If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I left my abusive, psychotic, ex spouse on October 6, 2001 with my 4 children and the clothes on our backs. Our exit was quite dramatic, and the drama continues even today, almost 7 years later.
As I began [...]
Female veterinarians who do not protect themselves against anesthetics, X-rays, and pesticides at work have higher risk for miscarriage. A survey of 940 women veterinarians who graduated from Australian veterinary schools from 1960 to 2000 showed that the risk for miscarriage among women vets is 16%.
Analysis showed that women exposed to anesthetic gases for 1 [...]
Binge drinking and pregnancy. It`s like mixing oil and water. But it does happen.
From 1996 to 2002, a large-scale study in Denmark interviewed 89,201 pregnant women and studied their drinking habits. Binge drinking was defined as having 5 or more drinks at a time.
In total, 3,714 miscarriages and stillbirths were recorded in this group. The [...]
The Inside Edition recently featured a reborn artist, who had seven miscarriages and decided to put her grief to good use by making reborns.
Reborns are basically dolls, factory made or specifically sculpted, which are transformed into lifelike baby dolls through painstakingly applied paints (blue tones for the veins are applied first and covered by flesh [...]
A new study done published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology seems to point to a link between caffeine and miscarriage. According to the study, women who consumed over 200 mg of caffeine a day had twice the rate of miscarriage as those who did not. The risk did not change whether [...]
On the heels of a Mount Sinai School of Medicine research which concludes that moderate coffee intake during pregnancy is safe and does not increase the risk of miscarriage, here’s another research saying otherwise. I have written before about confusing research, and here’s another proof.
So here’s the puzzle. The snag on earlier [...]
I’m saddened to report that British pop star Lily Allen’s miscarriage has been confirmed by her publicist. We’re not sure how far along she was because she and dad-to-be Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers, never announced their due date. It seemed the pair had just arrived from a vacation in Maldives when [...]
There is new hope for pregnant women who need their daily cuppa joe. A study from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City reported on January 9th found that moderate coffee intake during pregnancy does not increase the risk of miscarriage.
In the study, 2,407 pregnant women consumed two cups or less of coffee [...]
