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Nov 13, 2008 12:37 PM CST

Oregon Man Pregnant Again

Transgender male, with 4-month-old girl, expecting second child in June

(Newser) - “Pregnant man” Thomas Beatie has another bun in the oven, just four months after the transgender male gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Though he’s legally a male, Beatie kept his natural female sex organs and has stayed off testosterone pills since the birth so that he...

Infertile Woman to Give Birth After Transplant

Nov 10, 2008 1:09 PM CST

Infertile Woman to Give Birth After Transplant

Twin sister donated ovary in first-of-its-kind procedure

(Newser) - A formerly infertile London woman will give birth this week, the Daily Mail reports, thanks to an ovary transplant from her twin sister. The 38-year-old was declared infertile at age 15 and underwent menopause as a teenager, but became pregnant soon after the first-of-its-kind surgery. The discovery could help hundreds...

Light Drinking in Pregnancy May Actually Help Babies

Oct 31, 2008 11:05 AM CDT

Light Drinking in Pregnancy May Actually Help Babies

Study finds small advantages for boys whose moms imbibed

(Newser) - An occasional drink during pregnancy not only doesn't hurt babies, a British study has found, it may even benefit them. Moms who did a little imbibing—say, a drink a week—saw substantially lower risks of hyperactivity and behavior problems in boys by the age of 3, the Guardian reports....

Palin's Critics Bitter
Over Own Abortions

OPINION

Oct 24, 2008 4:29 PM CDT

Palin's Critics Bitter Over Own Abortions

'Grief, shame, and guilt' spur attacks on Republican candidate

(Newser) - The attacks lobbed at Sarah Palin have less to do with the candidate herself and more with the shame, guilt, and grief of the post-abortion community, the co-founder of an anti-abortion group writes in the National Review. Kevin Burke says Palin inspires such vitriol because she chose to have a...

Big Families Bring Big Rewards

OPINION

Oct 21, 2008 6:35 PM CDT

Big Families Bring Big Rewards

One (non-celebrity) mother writes of the joys of her hefty brood

(Newser) - With Angelina Jolie and Sarah Palin in the parenting spotlight, could big families be back in vogue again? Meagan Francis wonders just that in the Christian Science Monitor, but the mother of 4—soon to be 5—doesn't particularly care about being hip. Instead she writes about the rewards that...

Preggo? It's OK
to Have a Little Vino

opinion

Oct 18, 2008 2:23 AM CDT

Preggo? It's OK to Have a Little Vino

Gourmet foods are safer than most assume

(Newser) - Pregnant gourmands can stop panicking about sipping on the occasional—heck, daily—glass of wine, writes Lesley Porcelli in Gourmet. “The health people have not been talking to the food people,” and many warned-against drinks and dishes are fine in moderation. Porcelli’s research freed her to enjoy...

She's Preggers Again: Enquirer

Oct 8, 2008 1:03 PM CDT

She's Preggers Again: Enquirer

If you believe the Enquirer, anyway

(Newser) - Those scamps at the National Enquirer are reporting that Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant once again. It seems the young starlet believed she "couldn’t get pregnant while she was breastfeeding,” according to an anonymous “close source.” Spears and her mom are “hysterical” and desperate...

New Prenatal Gene Test Proves Safer

Oct 7, 2008 3:41 AM CDT

New Prenatal Gene Test Proves Safer

Checks mom's blood for defects without miscarriage risk

(Newser) - Scientists have developed a prenatal test for genetic defects much safer than the ones currently in use, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Methods like amniocentesis can spot chromosomal disorders like Down Syndrome, but involve inserting a needle into the uterus, which carries close to a 1-in-200 risk of miscarriage....

Experts Close In on
Breast Cancer Vaccine

Oct 6, 2008 5:43 AM CDT

Experts Close In on Breast Cancer Vaccine

Link to childbearing hormones could be prevention key

(Newser) - The prevention of breast cancer has been strongly linked to hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and breastfeeding, prompting a top cancer expert to predict that a vaccine could mimic such safeguards, reports the Guardian. The researcher called for increased efforts to prevent breast cancer in addition to treating it,...

Lohan Gets Political: Palin Baby Drama 'Distracting'

Sep 2, 2008 6:12 PM CDT

Lohan Gets Political: Palin Baby Drama 'Distracting'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has some advice for Sarah Palin: Stick to the issues. On her MySpace blog, the actress writes that she’s “concerned” John McCain’s GOP running mate “brought the attention to her daughter’s pregnancy, rather than all world issues and what she believes she could...

