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Celine Lesage, the 38-year-old French woman in whose apartment the bodies of six newborns were found in 2007, has admitted to killing them. Lesage faces life imprisonment. [Guardian Image via MSN] More »
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These glam moms make having a baby look misleadingly easy! More »
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Wow: A newborn baby girl who was abandoned by her 14-year-old mother was found naked, dirty, but being cared for by a mother dog and her new pack of pups in La Plata, Argentina. A farmer found the hours-old baby being kept warm by the mother dog (it is currently winter in Argentina) and although the baby had a few bruises she appeared to be in good health. It is not clear whether the child's mother left the baby with the dogs or if the mother dog found the baby on her own, but this story may show that dogs really do adopt a sense of morality when they are domesticated, as a recent study has suggested. [Reuters, Daily Mail] More »
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"Why Men Should NEVER Be At The Birth Of Their Child" blares the headline in today's Daily Mail. But if you assume that the accompanying story immediately launches into an appeal for a return to "modesty" and warnings about how witnessing childbirth can kill a man's libido, you'd be wrong. (That crops up in the third part of the piece!) Nope, Reason No. 1 that men should be banished to birthing ward waiting areas is that their pregnant partners can't multitask. "A labouring woman needs to be protected against any stimulation of the thinking part of her brain - the neocortex - for labour to proceed with any degree of ease," writes Ob/Gyn Michel Odent, who is said to have presided over some 50,000 births. "A woman in labour needs to be in a private world where she doesn't have to think or talk. Yet, motivated by a desire to 'share the experience', the man asks questions and offers words of reassurance and advice." The other bad thing about inviting big boys in the birthing room? Witnessing such a thing can make them mentally-ill. More »
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