A recent Pew Research Center report showed that today's moms are older than their counterparts from two decades ago, and writer Rachel Lehmann-Haupt has a …
Category: Pregnancy
Stanford sociologists gathering info on contraception use
In light of statistics showing that nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended, a team of Stanford sociologists is gathering more …
How a child’s cells may affect mother’s long-term health
Scientists are continuing to gain understanding of how cells transmitted from child to mother during pregnancy may influence a woman's health long after delivery. New …
Can old wives' tales help predict baby's gender?
I'm a big fan of pregnancy-related old wives' tales - and a bigger fan of studies that try to determine their validity. I was thrilled …
"Baby brain" no more: Study says pregnancy not linked to memory problems
I've always found the terms "baby brain" and "mommy brain" - used to describe memory and concentration lapses experienced by some pregnant women and new …
New research program to study prescription drug use during pregnancy
In an effort to better understand the effects of prescription medications on women and their unborn children, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, researchers at …
Debunking a labor myth
Last spring, when Stanford researcher Douglas Owens, MD, mentioned to me an upcoming study on the risks of labor induction, I took an immediate (and …
Yes, you're eating for two, but…
I stopped weighing myself about 8 months into my pregnancy (it just became too depressing after awhile), but there is good reason for mothers-to-be to …
Death in birth
With less than a month to go before my delivery date, maternal deaths are probably the last thing I should be reading about. But a …
Helping heal moms' injuries
I've been pregnant twice, and both times (thanks to a pesky autoimmune disease) meant months of extra ultrasounds and screenings and pre- and post-labor appointments …