Living close to a mobile phone mast does not increase the chance of a pregnant woman’s baby developing cancer before he or she reaches the age of five, a study has found. Researchers from Imperial College London looked at almost 7,000 children and found those who developed cancer aged…

The fewer babies a pregnant woman carries, the more likely she is to bring a healthy one home from the hospital, suggests a new study. The findings may prompt a woman bearing identical twins plus one or more additional fetuses, a relatively common scenario after in vitro fertilization (IVF),…

Children of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity-a risk factor for type 2 diabetes-even after taking into consideration the children’s body weight, a new study shows. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual…

The medical view of pregnancy and childbirth has permeated our culture so that we have forgotten how our ancestors were born, thanks to which our species has survived for thousands of years. With the intention, presumably, to protect mothers and babies from misfortune and death, modern western obstetrics has forgotten…

Lotus Birth is the practice of leaving the umbilical cord uncut, so that the baby is attached to its placenta until the cord naturally emerges from the navel, between three and ten days after birth, just like a umbilical cord has been cut at birth. This prolonged contact can be…

A study published in February 2010 in BJOG: An International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, one of the most prestigious medical journal, shows that women with three or more previous cesareans attempting vaginal delivery success rate and have similar risks Maternal morbidity (of possible complications for the mother) than women…

In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM-Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine), the Pregnancy Meeting ™ in Chicago, a research group has shown results that indicate that in case of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), spontaneous labor can be expected to be equally effective…

Humanity is facing a wide variety of “inconvenient truths.” Al Gore, the Copenhagen summit and the concept of an “economy of low-carbon” has become one of them in a very topical issue. Other examples include the global overpopulation, the destruction of the ozone layer, pollution of the marine food chain,…

When you begin to suspect you’re pregnant, your body and you will have sent some information. Usually the suspicions are confirmed with a pregnancy test or commercial blood tests. Both tests detect the presence (or absence) of chorionic gonadotropin hormone which confirms that the creation of the new being has…

The origin of the word Doula The prestigious medical journal New England Medical Journal published a study in the 80s made by Dr. Klaus and Kenon in a large public hospital in Guatemala (60 births a day) during the 70′s. They found that the rate of interventions, caesarean section…