“Dissociating from your body and denying what it is, and then framing it as some kind of enlightened state… it’s really twisted.” Strong words that will chime with many from home birth attendant Isabella Malbin, who is one of an increasing number of midwives, doulas, and nurses speaking out about what …
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Unlike during her previous pregnancy, Julie Anne Genter had not intended to cycle to hospital herself, but “it did end up happening,” she said on social media. The MP posted a photo of herself doing a 10-minute night ride on a cargo bike while experiencing contractions, as well as images …
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WBC heavyweight champ Fury and his wife Paris have welcomed their sixth child into the world, after the British bruiser confirmed the birth of his new daughter Athena online. The latest addition to the Fury clan comes just weeks after a Covid-19 outbreak in his camp forced the postponement of …
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As LGBT groups go, Stonewall is held in high regard. Multiple corporations, universities and government departments, including the Ministry of Justice, MI6, and the Greater London Authority, pay more than £2,500 ($3,542) per year to become “diversity champions” – a badge that earns them advice from Stonewall on all things …
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Fewer and fewer children have been born in all of the country’s states for several consecutive years, but in 2020 that number hit a four-decade record low. The number of births was down 4% from 2019, with a total of 3,605,201 births, according to figures published by the Centers for Disease …
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Halima Cisse, 25, was believed to be carrying seven babies, or septuplets, when her pregnancy came to the attention of Malian officials back in March. But ultrasounds appear to have missed two babies. The woman from the north of the West African state was flown to a clinic in Morocco …
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Beijing should pay close attention to the fact that the country’s birth rate is declining, while its population is aging fast, the researchers argued. The research, which was published this week by China’s central bank as part of its working paper series, suggests that the country’s main economic rival, the …
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As the restrictions defining Lockdown 3.0 turn ever more draconian, the authoritarian crackdown on dissent and the increasingly grim prognosis for Covid-19 are having a serious impact not just on the here and now, but on our future. Things are so serious, people have stopped having sex. The UK birth …
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“Sex designations on birth certificates offer no clinical utility, and they can be harmful for intersex and transgender people,” says the abstract of the article, authored by doctors Vadim M. Shteyler and Eli Y. Adashi, and lawyer Jessica A. Clarke, and tweeted out by NEJM on Thursday. “Moving such designations …
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To make predictions more accurate of preterm birth came from the experts of scientific research Institute of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science named after D. O. Ott. To do this, they are looking for additional markers of possible complications. Work supported by Russian science Foundation, was published recently in the …
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