Mother of 12 Gives Birth to Quintuplets
Hemera/Thinkstock(VICTORIA, Australia) — A mother of 12 added not one but four children to her brood Tuesday in Australia.The 48-year-old woman from Melbourne gave birth to two boys and three girls via Caesarean section. A fifth infant, a daughter, ho…
Twin Study Shows Moisturizing, Breast Feeding Stall Breast Aging
James Woodson/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Breast feeding, daily moisturizing and hormone replacement therapy can make a woman’s breasts appear more beautiful, but smoking, drinking alcohol and having multiple pregnancies can take an aestheti…
Oldest US Mom of Twins Is 65 and ‘More Excited’ Than Ever
Frieda Birnbaum(NEW YORK) — When it comes to taking motherhood to an extreme, Frieda Birnbaum is unsurpassed — literally. In 2007, at age 60, she became the oldest American woman to give birth to twins.Today, at age 65, the New Jersey woman say…
Celebrity Trainer Tracy Anderson Ups Ante for Losing Baby Weight
David Livingston/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson has raised the bar for the celebrity “momshell” in the race to lose weight after giving birth.Anderson, who has famously whipped Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow into sh…
Todd Akin Defies Top Republicans, Refuses to Quit
Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Todd Akin rejected pressure today from top national Republicans — including vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan — that he consider dropping out of the Missouri Senate race because of his co…
Todd Akin Defies Top Republicans, Refuses to Quit
Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In a last ditch effort, Mitt Romney asked Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Missouri Senate race today because of Akin’s controversial comments about rape.Romney weighed in after Akin rebuffed press…
Todd Akin Challenged by Doctors on Rape and Pregnancy
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Missouri Representative Todd Akin contradicted medical statistics with his statement that “women who are victims of ‘legitimate rape’ rarely get pregnant.”After a media storm — …
Rape Is Rape: Obama Criticizes Rep. Akin’s Comments
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room today, where he was asked about the comments of Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who suggested that “legitimat…
Rep. Akin Shouldn’t Be in Office, Planned Parenthood Head Says
Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards denounced Rep. Todd Akin’s comment that women rarely get pregnant from “legitimate rape,” saying this morning that the statement was an…
Republicans Condemn Todd Akin for ‘Legitimate Rape’ Remarks
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin said today that he would not step aside despite calls for him to quit by two prominent Republican senators following his comments about “legitimate rape.” Akin, a Republican, in…
GOP Senate Candidate Says Pregnancy ‘Rare’ in ‘Legitimate Rape’
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — Missouri Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, who opposes abortion in most cases, including rape, said in a television interview Sunday that it is “really rare” that victims of “legitimate…
Study: Chemotherapy During Pregnancy Doesn’t Cause Complications
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — There is growing evidence that pregnant women with cancer aren’t putting their babies at risk by undergoing chemotherapy treatments.A new study that followed more than 400 pregnant women in Europe who were diagnosed wit…
Louisiana Charter School Will No Longer Expel Pregnant Girls
Hemera/Thinkstock(DELHI, La.) — Pregnant students or those suspected of carrying a child are no longer being singled out by a charter school in Delhi, Louisiana.The American Civil Liberties of Louisiana said Monday it had gotten word that the Delhi Ch…
“Hunger Games” Star Talks ‘Heavy Flow’ in Pro-Obama Ad
Dominique Charriau/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks may not want to talk to her employer about her intimate women’s health issues, but she candidly lays them out for Obama supporters in the president’s latest campaign ad.Bank…
Free Sperm Site Founder Has Baby Girl, Trying for Number Two
Courtesy Beth Gardner(NEW YORK) — Like any new mother, Beth Gardner was overjoyed to welcome her baby girl, Lila, into the world. But how she got there is unique.Gardner’s quest for motherhood began with many nights trolling the Web looking for …
Seven Babies in Seven Months for Seven Neighbors
File photo. Photodisc/ThomasNorthcut/Thinkstock(HASTINGS, Minn.) — If there really is something “in the water” when it comes to getting pregnant, then seven women in a block of seven yard-to-yard homes in a Minn., neighborhood must be chu…
New Show About Mom, Teen Daughter Pregnant Raises Questions
TLC(NEW YORK) — TLC’s new show, My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I, chronicles the often bumpy journey of a pair of teen moms whose own mothers are expecting at the same time.Liz Forbes and Ann Golden from Oklahoma City are one of the two mother-daughter…
"Fifty Shades of Grey" Series Behind a Baby Boom?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It’s one of the hottest and best-selling book series of all time. The erotic trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed, by British author E. L. James has sold 20 million c…
"Fifty Shades of Grey" Series Behind a Baby Boom?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It’s one of the hottest and best-selling book series of all time. The erotic trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed, by British author E. L. James has sold 20 million c…
Working After Eight Months of Pregnancy is as Harmful as Smoking a Study Reports
Comstock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A new study reports working after eight months of pregnancy is as harmful as smoking, according to The Guardian.Supposedly babies born to women who work after eight months pregnant are 0.5 lb lighter than those women who …