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Maternal deaths drop worldwide says Lancet

Maternal deaths have decreased nearly 40 percent worldwide since 1980, according to new research published in the journal The Lancet.
Many in the medical community were surprised when The Lancet published research results Monday that showed that the number of women who have died during pregnancy and childbirth each year has decreased worldwide, from 526,300 in [...]

British couples using overseas surrogate mothers risk losing legal parent status

British couples who pay high surrogacy fees for overseas surrogate mothers risk losing legal parent status, lawyers say.
Current U.K. legislation allows women to use surrogate mothers, but the law states that the surrogate may only receive “expenses reasonably incurred”, like living expenses, time off work and medical bills.
Yet the trend of British couples reaching farther [...]

Advance provision of emergency contraception not effective

Advance provision of emergency contraception was found to be ineffective at reducing unwanted pregnancy after review of several studies.
A collaborative effort of family planning researchers have concluded that providing emergency contraception in advance to large populations of women may not be as effective as believed.
The research, published in issue three of 2010’s Cochrane Database of [...]

Indian officials plan to ban baby-tossing ritual

Government officials in India have called for a ban on what they call a ‘cruel practice.’
A centuries-old tradition in the Indian state of Karnataka has recently come under fire from government officials.
The tradition, found in rural areas of Karnataka, involves the dropping of a baby from the top of a Hindu temple onto a blanket [...]

World’s oldest Mother at 70 celebrates baby’s first Birthday

Rajo Devi the World’s oldest mother has celebrated her baby’s first birthday on Friday in Haryana, a state in northern India.
Last year Rajo Devi garnered global attention after successfully giving birth to a healthy baby girl through in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatment. For her 72-year-old husband, Bala Ram, it was third time lucky, having failed to [...]

‘Miscarriage is an inherent part of human reproduction’

Miscarriages are traumatic experiences, but they are typically the body’s way of performing quality control.
Most women that have had a miscarriage will tell you that it was a very emotional experience, having felt helpless about the situation. However, miscarriages are a natural part of the female body’s processes and aren’t uncommon occurrences. In fact, doctors [...]

Nanny rents out baby to beggars for 100 rupees a day

A nanny in Bangalore, India was found to be drugging the baby and passing it on to beggars for the day, all in the name of money.
Anamika Joshi works at a large multinational corporation in Bangalore. Like so many working mothers in the nuclear age, she had handed off her baby to a nanny in [...]

Baby survives train toilet plunge - Telegraph UK

The UK’s Telegraph reports that a newborn Baby has survived a delivery in a train lavatory followed by a fall through the bottom of the carriage and on to the tracks below.
The train toilet plunge occurred in India on the West Bengal Tata-Chapra Express.
Pregnant Rinky Debi Ray, 28, began to feel a sharp ache in [...]

Ione Skye and Ben Lee Welcome a Daughter

Musician Ben Lee and his wife actress Ione Sky welcomed their first child together, a daughter last week.
Ben announced on his website that his daughter Goldie Priya Lee was born on September 24th at 8 a.m. In his post he says that he is “over the moon.”
Ben and Ione married in a Hindu wedding ceremony last [...]

Myleene Klasse Would Love a Sibling For Her Daughter

Myleene Klasse, who is currently hosting the the US edition of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, would love to have another baby in the future.
Myleene says that she hopes to add another child into her and her fiance Graham ‘Gray’ Quinn’s family. Her and Gray have a 22-month-old daughter named Ava. Myleene [...]

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