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Lactation Drug: Cardiac and Psychiatric Adverse Events | Baby News
In Canada, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario warn about domperidone, originally for stomach problems but used off-label to increase breastmilk production. In October of 2019, Joanna McCabe, a nurse, saw a lactation specialist, Dr Newman, with concerns about her breastmilk production and was prescribed 90mg/day, with another doctor increasing it to 120mg/day.…
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No Husbands Allowed? Or Ignorant Men? | Baby History
On my recent video, The Poulos Triplets, I explained that husbands weren’t allowed to stay with their wives during labor or delivery, so despite probably knowing Nora was carrying more than one baby, fainting still not uncalled for when he learned all were safe and well. I don’t get many comments because my channel is…
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The Poulos Triplets 1946 | Baby History
Have you ever seen this photo? Well I have the story for you: Let me introduce you Nora and Arris Poulos lived in New York City, he was a 27 years old veteran having served overseas during WWII. Now they were ready to start their family… and how. On April 22nd 1946, at Lutheran Hospital*…
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Permanent Contraception Trends | Baby News
In the US, Since the Dobbs decision which allows states to restrict or outright ban abortion, many young Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 years old have chosen permanent contraception: tubal ligation rose around 55% more than expected, while vasectomies rose around 67% more than expected based on pre-Dobbs trends. Similar trends are…
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Medical Misinformation Takes Two Lives | Baby News
Jessica Cronshaw, a 26 year old teacher in Blackburn, Lancashire (UK) found she was expecting her first baby in June of 2022. She suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe, even life-threatening form of morning sickness, and was prescribed the anti-nausea medication Xonvea. Then weeks later, a midwife, Allison Whitehead, told her over a telephone consultation…
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Hospital Nurseries & Newborn IDs in 1930s | Baby History Shorts
In the 1930s, hospital births were becoming more common in the US, for example, in Chicago in 1930, 55% of births took place in a hospital. It’s likely more would have chosen a hospital birth if they could afford it, or weren’t prevented due to segregation. For efficiency, hospitals used nurseries to care for newborns…
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Mistaking Cancer Symptoms with Pregnancy | Baby News
Caitlin McAliden, a 24 year old teacher from Northern Ireland discovered she was pregnant last September. Throughout the Autumn, she experienced severe morning sickness and fatigue which she attributed to her pregnancy. By December, she realized she had lost 14 kg (or almost 30 lbs) and she had a golf-ball sized lump on her neck…
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Hilary Duff Acupuncture to Induce Labor | Baby News
In April, Hilary Duff made the rounds in the celeb news for her Instagram post containing a photo of her with acupuncture needles in her face with the caption that she was gently trying to evict her baby. She was (is?) pregnant with her fourth child and impatient to meet the newest member of her…
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Ozempic Babies | Baby News
GPL-1 drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro, WeGovy, and Zepbound were designed to help manage diabetes but are being used for weight loss– weight loss that has caused formerly infertile women to have surprise pregnancies. The drugs are not the primary cause of increased fertility but instead a secondary effect of the weight loss caused by the…
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Childbirth by Centrifuge| Baby History
George Blonsky, was born on December 2nd of 1901 in China to Russian parents. After attending a Russian prep school and earning his degree at MIT (class of 1926) he began a career as a mining engineer, traveling all over the world, including Korea, Alaska, Arizona, and Montana with his wife Charlotte (called Lotte). In…
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