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Breast Cancer Survivors May Safely Pause Long-Term Treatment to Have a Baby, Study Shows
A new study is reassuring for women who are taking hormone-blocking pills after a breast cancer diagnosis and want to become pregnant.
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Keke Palmer Reveals Baby Bump During ‘Saturday Night Live'
The “Nope” actress addressed her social media fans with an unveiling of her pregnant belly on the famous Studio 8H stage, saying, “I’m especially glad to be here though, because, there’s some rumors going around.”
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COVID-19 Drove Increase in US Pregnancy-Related Deaths
COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims.
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FDA Panel Wants Removal of Unproven Pregnancy Drug Meant to Prevent Premature Births
Results from a 1,700-patient international study in 2019 showed the drug neither reduced premature births — as originally thought — nor resulted in healthier outcomes for infants.
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Kaley Cuoco is Expecting Her 1st Child With Tom Pelphrey
The “Flight Attendant” star, 36, announced Oct. 11 on Instagram that she is expecting her first child, a baby girl, with her boyfriend, “Ozark” actor Tom Pelphrey.
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Laughing Gas for Childbirth Is on the Rise in the US: ‘It Takes the Edge Off'
For some, an epidural or other medications feel like too much. Nitrous oxide can help them.
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Doctors See Spike in Vasectomies After Roe v. Wade Decision
Vasectomies are becoming more popular among those who want to live childfree. New York Times gender reporter Alisha Haridasani Gupta joins LX News to discuss her recent article.
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Why This Professor Said ‘People With a Capacity for Pregnancy'
Professor Khiara Bridges went viral this week after her exchange with Sen. Josh Hawley during a hearing on abortion rights. She called out the Missouri senator for transphobia after he questioned Bridges’ use of the term “people with a capacity for pregnancy.” That term is more inclusive of trans and nonbinary people who are capable of getting pregnant, explains Leslie...
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Pregnant Texas Mom Shares Her Story of Getting a Ticket in the HOV Lane
Expectant mom Brandy Bottone got a ticket in Dallas, Texas recently, for driving in the HOV (carpool) lane with fewer than 2 people in the vehicle. But Bottone argued that her unborn child should count as her second passenger. The county sheriff’s officers who ticketed her did not buy it. Bottone joins LX News Now to share her story of...
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Halsey Says They Rewrote Their Will While Pregnant Because of Previous Miscarriages
The musician, who uses she/they pronouns, penned the essay for Vogue on July 1 and candidly discussed the birth of her first child, Ender Ridley, and the health issues they struggled with leading up to their son’s birth.
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Pregnant While Pregnant: Texas Mom Gives Birth to Twins Conceived One Week Apart
A couple expecting their second child got a big surprise when they found out they were also expecting their third in a rare case of superfetation — getting pregnant while already pregnant.
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State Hopes to Certify Doulas to Help Deliver Maternal Health Care
State leaders are aiming to add doulas to help support babies and their parents covered by Husky Health.
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State Hopes to Certify Doulas to Help Deliver Maternal Health Care
State leaders are aiming to add doulas to help support babies and their parents covered by Husky Health. Around 35,000 babies are born in Connecticut every year. Dr. Deidre Gifford, the commissioner of the Department of Social Services, said about 40% of those births are covered by Husky Health. That’s almost 14,000 babies. First, what’s a doula? It’s a birthing…
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FDA Issues Warning Around Limits of Some Prenatal Screening Tests
Non-invasive prenatal screening tests carry a risk of false results, the FDA said in a safety communication Tuesday.
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UN Report: Nearly Half of All Pregnancies Worldwide Are Unintended
The U_N_ Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide — 121 million annually — are unintended, which it calls “a neglected crisis.”
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Navy Maternity Pilot Program Provides Uniforms for Pregnant Sailors
Women play a big role in the military with some also juggling motherhood. Now, the Navy is taking steps to help expectant moms. A new Maternity Pilot Program provides special uniforms to pregnant sailors. They are not serving at sea at the moment, but two Navy Lieutenants are serving the country from Connecticut. “I’m in a military tour where...
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Navy Maternity Pilot Program Provides Uniforms for Enlisted Pregnant Women
A new Maternity Pilot Program provides special uniforms to pregnant sailors.
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Mom Thought She Had Long COVID. It Turns Out She Was Pregnant
She had a rare condition called “placenta percreta” that turned her world upside down
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Though Rare, COVID-19 Can Destroy the Placenta and Lead to Stillbirths
New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.
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How to Prevent Preterm Birth? Study Explores Sugarless Gum
A new study raises the possibility that simply chewing sugarless gum might make a difference in reducing early births.