childbirth

This is an issue I cannot remember being bought up in all the debate over female soldiers, I'm really not sure what to say about it, though I'm sure this sort of thing has happened in the past. Ninemsn, 20 September, 2012...

Free-birth beliefs put before baby: coroner http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8491336

http://scienceline.org/2012/06/the-epigenetic-jury-is-still-out-on-c-sections/ anyone with opinions about epigenics and how likely this is? Interested in views. Many people know the genome is not immune to environmental forces. A nuclear bomb can mutate DNA. A retrovirus like HIV can...

Hello, everyone -- For those who don't know, I'm just over 6 months pregnant. Jackalpup should be coming along in August. I'm curious as to whether any of you folks out there have run into various unsupported ideas -- whether it be "old wives' tales" or other kinds of superstitions -- and...

What do you think about unassisted childbirth? I believe that it may be what's right for some mothers, and may not be for others. Yet some websites devoted to it have some statements like this that ring alarm bells in my head. I found this on a site, yet can't remember the link at the moment...

A couple of questions for those of you who have children. My wife and I are due to have our first child in January. After talking to her doctor (but mostly after reading tons of pages on the Internet), she's decided to forego the epidural and try natural childbirth. I've spoken to a doctor...

Well, TomKat's having a baby. During the morning news, the entertainment reporter said that not only are Scientologists against post-partum drugs (the Brooke Shields brouhaha), but they are against them during labor as well. In fact, they want the entire birthing process to be silent, so as...