Treating Cancer Doesn’t Mean Terminating Pregnancy, Studies Find
Comstock/Thinkstock(LEUVEN, Belgium) — Chemotherapy for breast cancer can be safe during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, according to a new report in The Lancet. Also, terminating the pregnancy does not appear to improve the mother’s pro…
Death After Home Birth Raises Questions
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Before hospitals became the go-to places for giving birth, having a baby at home was considered the norm. Now, with celebrities including Giselle Bundchen and Jennifer Connelly publicly announcing they opted for a home…
Website Pairs Online Singles Seeking Parenthood But No Sex
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Melani, a 41-year-old New Yorker who sells sustainable water-filtration systems, just never found the right man to start a family. But now, more than ever before, she wants kids.”Being a career woman in such a …
Baby Born Deformed After Misdiagnosed Ectopic Pregnancy
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CALDWELL, Idaho) — Rachel Schoger of Caldwell, Idaho, had been trying to have a baby for two years and eight months — a grueling wait interrupted by three positive pregnancy tests and three unexplained miscarriages.After a fourth…
Surprise Delivery: When Babies Are Born in Strange Places
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A train and an elevator were just two of the unlikely places where babies were born this week.Rabita Sarke of Harrison, N.J., surprised morning commuters on Monday when she gave birth to a boy on a PATH train. And…
Surprise Delivery: When Babies Are Born in Strange Places
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A train and an elevator were just two of the unlikely places where babies were born this week.Rabita Sarke of Harrison, N.J., surprised morning commuters on Monday when she gave birth to a boy on a PATH train. And…
Antidepressants Linked to Hypertension in Babies
Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Pregnant women who take certain anti-depressants can significantly increase their chance of having babies that develop a condition known as pulmonary hypertension, according to a study published Thursday in the British…
Teen Girl Fights Family Abortion Plan
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — A pregnant Texas teenager has gone to court to stop her family from pressuring her into an abortion.The high school freshman, who does not want to be named, lives in Corpus Christi with her adult cous…
Teen Gives Birth, Dies Days Later After Losing Fight to Cancer
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In early November, 17-year-old Jenni Lake gave birth to her son Chad Michael Lake Wittman. Twelve days later, the teen mom died from the brain tumor that she had been fighting for more than a year.The migrai…