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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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Nestle added sugar scandal | Baby News
Zurich based watchdog IBFAN sent samples of Nestle brand baby food to be tested and found added sugars. For example, in the Cerelac, wheat based cereal for babies aged around six months, they found on average four grams of added sugar with highest amount in Philippines 7.3g, Nigeria 6.8g and Senegal with 5.9 grams. Seven…
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AI Baby Translator | Baby News
Ubenwe Health a subsidiary of Mila- Quebec Institute of Artificial Intelligence has developed an AI model that deciphers newborn cries and offers parents suggestions. The app, Nanni AI which is available in the Google Play and the Apple store, was produced with three years of clinical research in hospital settings in multiple countries, listening to…
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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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Low-dose esketamine for postpartum depression | Baby News
There is hope that a low dose injection of esketamine following childbirth may prevent post partum depression based on a study published in BMJ. Between June 2020 and Aug 2022, the researchers followed 361 mothers with no prior history of depression, interviewing them 18-30 hours after birth, at 7 days, and on day 42. They…
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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act… and why Texas is blocking it | Baby News
Salia Issa’s Story On November 15, 2021, Texas prison guard Salia Issa was seven months pregnant when she started feeling contraction like pains during her shift. She asked to be relieved from her post so she could go to the hospital. Her boss refused, even called her a liar. Hours later, when her shift ended,…
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