Driven to drink by pregnancy

“But if she is not feeling great about a situation, the slightest additional pressure can make things worse.”

Some women who find being pregnant highly stressful are increasing their smoking or drinking, or even taking it up, to help them cope Peta Bee It is supposed to be a time when women bloom. via Times Online

Watch for signs of postpartum depression

There has been a lot of effort recently to educate the public about postpartum depression. via Press & Sun-Bulletin

Rawlinson Wins 400 Hurdles

“Whatever I’ve got left in the tank, I am going to give it all I’ve got”

Jana Rawlinson proved Thursday that titles, records and streaks mean little _ and that motherhood can strengthen a runner, not break her.

Facing Russian defending champion and 400-meter hurdles world record holder Yuliya Pechonkina, who was unbeaten this year, the Australian took over the race midway through and held on over a tense finishing stretch to reclaim the title she first took in 2003.

Just over eight months after giving birth to Cornelis, the 24-year-old came back as strong as ever. Read more

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The unmet need for Emergency Obstetric Care in Tanga Region, Tanzania

Background Improving maternal health by reducing maternal mortality constitutes the fifth Millennium Development Goal and represents a key public health challenge in the United Republic of Tanzania. via BMC Surgery

Tori Spelling Wants Baby No. 2 ‘Sooner Rather Than Later’

“I wanted to open this B&B, but having guests checked in is a whole different thing”

Photo by: Lester Cohen / WireImage Between running a B&B, shooting a second season of her show Tori & Dean: Inn Love , launching a jewelry line on HSN and adjusting to motherhood, Tori Spelling has been a busy … via PEOPLE Magazine

Halle Berry = Two Months Pregnant

“It looks like the only option I have left is to head for the sperm bank! I’ve been so desperately unlucky in love and that has thwarted my desire for motherhood. It’s so frustrating. I really yearn for a child and I can’t wait much longer.”

Halle Berry = Two Months Pregnant by Staff Halle Berry is two months pregnant, it has been claimed. via The Post Chronicle

‘Babymoon’ holidays: gimmick or godsend?

“A babymoon represents a rite of passage that acknowledges the life-changing shift from being a couple to becoming a family”

Are holidays for expectant couples a gimmick or a godsend, asks Siobhan Doran. I’M NOT proud of the way I found out about “babymoons”. It was two in the morning. via The Age

My three ages of motherhood

Nicki Hodges had children in her 20s, 30s and 40s - and their arrivals spanned very different stages in her life Monday August 6, 2007 The Guardian My 20s In the photograph we are sitting on a scruffy hard-back … via Guardian Unlimited

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