Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott had their third child together this Monday. Baby girl Hattie Margaret McDermott was born October 10th at 7:08 am; she weighed 6lbs 14oz and measured 20 inches. Just as they announced this recent pregnancy, Tori and Dean announced the birth of Hattie on twitter. Baby Hattie has two …
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Bone Actress Emily Dreschanel Welcomes Baby Boy
Emily Dreschanel life got a little busier and a lot brighter with the arrival of her baby boy Henry Hornsby. Dreschanel and her husband David Hornsby welcomed Henry into the world on September 21st. This is the first child for the couple. Dreschanel plays Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan on the CBS series Bones. Hornsby premieres this September …
C-sections Nearly 50% in China
In the United States, the rate of C-sections has grown higher that most would want at 34%. This increase in C-sections has been attributed to many factors, but many would agree that the number could be less. It was surprising to see that China is facing C-section numbers that even higher than those in the …
Naturally Pregnant at 50
With the advent of infertility treatments, older women becoming pregnant and carrying a baby to term is not a humongous surprise. What is a surprise is for a woman in her 50s to become pregnant and have a healthy baby. One Australian woman was able to do just that. She was extremely surprised to find …
Reducing Multiples with Infertility Treatments
For parents seeking out infertility treatment their goal is to have medicine help them have a healthy child. The ultimate goal of having healthy children may be diminished as the amount of babies that the mom is pregnant with increases. The more babies that an expectant mother is carrying the earlier she will have to …
Canadian Officials Say Twin Pregnancies Should Get More Ultrasounds
All across the globe in industrialized nations there has been a rise in multiple births and pregnancies. Advance maternal age at time of conception and fertility treatment contributes to the rise in multiple births. Canadian officials have seen that there is a need to institute new policies in monitoring the pregnancies of twins. Although twins …
Adoptive Parents Can Take Advantage of Tax Breaks
Adopting a baby or older child brings da lot of joy into a family, but that joy will not cover the financial cost of adoption. The government has tax credits for families that adopt children. The current adoption tax credit can be applied to any federal taxes a family owes and the remaining amount is …
Gallup Poll Shows Most Americans Would Prefer to Have a Baby Boy
It may seem like this would be something seen in patriarchal societies where the men get the inheritance, but a Gallup poll has shown that the majority of the respondents said that they would prefer to have a baby boy. Of the 1020 Americans that were randomly polled; 40% would prefer a baby boy, 28 …
Mom Gives Birth While Riding on I-75 in Michigan
On the way to the hospital, which happened to be 15 minute away, Mandy Lambert surprisingly gave birth to a baby boy. Her mother-in-law was driving her and according to the mom she left the house as soon as labor started. This was her third pregnancy and her third go around with labor and therefore …