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In recent years there's been an effort to inform people that the weeks and months after you give birth aren't always spent blissfully cooing at your newborn while sitting in a rocking chair bathed in sunlight. In fact, there's a chance you'll develop terrible depressive and even suicidal thoughts. Now one hospital is taking a step beyond awareness campaigns and creating a program tailored specifically to the needs of women suffering from postpartum depression. More »
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Scientists have found that parents who constantly yap about how much they love having children may be exaggerating to reassure themselves that Junior isn't just a human money pit who'll give them the Grandpa Simpson treatment as soon as they get old. More »
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The artist who creates these $85 paintings based on ultrasound photos notes they're "somewhat abstract and surreal in appearance, but will still capture the joy of expecting a baby" — or the joy of expecting a disgruntled goblin creature. More »
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Think Jennifer Aniston gets too much flak for her supposedly miserable, baby-hungry existence? Then join Mommy bloggers in piling on every other childless woman in Hollywood instead! More »
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Says Tracy Anderson in response to Jillian Michaels: "I am a testament to the fact that pregnancy is not the end to your dreams of a perfect body." Now what about a perfect credit history? [Huffington Post] More »
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Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels has sparked criticism with her statement that she doesn't want biological kids because "I can't handle doing that to my body." But not all the critics have the right idea. More »
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Zoe's adorable, but look out — she bites. More »
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A new study shows that depressed moms are more likely to have aggressive kids — but what happens when mom is depressed because she really wanted a girl? More »
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In a statement to the press this morning, John Edwards has finally admitted that he's the father of Rielle Hunter's child Frances Quinn. But even now, his camp is trying to spin things in his favor. More »
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Research suggests that fathers, too, can suffer from postpartum depression. But not everyone's buying it. More »
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According to a study by the World Health Association and the March of Dimes, one in ten babies worldwide is born premature, with roughly 13 million babies being born each year before reaching 37 weeks in the womb. More »
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Lots of people are piping up to defend Katie Roiphe's claim that feminism has ignored a mother's love for her child. Her piece isn't some antifeminist screed — but it's a pretty good example of why we have "mommy wars." More »
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A bill headed for the Senate would increase funding for postpartum depression research — but it might also increase screening. Is this a good way to help mothers and babies, or another step in the "medicalization of motherhood?" More »
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In a truly depressing new People magazine cover story, Bristol Palin once again attempts to turn her life into a cautionary tale for other teens. More »
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A spate of articles this weekend deal with the ways the modern cult of motherhood does a disservice to women — and men. More »
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There's an old wives tale that a difficult pregnancy means you're having a boy, and several new studies show that male births may be slightly more risky than female births. More »
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Despite what the Cabbage Patch Kids would like you to believe about the cuteness of preemies, with their little incubators built out of lettuce, real babies born prematurely babies can suffer lifelong consequences after coming out of the womb early. According to a study published in the new edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, children born prematurely are less likely to graduate from high school and have babies of their own. Women who were preemies who do have children, USA Today notes, are more likely to have stillborn or premature births than women who were born after a full gestation period. Preemies are also less likely to get married, though doctors aren't sure why. Study leader Dr. Geeta Swami of Duke University Medical Center posits that medical problems plaguing preemies could be putting a possible damper on their future marriage prospects. More »
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OK, that headline? It's stolen. But this is the gist of it: Some women believe that one way of dealing with post-partum depression is for a new mom to eat her own placenta. The practice has a name, placentophagy. According to a story on MSNBC today, 80% of new moms have "baby blues" — sad feelings after giving birth. The theory is that devouring the placenta helps them feel better but there are no studies on the efficacy of the practice for humans. "The placenta does produce estrogen and progesterone," says Mavis Schorn, the director of the nurse midwifery program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. "So the theoretical idea is that it may help, but there's absolutely no research on it." The whole placenta-as-food thing reminded us of Harper's magazine, which once published part of a transcript from an English cooking show on which human placenta was on the menu. After the jump, the best bits from the organ-eating Brits. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=330179&view=rss&microfeed=true An in today's edition of studies we do not believe, Australian researchers report that in a list of things that make people smile, babies far outrank money. [Reuters] More »
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