Doctors have long recomended taking folic acid supplements taken for a year before pregnancy, to reduce the risk of certain birth defects. But now a new study shows an additional benefit: folic acid can cut the risk of premature births by 70% and save thousands of lives, say researchers.
One in three babies born under 28 [...]

A friend of mine has a new maternity website featuring stylish, comfortable clothes that won’t have you feeling like your new figure is on display. It’s called Pretty Me Maternity, and in their own words: “It took too many hours at too many stores to find something we felt comfortable wearing to a PTA meeting. [...]

I haven’t been keeping tabs on what goes on in Iowa lately, but this little commentary caught my attention. It’s titled, “There are worse things than pregnancy” and hey, it’s a short entry so I’ll just cut and paste it here for you:
It’s ironic that Christie Vilsack’s inspiration for her work with the newly formed [...]

Midwives-in-training now have a new way to learn about pregnancy and childbirth.  Instead of practicing on live patients, the BBC reports on a new computer program designed to give students the chance to practice examinations and diagnosis. Using graphics, video and sound, midwifery students are taken on an imaginary journey through the pregnancy of Jessica [...]

I read this article suggesting that pregnant women who eat a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy can significantly reduce the risk of asthma and allergies in their children. This is according to researchers from the University of Crete, Greece, who studied 468 mothers and their children from pregnancy until the children were 6½.
A Mediterranean diet typically [...]

After posting about Lisa Graves, a woman refused admittance to her neighborhood maternity ward because of her weight, I found this website called Plus-Size-Pregnancy. It is dedicated to providing “Empowering Information for Women of Size (and Women of All Sizes).”
Readers will notice that this website presents a different view on obesity and pregnancy, compared to [...]

It used to be that when a female officers in the UK became pregnant, they were “immediately whisked off ‘operational duties’ to do office work where they could wear their own clothes,” according to the Daily Mail.  Not any more! Now gal cops can get maternity trousers, black pinafore dresses and loose-fitting shirts that expand at the waist as the [...]

Lisa Graves, a 26 year old Australian mother, is 4 months pregnant and weighs 100 kg (220 lbs). Her local hospital is refusing to admit her due to her weight, instead directing her to another hospital that’s better equipped to deal with complex births.
Ms Graves  says the hospital is discriminating against her. “It’s my local public [...]

How to tell you’re NOT your mom’s favorite…

I tried very hard to forget that I was soon going to be on a plane for at least 5 hours while also being 7 months pregnant, but forgetting isn’t as easy as it may seem.
Everywhere I went people would say, “Are you sure it’s safe to fly in your condition?
”Well yes, my condition isn’t [...]