As we age, plastic pollution contributes to cancers, heart diseases, infertility and cognitive decline — and now it’s thwarting our chances at being healthy before our lives even begin. A new study from NYU Langone Health partially attributed close to 2 million preterm births in 2018 — about 8% of the world’s total that year — … Read more
A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after surgeons saved her foot in a pioneering operation. Masaya was the first ever roloway monkey to undergo surgery which removed a golf-ball sized mass from her foot. The 15-year-old primate had one toe amputated during the procedure at University of Liverpool’s Small Animal Teaching Hospital. … Read more
Fewer US women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported that 649 mothers died in 2024 during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That is down from 669 … Read more
Becoming a mom of two wasn’t easy for Princess Beatrice. The Princess of York, 36, wrote an essay for British Vogue on Sunday where she opened up about her daughter Athena’s preterm birth in January. “Nothing quite prepares you for the moment when you realise your baby is going to arrive early,” Beatrice wrote. “There’s … Read more
This birthday chart is one for the ages. The Daily Mail has come up with a brilliant new tool that reveals the popularity of every single birthday in the U.K. The figures were calculated by averaging out every birth in England and Wales between 1995 and 2023. The chart allows people to see where their … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard had her baby! The 33-year-old gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Aurora Urker, on Dec. 28 in Louisiana. Blanchard’s boyfriend, Ken Urker, confirmed the news to TMZ on Wednesday. Ken Urker and Gypsy Rose Blanchard with their daughter. kenurker/Instagram “Aurora is healthy and we are so happy,” said Urker, … Read more
A Perth mom has shared the unexpected birth story of her second child, where she delivered her baby in the front seat of her car with her partner by her side. In a video posted to TikTok, Mia Katson, 26, recounted the whirlwind events leading up to her daughter’s birth, which she described as both “wild” … Read more
They’d rather Santa be the only one making special deliveries during the holidays. Getting naughty in late March may bring about a not-so-nice surprise for the expecting moms who’ve deemed Christmas “the worst” birthday date for kids. “The results are in, and 40% of moms shared that the worst of the worst birthdays is December 25,” revealed … Read more
This baby was air-born! A passenger traveling through Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida gave birth in the departures area on Tuesday with the help of employees from multiple agencies. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue reportedly received a medical call at the airport and arrived on the scene just after 5 p.m., 7 News Miami reported. “We … Read more
Turns out the Octomom is truly one of a kind. The rate of triplet births and births of a higher order — like quadruplets, sextuplets and octuplets — dropped 62% in the US between 1998 and 2023, according to a Thursday report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reports that … Read more
A new mom followed ”postpartum confinement” — being fed and looked after by her mother-in-law and not showering for a month so she could “rest.” Samantha Lee, 28, was told about her husband’s, Aloysius Lee, 27, family tradition of confinement and decided she wanted to follow it after falling pregnant. Postpartum confinement is a traditional … Read more
Forty-one percent of moms said pregnancy did not go as planned, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 American moms looked at their experience while pregnant and found that 39% created a game plan for themselves while pregnant — although one in four (25%) weren’t able to stick to it. But the journey only … Read more
Children born with a common viral infection are nearly 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a new study finds. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is part of the herpes family of viruses. It spreads through body fluids like blood, saliva and urine, and it’s usually harmless in healthy people. Around a third … Read more
Call her Supermom. Tamiah Brevard-Rodriguez gave birth to her son in the passenger seat of her wife’s speeding Maserati — then calmly defended her doctoral dissertation from her hospital bed hours later. In the wee hours of April 25, Brevard-Rodriguez, 40, was putting the finishing touches on the PowerPoint she would use to defend her … Read more
It was a labor of love. A Florida mother put the “contract” in “contractions” after tying the knot while in labor — before giving birth several hours later. “I never heard of anyone getting married in a hospital before we did,” Brianna Cerezo told Orlando’s Fox 35 of her accelerated shotgun wedding. The wedding ceremony … Read more
Her birth experience was truly one of a kind. A UK mom gave birth to twins 22 days apart in different hospitals, baffling doctors and other twin moms. “To this day, I still can’t find a woman in the UK who can beat 22 days,” Kayleigh Doyle, 22, told SWNS of the gap between births. … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with the same guy for almost five years. I was madly in love with him the first three years, but after I had my daughter, things slowly changed. We haven’t been intimate in a while. I had some female issues I wanted to take care of, plus I’m not physically attracted … Read more
Sure, they’re born free — but taking the risky route could come at a high cost. Welcoming a baby into the world is often revered as sacred by most women. So rather than having the precious moment marred by the stressful madness of rushing to a hospital, getting drugged up and helplessly handing over the … Read more
The effects of synthetic chemicals called phthalates — dubbed “everywhere chemicals” — are being found in the womb, experts now warn. A new study backed by the National Institutes of Health has shown that phthalates, found in everyday products from food containers to shampoo, may be behind the rise in preterm births in the US. … Read more
Keeping quiet is a labor of love. With sweat dripping, pain surging and a baby barreling through the birth canal, the last thing most women in labor want to hear are comments and critiques from their likely well-meaning, albeit carping mothers and mothers-in-law. One seasoned midwife warns that mouthy grannies-in-waiting might be more irksome than awesome to … Read more