Category: Pregnancy
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Arnolfini Double Portrait & Maternal Mortality
This amazing painting by Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) features Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini (c1400 – after 1452) (possibly a cousin of Jan van Eyck) and his wife Costanza Trenta Arnolfini (c1413-c1432-3). They were both from Lucca (to the northwest of Florence in Italy). He was a prominent Italian merchant. Her aunt was married to Lorenzo…
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The Rise of Congenital Syphilis | Baby News (and History)
Shorts (scroll for article) Introduction Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a bacterium (Treponema pallidum), passed via painless round sores called chancres on the genitals or the mouth. Syphilis chancres can easily go unnoticed and even without treatment they go away, but the person is still infected. The disease has latent periods but…
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Kimberly Clark Leaving Nigeria | Baby News
In Nigeria, the House of Representatives want to prevent Kimberly Clark, makers of Huggies and Kotex, from leaving the country. Kimberly Clark has been in the country for fifteen years and invested $100 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) two years ago. Other multinational corporations have left the country due to high costs and low…
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Portugal’s SNS Grávida Helpline | Baby News
Portugal is a country in southwestern Europe, home to ten and a half million people though population is shrinking due to low immigration and low birth rate, around 1.38 children per woman. Based on what I have read, Portugal is a nice place to start a family because there is a nationalized health service, Serviço…
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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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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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Olivia Rodrigo and the National Abortion Fund | Baby News
Singer Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS World Tour kicked off in February of 2024. She is donating a portion of her proceeds to the Fund 4 Good to supporting reproduction rights of women. Rodrigo is also working with the National Network of Abortion Funds which provided free contraception and educational materials during her concerts, including condoms, lube,…
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Netherlands Compulsory Contraception Then and Now | Baby News
In the 1960s and 70s, the Danish government forced IUDs on Greenlandic women and girls against their will and they are now speaking out. This has highlighted more recent legislation in the Netherlands which effectively forced contraception on vulnerable women. Since the Compulsory Mental Health Act (Wvggz) in 2020, Dutch courts have ordered at least…
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