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Marijuana and pregnancy: 5 key takeaways from the new official guidelines

August 27, 2018

Marijuana and pregnancy: 5 key takeaways from the new official guidelines

More than half of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, but questions remain about how the drug affects our health.

Pregnant Venezuelan women going to Brazil to give birth

August 22, 2018

Pregnant Venezuelan women going to Brazil to give birth

Expecting Venezuelan women are leaving their country due to lack of prenatal care, medicine and diapers and giving birth across the border in Brazil, where three Venezuelan babies are born every day.

Pregnant women turning to pot for morning sickness, study finds

August 21, 2018

Pregnant women turning to pot for morning sickness, study finds

It's becoming more common for pregnant women to use pot in pregnancy, and a new study suggests one reason for the trend: Some pregnant women may be using marijuana to self-medicate symptoms of morning sickness.

Pregnant New Zealand minister cycles to hospital to give birth

August 21, 2018

Pregnant New Zealand minister cycles to hospital to give birth

It was a beautiful morning, according to New Zealand's minister for women, so after 42 weeks of pregnancy she decided to hop on her electric bicycle and ride to the hospital to give birth to her first child.

Baby boom ahead? Arizona hospital has 16 pregnant nurses

August 19, 2018

Baby boom ahead? Arizona hospital has 16 pregnant nurses

Americans spend so much time working together in their day-to-day lives that coworkers become family, and now at this Arizona hospital, 16 nurses are together making a next generation of family.

Mom delivers baby on bus with help of fellow passengers

August 17, 2018

Mom delivers baby on bus with help of fellow passengers

Passengers on a city bus in Minnesota have helped a woman deliver her baby after she went into labor.

Virginia girl's love of dolls helps save baby when aunt unexpectedly gives birth in bathroom

August 15, 2018

Virginia girl's love of dolls helps save baby when aunt unexpectedly gives birth in bathroom

A 10-year-old girl’s fondness for dolls helped to save her newborn cousin after her aunt unexpectedly gave birth in Fairfax County, Virginia on Monday

Georgia woman gives birth in Chick-fil-A parking lot: 'It was intense'

August 14, 2018

Georgia woman gives birth in Chick-fil-A parking lot: 'It was intense'

Chick-Fil-A was the scene of a yet another miracle Sunday, as a Georgia woman unexpectedly gave birth in the chicken chain’s parking lot.

Inducing labor at 39 weeks lowers risk of C-section, study finds

August 10, 2018

Inducing labor at 39 weeks lowers risk of C-section, study finds

Pregnant woman who reach full term have long been advised to "wait it out" until 41 weeks before doctors will recommend inducing labor.

California mom claiming emergency C-section was administered without anesthesia given $25 gift card as apology, fiancé says

August 8, 2018

California mom claiming emergency C-section was administered without anesthesia given $25 gift card as apology, fiancé says

"I could feel her cutting me and, with her hands, opening me. That’s when I passed out," Delfina Mota said in a recent interview.