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Pregnancy Complications

The Gut-Wrenching Experience We Can Finally Let Go

Charlie Capen | Posted 03.06.2013 | Parents
Read More: Miscarriage, Parents-Dads, Iud, How to Be a Dad, Pregnant, Ioud, Birth Control, Fertility, Howtobeadad, Ectopic Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Parents News
Charlie Capen

I said, "I want to go beat things and run fast." She said, "I just want to cry and go to sleep." We probably could've used a dose of each other's advice, truth be told.

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Rash That Spread Across Pregnant Woman's Body Has Made Some Everyday Tasks Unbearable

Posted 09.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pupp, Medicla Mysteries, Pregnancy Scare, Dayle Byrom Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pep, Dayle Byrom, Healthy Living News

A young U.K. mother's horrific and mystifying rash may have been caused by her own unborn child, the Sun reports. The burning, itchy rash permanently ...

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'Obese and Expecting': Doctors Perform C-Section On Morbidly Obese Woman

Posted 05.18.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Tlc, Morbid Obesity, Epidurals, Pregnancy, Weight Loss, Tv Replay, Obese and Expecting, Morbidly Obese, Pregnancy Complications, C-Section, Childbirth, TV News

On the hour-long TLC special, "Obese and Expecting" (Thu., 9 p.m. ET on TLC) Thursday night, viewers saw close-up how difficult giving birth can be fo...

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What To Expect (To Worry About) When You're Expecting

Lisa Belkin | Posted 07.16.2012 | Parents
Read More: Books About Pregnancy, Heidi Murkoff, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Parentry, Bad Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, What to Expect the Movie, Bad Pregnancy Advice, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Guides, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

The first thing I did when I learned I was pregnant was find myself a copy of "What To Expect When You're Expecting." According to the book's publisher, that makes me like 90 percent of pregnant women in the country. Soon I was a nervous wreck. According to my very informal polling, that makes me like a hefty percentage of readers of the book.

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No Mother's Day: Every 90 Seconds a Woman Dies Becoming a Mother

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Global Maternal Health, Women's Rights, Christy Turlington Burns, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Mothers Day, Unplanned Pregnancy, Amnesty International, No Mothers Day, Human Rights, Every Mother Counts, Global Maternal Mortality, US Maternal Mortality Rates, Pregnancy Complications, Reproductive Justice, Maternal Mortality, Video, Global Motherhood, Politics News
Soraya Chemaly

Every 90 seconds, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from a pregnancy-related complication. This isn't just a "third world" problem. The United States currently ranks 50th in the world for maternal health. It is safer to give birth in Bosnia or Kuwait than in California.

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New Study Lends Further Evidence That California's Flammability Standard Puts Vulnerable Populations at Risk

Sarah Janssen | Posted 10.10.2011 | Green
Read More: Flammability Standards, California Dust, Flame Retardants, Pollution, Toxic Pollution, Pregnancy Complications, Toxic Flame Retardants, Green News
Sarah Janssen

A study published today in the journal, Environmental Science and Technology, is further evidence that Californians are the most highly polluted people in the world with toxic flame retardant chemicals.

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'Every Mother Counts': Fighting Maternal Mortality

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.08.2011 | Impact
Read More: Pregnancy, Women's Heath, Every Mother Counts, No Woman No Cry, Prenatal Care, Maternal Mortality, Activism, No Woman No Cry Christy Turlington, Maternal Health, Christy Turlington No Woman No Cry, Every Mother Counts Christy Turlington, No Woman No Cry Film, Maternal Health Care, Christy Turlington Maternal Mortality, Pregnancy Complications, Christy Turlington Every Mother Counts, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

You may be shocked to learn that the United States is 50th in the world in terms of how well it provides its citizens with maternal health care. It has dropped from a previous ranking of 41st, trailing Canada and a host of European countries.

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Amnesty International Report on U.S. Maternal Health

TIME | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pregnancy Related Death, Health, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Health Care, C-Section, Pregnancy Complications, Healthy Living News

The report, titled "Deadly Delivery," notes that the likelihood of a woman's dying in childbirth in the U.S. is five times as great as in Greece, fou...

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REPORT: More Dangerous To Give Birth In CA Than In Bosnia Or Kuwait

California Watch | Nathanael Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Obesity, Pregnancy Complications, Maternal Mortality Rate, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. For accompanying chart click here, Q&A click here. By Nathanael Johnson The mortality rate of Cal...

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