Woods Family Awaits 2nd
Tiger Cub

Sep 2, 2008 3:50 PM CDT

Woods Family Awaits 2nd Tiger Cub

Golfer, wife, 14-month-old expect addition in late winter

(Newser) - He's done with golf for the year, but Tiger Woods found something to celebrate today: His wife is pregnant with their second child. The world’s No. 1 player said on his Web site that Elin Nordegren Woods is expecting in late winter, without being more specific about her due...

Working Moms, Conservatives Question Palin

Sep 2, 2008 3:07 PM CDT

Working Moms, Conservatives Question Palin

Fellow multitaskers wonder about VP pick's judgment, values

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's candidacy adds a twist to a familiar "mommy wars" debate: Most social conservatives argue that the mother of five, one a special-needs infant, can handle the heat of the nation's second-highest job, while liberal working women by and large disagree. "You can juggle a BlackBerry and...

Obama Denies Connection
to Palin Family Rumors

Sep 1, 2008 4:13 PM CDT

Obama Denies Connection to Palin Family Rumors

Candidates' private lives 'shouldn't be part of our politics,' Dem says

(Newser) - Barack Obama sharply denied today any connection to rumors about Sarah Palin’s family, the Chicago Tribune reports. A John McCain staffer said earlier sites with “Barack Obama's name on them” were among those spreading the rumor that Palin’s 17-year-old daughter was the real mother of her youngest...

Diabetic Moms
Linked to
Birth Defects

Jul 30, 2008 2:07 PM CDT

Diabetic Moms Linked to Birth Defects

40 types of abnormality more common in mothers with disease

(Newser) - Mothers who have diabetes before they are pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects, the AP reports. A CDC study investigating birth abnormalities found more than 40 types of defects affecting the internal organs and spine that were significantly more common in...

Vasectomy Is
Young Man's Pill

Jul 15, 2008 11:44 AM CDT

Vasectomy Is Young Man's Pill

More under-40s opt for the liberating procedure

(Newser) - Once exclusive to the over-40 crowd, vasectomies are increasingly popular among young men who want condom-free sex and no fears of Daddydom. But there's also a control component, writes Richard Morgan in Details: These men are taking charge of birth control, not leaving it up to the woman. "I...

Teen Pregnancy on Rise
for 1st Time in 15 Years

Jul 11, 2008 5:06 AM CDT

Teen Pregnancy on Rise for 1st Time in 15 Years

Jump has health chiefs worried

(Newser) - The teen pregnancy rate increased in 2006 for the first time since 1991, reports CNN. Officials from the National Institutes of Health aren't sure if the 2.8% increase in the number of teen moms is a blip or the start of a trend, but the figures are a "...

Frozen Embryos
Make Bigger Babies

Jul 9, 2008 1:57 PM CDT

Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

Study finds no negative effects compared with fresh

(Newser) - When it comes to in vitro fertilization, frozen might be better than fresh, a new study shows. Infants born after being implanted in mothers' wombs as frozen embryos were no more likely than those from fresh stock to be born with congenital defects, the BBC reports; but they were also...

Call the Tabs: CBS Reporter Is Pregnant, Too

Jul 8, 2008 1:30 PM CDT

Call the Tabs: CBS Reporter Is Pregnant, Too

Lara Logan's romantic dramas came home from Iraq with her

(Newser) - Lara Logan is sick of being tabloid fodder, CBS’ star reporter tells the Washington Post. But in the same interview, she acknowledged a nugget sure to keep gossip hounds at her heels: She’s pregnant. Having generated a slew of press over a romantic triangle in Iraq—said to have...

Pregnant Man Gives Birth

Jul 3, 2008 4:10 PM CDT

Pregnant Man Gives Birth

Girl born naturally, not via C-section, for transgendered Oregon resident

(Newser) - "Pregnant man" Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl, ABC News reports. The 34-year-old transgender male gave birth at a hospital in Bend, Ore., sources said. The birth was natural, not by caesarean section as some reports have claimed. "She's really cute, really pretty,'' one...

We Are What Our Moms Ate

Jul 1, 2008 9:18 AM CDT

We Are What Our Moms Ate

Health problems may stem from mom's junk food diet, study says

(Newser) - Long-term health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease may begin in the womb with mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy, the Guardian reports. A new study suggests expectant mothers who eat unhealthy diets not only risk the health of their newborns, but may set the child up...