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• Pregnant Woman Booted from Local Pub

  It's hard out here for a pregnant lady. When Caroline Williams, 26, went out to unwind with friends at her local pub in East Sussex, England, she didn't plan on making a scene. After her first pint of lager, she decided she'd allow herself another half-pint. Unfortunately, the pub had other ideas. Read More... Posted Apr 01 2009, 03:35 PM by KeriF with | with 25 comment(s) Filed under: beer, fetal alcohol syndrome, Keri Fisher, pregnant woman, pub

• Male Blogger: Laboring Mom Not a 'True Emergency'

  You're about to give birth to your second child. Your contractions are three minutes apart and holding steady. Oh yeah, and your car is stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. What are you going to do now? According to a blogger at the Volokh Conspiracy, you call an ambulance and meet them at the next exit because, well, he doesn't consider this a "true emergency." Excuse me, David Bernstein, do you want to deliver a baby in the middle of the Mass Turnpike? Methinks you'd be yelling "help, emergency," about then.  Read More... Posted Dec 05 2008, 12:56 PM by JeanneSager with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: women, boston, labor, men, delivery, emergency, sexism, Jeanne Sager, pregnant woman, conspiracy, driving to the hospital

• Pregnant Woman Apprehends a Thief

  The first thing 32-year-old Nadine Bevis did after she found out that she was pregnant was—stop a knife-wielding thief. Perhaps pregnancy hormones contain some crime busting agents. Read More... Posted Jul 15 2008, 08:00 AM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Britain, knife, bike, picture, pregnancy hormones, pregnant woman, citizen's arrest, thugs, thief, pregnant superhero, steal, kindness of strangers, camera, john king

• Pregnant Woman Commits a Kick Ass Citizen's Arrest

  A Canadian woman named Amanda Bourque is being hailed a national hero—and she’s crediting her raging pregnancy hormones. After witnessing a Pontiac Grand Prix swerve onto the sidewalk, sending garbage cans flying, a super pregnant Bourque gave chase. She was pretty sure the Grand Prix was being commandeered by either a drunkard or a three-year-old and she resolved to get him off the road as soon as possible. Read More... Posted Jun 09 2008, 03:00 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Canada, drunk driver, pregnancy hormones, ontario, pregnant woman, car chase, citizen's arrest, amanda bourque