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Tribunal: Female RAF officer discriminated against for pregnancy

A military tribunal has found that a female Royal Air Force officer was discriminated against for being 12 weeks pregnant.
The officer, who wishes to remain anonymous, claimed that she was treated unfairly when she told her superiors that she was 12 weeks pregnant.
The tribunal heard that she had been removed from her post on the [...]

Does too much weight gain during pregnancy put child at risk?

A team of researchers has linked too much weight gain during pregnancy with cardiovascular disease risk factors in children later in life.
New research finding out of the University of Bristol suggest that women who are pregnant control their weight gain for the benefit of their future children.
The researchers looked at data on 5,154 mother and [...]

Women in north Italy to be paid ‘a fee’ for not aborting a pregnancy

Pregnant women in north Italy who are economically burdened will be offered up to 4,500 euros to not abort their pregnancy.
Roberto Formigoni, regional president of Lombardy in north Italy, announced a scheme to help dissuade women in poor economic circumstances from aborting their pregnancy.
“No women need to abort now in Lombardy for financial reasons,” said [...]

Expert: Men who get involved with pregnancy may inevitably feel like failure

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 [...]

Number of live births to women over 40 nearly triples

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 [...]

Study: Canada’s teen pregnancy rates falling rapidly

A new study indicates that among countries like the US, England and Sweden, Canada has seen the most progress in lowering teenage pregnancy rates.
Canada has one of the biggest declines in teenage pregnancy rates around, according to a recently published study by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada.
The SIECC looked at the number [...]

Nearly one in four US women are ambivalent about getting pregnant

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 [...]

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 [...]

Aerobic exercise during pregnancy reduces birth weight of baby

Regular aerobic exercise during pregnancy is likely to reduce a baby’s birth weight and reduce the risk of obesity later in childhood.
A growing body of evidence suggests that regular moderate exercise during pregnancy is healthy for both mother and child. A joint study out of the U.S. and New Zealand on 84 first-time mothers has [...]

Structured exercise routine can protect against postnatal depression

Following a structured exercise routine after pregnancy has been shown for the first time to reduce the likelihood of postnatal depression.
Researchers at Angliss Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Australia have shown for the first time that new mothers can reduce their risk of postnatal depression by up to 50 percent with a specialized guided [...]

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