Let’s Talk Babies

I came across this article yesterday regarding an ethical dilemma that researchers are finding themselves in surrounding the use of left over blood from newborn screening tests.  At question is whether or not researchers should be allowed to use the blood samples left over from newborn screenings as a research tool without written consent from [Read the rest]

The US government announced a new national campaign today called Text4Baby that will use cellphones and text messaging as a means to get healthy mother, healthy baby tips out to millions of expectant mothers all over the country.  The campaign is being sponsored by several organizations and companies including the National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition, [Read the rest]

So, is it proper etiquette to have a baby shower for a second or subsequent baby?  Do second babies deserve a baby shower or is this a right reserved only for the first born?
There seems to be two schools of thought on this subject.  There are those who are old school and think that a [Read the rest]

You wake in the middle of the night with incredible cramping pain in your legs.  Ugh, leg cramps.
Pregnant women are very susceptible to leg cramps, particularly during their second and third trimesters.  Leg cramps are a sudden tighten of the muscles that can cause intense pain.  When you are awoken in the middle of the [Read the rest]

When we are pregnant we love to dream about what our baby will look like, whether it will be a boy or a girl, what your birth experience will be like and what it will be like to bring that beautiful, perfect little baby home.  A majority of pregnancies are normal and end with a [Read the rest]