childbirth

Woman Implanted with Wrong Embryo Gives Birth

Cheryl Phillips — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:58:03 -0500

Carolyn Savage, who had the wrong embryo implanted in her, gave birth to a baby boy on Friday. She and her husband, Sean, said that a fertility clinic implanted another couple's embryo into Carolyn Savage's uterus. This made her an unwitting surrogate for another family. Still, she carried the baby to term and now she is giving the baby boy she carried for nine months to the biological parents.

The 19 Pound Baby Not Largest Baby Ever Born

Cheryl Phillips — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:54:23 -0500

A mother in Jakarta, Indonesia, delivered a 19.2-pound, 2-foot-long child on Monday via Caesarean section. In retrospect, giving birth to a 9 pound baby now seems trivial. The 19.2 lb baby is now recorded as the largest baby born in Indonesia and just a few pounds short of the world record holder, a 23 lb. baby born in 1879.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Welcomes New Baby

Michael Santo — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:06:45 -0500

I totally missed this! Elisabeth Hasselbeck has a new baby! The co-host of "The View" and her husband Tim Hasselbeck (former backup NFL QB) welcome their third child on August 9th.

Anesthesia Doesn't Harm Babies During Birth Process

harminka — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:01:28 -0500

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life than children not delivered by C-section. These findings are reported in the current issue of the journal Anesthesiology.

The ways lupus affects women and childbirth

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:01:59 -0500

Systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly known as lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system is unable to distinguish between harmful and healthy tissues in the body. The immune system attacks the healthy tissue along with the harmful viruses, bacteria and germs invading the body.

ICSI Frozen Embryo Children Do As Well As IVF

harminka — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:11:17 -0500

Analysis of the longest running ICSI programme in the United States has found reassuring evidence that babies born from frozen embryos fertilised via ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) do just as well as those born from frozen embryos fertilised via standard IVF treatment.

Sarah Jessica Parker Twins Born At East Ohio Regional Hospital

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:31:38 -0500

CBS news in Martins Ferry, Ohio are reporting that the twin girls of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have arrived. Sources close to East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry confirm for CBS News that the surrogate mother for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick gave birth to twins this morning.

Teenager Witnesses Clinic Staff Disposing of Her Live Baby

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:34:05 -0600

Doctor Pierre Jean-Jacques Renelique, of Florida, had his medical license revoked after his clinic employees were found guilty of delivering a premature baby, and immediately stuffing the breathing child into a plastic bag and throwing it in the trash. You can pick your jaw up off the floor now.

Polish Homless Gives Birth In London Subway Station

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:11:56 -0600

According to a story reported by Reuters a Polish homeless woman, named Julia Kowalska, gave birth in a London subway station thus becoming the second person in history to give birth in the underground rail station, confirms the London's Transport Authority.

European Perinatal Health Report released by EURO-PERISTAT project

harminka — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:58:14 -0600

Promoting healthy pregnancy and safe childbirth is a goal of all European health care systems. Despite progress in recent decades, mothers and their babies are still very much at risk during the perinatal period, which covers pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum.

Officer Tickets Couple Speeding to Delivery Room

Michael Santo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:29:57 -0600

Every time you see such an incident on TV (granted, it's TV), the police officer escorts the couple in active labor to the hospital. In this case, he gave them a ticket.

Patience during stalled labor can avoid many C-sections

harminka — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:56:42 -0500

Pregnant women whose labor stalls while in the active phase of childbirth can reduce health risks to themselves and their infants by waiting out the delivery process for an extra two hours, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.