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• They Say: Moms Shut Down Infant Brains During Birth (It's a Good Thing)

  Ah, oxytocin, how we love you. Or how you make us love others. Or something. But that's not all. Oxytocin, the hormone associated with social relationships, including maternal-infant bonding, lust, and trust, now has a different kind of role to add to its resume: Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 01:17 PM by Miriam Axel-Lute with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: birth, hormones, bonding, oxytocin, brains, c-sections, oxygen, medical research, neurological development

• Pregnant Women Compete in Marathon

  Meet the Speed Bumps: a relay team of five women who are planning to beat the pants of off their competition in Ohio’s Road Runner Akron Marathon. The only difference between this team and their 10,000 or so competitors is that the Speed Bumps will all be running for two. All five women are in or nearing their third trimester, with Kimberly Bucey (pictured) the farthest along at eight months. Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 01:50 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: baby, pregnant, exercise, ohio, competition, jogging, running, fetus, doctors, exhaustion, marathon, oxygen, exercise during pregnancy, staying in shape while pregnant, stay fit, kimberly bucey, gentle, speed bumps, listen to your body, akron marathon, breathlessness, monica nowac, cardiovascular, road runner

• Stillborn Baby Comes Back to Life

  I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is no: I did not learn about this story from The National Enquirer. Sensational though this headline sounds, it is factually accurate, according to numerous Israeli news sources. In Israel, a 26-year-old pregnant woman began hemorrhaging and experiencing intense pain. Tests showed that her fetus, in its 23rd week of gestation, was already dead. After an emergency operation to remove the fetus, doctors pronounced the 610-gram baby girl dead. She was sent to the morgue to be prepared for burial. Read More... Posted Aug 18 2008, 06:50 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: baby, Israel, hospital, premature, came back to life, baby comes back to life, frozen to death, intensive care, oxygen, premie, galilee, ali majdub, stillborn, breathing