Most women who freeze their eggs for later use to remove the pressure to find Mr Right, and to preserve their fertility would consider using them to become single mothers. A study of patients who have had their eggs frozen at an IVF clinic in New York suggests that 80 per cent would think about having them fertilised with donor sperm if they failed to find a suitable partner.
Caesarean section rates in Chile are reported to be as high as 60% in some populations. A new study “Chilean women’s preferences regarding mode of delivery: which do they prefer and why?” conducted by ACE Angeja,a AE Washington,a JE Vargas,a R Gomez,b I Rojas,c AB Caugheya. The purpose of this study was to determine pregnant Chilean women’s preferences towards mode of delivery.
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A woman in her 50s gave birth last year to a baby she had carried for her daughter, who is unable to bear children, the head of a maternity clinic in Nagano Prefecture announced Sunday. The revelation could stir further debate about births by surrogate mothers, which are opposed by both the health ministry and the nation’s obstetrician association.
About 1 in 100 babies delivered by caesarean section are injured in the process. The risk of injury is influenced by the reasons for doing the c-section.
Breastfed babies are more intelligent because a higher percentage of highly educated mothers tend to breastfeed, say researchers from the Medical Research Council (UK) and the University of Edinburgh. A higher percentage of breastfed babies are brought up in a mentally stimulating environment. You can read about this study in the British Medical Journal.
Preliminary findings also showed a link to poorer lung function. Children of mothers who take in too little vitamin E during pregnancy may be at higher risk for asthma by age five, a new study suggests.
Many pregnant teenage girls have unrealistic views of how their lives will be with a new baby, a new study finds.
A couple’s risk of having a pregnancy end in miscarriage appears to rise along with the father’s age, regardless of how old the mother is, researchers reported Monday.
Babies of younger mothers are likely to live longer than those born to older women, says a study.