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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 [...]

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: Women in US waiting longer for children, more children born to unwed mothers

A new research study conducted by Pew has found that women are waiting longer for children and are increasingly likely to be unwed when they have them.
New research suggests continued changes in U.S. approaches and perceptions to pregnancy.
The Pew Research Center combined census and government health statistics with a survey of 1,003 adults (of which [...]

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 [...]

Amnesty International releases report on US ‘Maternal Health Care Crisis’

A report released by Amnesty International details a variety of health care problems that US women and children face today.
The human rights group Amnesty International released its report titled “Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA” on Friday, revealing how the U.S. health care system has increasingly failed its mothers and babies.
The [...]

Women fed up with pregnancy and mood swings long to be men

Some women, fed up with the pain of pregnancy, mood swings and their body, long to be men according to a new survey.
A survey of 2,048 women conducted by Merck Company’s Seven Seas found that 15 percent of women polled said that when their mood swings came, they longed to be a male. An additional [...]

Unplanned pregnancy growing issue for women over 35

Unplanned pregnancy is a growing problem for women over the age of 35, many who believe that they’re too old to conceive.
The U.K.’s sexual health charity Family Planning Association (FPA) has announced a new campaign called “Conceivable?” to remind women that contraception is needed until a year or two after menopause.
This week the campaign, as [...]

Scientists reject theory of ‘baby brain’ during pregnancy

Scientists in Australia have rejected the theory of “baby brain”, the idea that women have memory lapses due to a pregnancy.
The idea that a woman who becomes pregnant suffers memory lapses has been cited as fact by many authors promoting self-help books for pregnant women. Those authors may want to reconsider.
New research out of Australia [...]

Women found to have only 12 percent of ‘ovarian reserve’ by age 30

New research suggests that by the age of 30, a woman’s ovarian reserve may dwindle to only 12 percent of what they were born with.
Are you a woman waiting to conceive a child until after the age of 30? New research provides further evidence of the challenges that await you if you do.
Researchers out of [...]

Risk factors for depression in pregnant women reviewed

The risk factors for depression in pregnant women have been thoroughly reviewed to help clinicians identify and treat women early.
Researchers out of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have reviewed over 1,300 peer-reviewed articles about depression in pregnancy with hopes of clearly identifying risk factors for antepartum depression. The researchers expect the identification of [...]

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