 'I'm pregnant' moment

(Newser) - More and more women are dipping their pregnancy tests into a cup of urine, squealing with delight, and then ... uploading a video of the whole thing to YouTube. Marisa Meltzer reports on the growing spate of "WombTube" videos—many of which have 50,000 views and bust the conventional...

More Women Treating
Cancer While Pregnant

Mar 8, 2011 3:24 PM CST

More Women Treating Cancer While Pregnant

The old advice of terminating the pregnancy is being replaced

(Newser) - As women delay childbirth until they're older, doctors are seeing more cases of moms-to-be with cancer. About in 1 in 1,000 pregnant women are diagnosed with the disease—that's about 3,500 each year, reports MSNBC . With the increase comes changing attitudes about treatment: No longer is terminating the...