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Morning Sickness
May Help Protect Embryos

May 20, 2008 5:59 PM CDT

Morning Sickness May Help Protect Embryos

Ailment has evolutionary benefit, researchers say

(Newser) - Far from being a mere nuisance, morning sickness may actively protect embryos, LiveScience reports. Doctors have long recognized the association of morning sickness and a healthy pregnancy, but new research suggests the condition evolved to protect embryos from dangerous environmental factors.

'Mommy Weirdest' Blogger Tells It Like It Is: Depressing

May 14, 2008 8:40 PM CDT

'Mommy Weirdest' Blogger Tells It Like It Is: Depressing

But she's happy to collect $40K from advertisers on her popular site

(Newser) - The latest irreverent star of cyberspace is a former Mormon mommy blogger who isn't afraid to write that motherhood can be "awful." Heather Armstrong of Salt Lake City loves her 4-year-old daughter, but she complains that "sometimes it's really unpleasant and you turn around and you're like,...

Time's 10 Best Mothers Ever...

May 11, 2008 5:35 PM CDT

Time's 10 Best Mothers Ever...

Mother Earth, Marge Simpson make the cut

(Newser) - No one's perfect, but some moms get pretty close—even if they do have control issues, out-of-wedlock kids, or a little drug habit. Time picked these winners for going against the grain.

Dumbo's mom: for giving her child wings
The moms of The Joy Luck Club: for caring a bit

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... And 10 Worst, From Futurama to Mommie Dearest

May 11, 2008 5:34 PM CDT

... And 10 Worst, From Futurama to Mommie Dearest

Picks from cult movies and mythology make the cut

(Newser) - If an ounce of mom is worth a pound of clergy, as they say, these mothers would topple the scales. Time lists its all-time worst moms:

Mom on Futurama: for bringing her cut-throat business sense home
Mother in The Wall: for making Pink a baby forever
Mrs. Robinson: for

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Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me

Apr 23, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me

Having a child would make diva feel 'violated'

(Newser) - Mariah Carey may be nearing her 40th birthday but the singer isn't worried about her biological clock, reports the New York Daily News. That's because she has no plans to have kids—in fact, she'd "feel violated' by having a baby. "I know that's a weird thing to...

The Secret Life of Surrogate Moms

Mar 30, 2008 8:13 PM CDT

The Secret Life of Surrogate Moms

Women like the $25K paycheck but discover a labor of love

(Newser) - More women are carrying babies for dollars, despite opposition from Christians, feminists, and medical ethicists—not to mention some states and most EU nations. So why do they do it? A $20,000 to $25,000 paycheck doesn't hurt, Newsweek reports, but many also do it for love. "I...

Celine's Heart Will Go On

Dec 16, 2007 12:32 PM CST

Celine's Heart Will Go On

Pop diva bids tender adieu to Vegas, wrapping her 5-year show to be a mom

(Newser) - Celine Dion bid a emotional farewell to Las Vegas last night, wrapping her nearly 5-year run at Caesars Palace and admitting that she once wanted to nix the show, the AP reports. She told the audience of 4,000-plus that she had wanted to raise her son instead, but the...

Motherhood Holds Back EU Women: Study

Dec 6, 2007 4:57 PM CST

Motherhood Holds Back EU Women: Study

Domestic duties lock female workers into lower pay, status

(Newser) - Motherhood has its joys, but professional advancement isn’t necessarily one of them, a study of European women shows. Taking on domestic duties has kept them in lower-paying, lower-status jobs; after having kids, women tend to spend more hours at home and not enough in the office to earn promotion....

To Work Or
Not to Work?

Apr 3, 2007 1:34 PM CDT

To Work Or Not to Work?

Provocative book worries about women giving up good careers to be trophy moms

(Newser) - The feminist generation gap gets a sharp appraisal in "The Feminine Mistake," the new book by Leslie Bennetts that questions why so many upscale young women are abandoning careers for children. Joan Walsh finds it a refreshing rebuttal to recent paens to motherhood, especially since Bennetts recognizes that ...

Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

Mar 30, 2007 6:21 AM CDT

Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

Children neither fraternal nor identical

(Newser) - A new kind of twin has been discovered, neither strictly identical nor fraternal. Now toddlers, the babies look identical but one is anatomically male while the other has ambiguous genitalia. Genetic tests show the children are identical on their mother's side but share only half their father's DNA.

Red Meat
May Harm Sons' Sperm

Mar 28, 2007 8:23 AM CDT

Red Meat May Harm Sons' Sperm

Lower fertility found in men whose moms scarfed beef during pregnancy

(Newser) - Men whose mothers ate a lot of beef during pregnancy have lower sperm counts, finds a study attempting to track the effect of growth hormones fed to cattle. While the specific chemicals weren't identified, sons of pregnant women who ate beef more than seven times a week were three times...

Modern Moms Do More for Kids

Mar 20, 2007 9:39 AM CDT

Modern Moms Do More for Kids

(Newser) - Modern mothers spend more time with their children than those in the June Cleaver era, a new study concludes. Diaries compiled for the study show that, despite working more, today's moms spend less time on things like housework, leisure, and sleep to devote four more hours per week to interacting...