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Baby giant anteater born, first in UK this year
June 2, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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A rare baby giant anteater was born at the Amazon World Zoo Park, the first of its kind in the UK this year.
Staff at the Amazon World Zoo Park are delighted about a new addition to the family — a baby giant anteater.
A team of veterinarians monitored mother Kliene for several weeks, anticipating the event. [...]
Britain’s oldest father of twins set for another baby at 72
June 1, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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Britain’s oldest father of twins is at it again, this time helping to conceive his thirteenth child at the age of 72.
Last November Baby Chums reported that Richard Roden had become Britain’s oldest father of twins at the age of 71. Well, it appears Roden has been staying busy at home.
The Daily Mail reports that [...]
Scottish girl who gave birth at 12 tells her story
June 1, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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The Scottish girl who became a mother at 12 revealed her identity and told more of her story yesterday.
Tressa Middleton was only 11 years old when she drunkenly had sex in 2005. When the story broke to the media, her identity was protected. But The Scottish Sun and the Daily Mail revealed her identity and [...]
Expert: Men who get involved with pregnancy may inevitably feel like failure
May 31, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under News, Pregnancy
A medical expert claims that men who get involved with their partner’s pregnancy may have their confidence destroyed and injure their potential relationship with the child in the future.
Dr. Jonathan Ives, of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Birmingham, is fighting against what he calls the “false, modern rhetoric of equal involvement [...]
South Korean Internet addicts convicted of abandoning, starving baby
May 28, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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A South Korean couple was convicted today of abandoning their baby to die while they let their Internet addiction take over their life.
Prosecutors at South Korea’s Suwon District Court ended up with a two-year sentence for father Kim Jae-beom, 41, and a suspended sentence for mother Kim Yun-jeong, 25, who is expecting another baby this [...]
Number of live births to women over 40 nearly triples
May 28, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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New statistics out of England and Wales shows that in the last 20 years, live births to women over 40 have nearly tripled.
The Office for National Statistics has released figures comparing fertility rates in 2008 and 2009, showing a decrease in women under 35 but an increase in for over 40s.
Of particular interest were the [...]
Woman who gave birth while driving receives gifts from GM
May 27, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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A Minnesota woman who gave birth while driving her Chevrolet last week has been given gifts of baby supplies by GM.
Amanda McBride and husband Joseph Phillips never quite expected to get the media attention they did after the events of May 19. And now General Motors has given them a little bit more.
A representative called [...]
Mother and baby saved by doctors in operation to remove massive tumor
May 17, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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A British woman and her baby were saved by doctors last summer, who removed a massive tumor that was cutting off blood and oxygen to the pair.
Nicola Ellington, of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, was excited to be pregnant for the first time. Little did she know that her pregnancy would be complicated by a tumor that had [...]
Patriotic Scotsman drives 500 miles with wife to ensure baby born in Scotland
May 14, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
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A patriotic Scotsman insisted that his wife give birth to their new baby in his native home in Scotland, driving over 1000 miles roundtrip to do it.
Leanne McDermaid, of Aldershot, Hampshire in England, knew that when she had her first child with husband Danny McDermaid, she was going to likely make a very long trip [...]
Nearly one in four US women are ambivalent about getting pregnant
May 13, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under News, Pregnancy
New research has found that nearly one out of four women in the US is “OK either way” about getting or not getting pregnant.
While it’s generally true that with each generation of people attitudes shift, scientists like to know how and why. Enter Julia McQuillan, professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
McQuillan wanted to [...]







