They Say: 1 in 4 Mothers Don’t Know What “Full-Term” Means

Hang around a very pregnant woman long enough and you’ll hear it, a comment that goes something like this: “I can’t stand it anymore. I wish this baby would just come already.”

In a world of scheduled inductions and c-sections, there are ways to make that happen. But while it’s sometimes medically necessary to deliver a baby before he or she is due, doctors are warning that — contrary to popular belief — it’s not perfectly safe to deliver a before 39 or 40 weeks.

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Woman Labors in Hospital Bathroom After Doctors Send Her Home

When my water broke at 4 a.m. a week before my due date, I called my OB right away.

“Are you sure it broke?” she asked.

“Uhhhh, yeah.  Pretty sure.”

“I just saw you yesterday, and I told you that you wouldn’t be ready to go for at least another week.”

I contemplated and rejected at least three different responses before taking a very deep breath and saying, “Should I come to the hospital now or wait until my contractions start?”

“FINE.  Come in,” she grumbled.  My second daughter was born 12 hours later.

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Hospital Bans Fat Pregnant Women

Pregnancy is the one time overweight women can get a break from society. Unless they’re planning at one English hospital.

The Weston General Hospital has announced it will turn away obese women who want to give birth there - for fear that their weight is going to kill them. Continue reading »

Shark Performs C-Section on Tankmate

Sharks aren’t known for being friendly, even to their own kind.  But in a weird turn of events, a shark at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World in New Zealand saved a fellow shark’s babies by giving her an impromtu “c-section.”

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New Seat Belt for Pregnant Women

Discomfort is one of the necessary hallmarks of pregnancy.  When you’ve got a tiny human jutting out from the middle of your body, things just aren’t going to feel right.  And that just happens to include seat belts.

Fitting a seat belt over a baby bump is tricky, but a British entrepreneur thinks he’s got the answer.  Stephen Weston has invented a pregnancy safety harness for pregnant drivers that eliminates the lap belt and that would spread the force of impact across the shoulders and upper body instead.  Take a look:

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They Say: Lie Still to Get Pregnant

According to researchers, there is one thing that women undergoing artificial insemination can do that might help increase their chances of getting pregnant: Nothing.

In a study of intrauterine insemination success rates,  390 couples were given three cycles of treatment.  Half the women were instructed to lie still for fifteen minutes after the procedure.  The other half were allowed to get up and move around immediately after the treatment.  After the first cycle, 10% of the women who were still for fifteen minutes became pregnant.  This is compared to 7% of the women who were active immediately after the procedure. Continue reading »

Best of FameCrawler - Week of October 23rd

Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s Son is a “Friggin’ Genius”

Real Housewife of New Jersey to Lose Her Dream Home

Gilles Marini - Dancing Dad Poses for Playboy (PHOTOS)

Marge Simpson’s Playboy Photos Scandal!

Nicole Richie Wants A Prenup

Special Agent Booth Cheated On Pregnant Wife!?

Matt Damon And Luciana - Hot Stuff

Brad and Angelina Checking Out Orphanages?

Best of FameCrawler - Week of October 16th

Jesse James is Looking Out For Daughter Sunny

Ellen Pompeo Braves the Rain To Keep Her Body Bangin’

LeBron James and Teammates Have Swine Flu?

Who Are the Heenes? Photos and Home Videos

Tina Fey’s Daughter Wants To Be Bacon-Eating Robot For Halloween

Is Tori Spelling Dangerously Thin?

Balloon Boy - It Was All A Hoax –Video

Jon Gosselin Is Worse Than We Thought

First Photo: Jaycee Dugard in People Magazine

Vikki Zimmer: Wife of Bengals Coach Mike Zimmer Found Dead

Swine Flu - Why Bill Maher Is Being an Idiot

Bill Maher recently twittered that “if u get a flu shot ur an idiot.”  And in last Friday’s show, during an interview with former Senator Bill Frist, he also urged pregnant women not to get the swine flu vaccine.

I do not think Bill Maher is an idiot.  In fact, I’m a regular view who — until he starts talking about breastfeeding and vaccines — tends to agree with him.  But on this, he’s being stupid. Continue reading »

Best of FameCrawler - Week of October 9th

The Duggar’s First Grandchild is Born (Video)

Matthew Takes Daughter Out For A Stroll In A Manly Mei Tai (Photos)

Anne Heche Says She’s Too Poor To Pay Her Child Support

Jon Vs. Kate Plus 8 - Birthday Party Live Video Stream!

Jennifer Garner Caught Lying! On Video!

Rebecca Gayheart Shows Off Her Baby Bump

Nivea Celebrates Baby

Arrest Made in Killing of Ashley “A.J.” Jewell

BREAKING: President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Julie Bowen Was Caught Pumping While Driving

Birthday Wars: Will Jon & Kate Rain On The Twins’ Parade?

Top Chef’s Padma Butters Her Belly