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A central California woman convicted of abandoning her three newborns, one of whom froze to death, has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.
A 1-year-old girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman.
A Colorado insurance company is changing its attitude about fat babies.
Threes are definitely wild for Amanda and Matt Faher. The two 30-year-old attorneys welcomed identical triplets into the world on their third wedding anniversary — Sept. 30 — after 33 weeks of gestation.
A central California mother accused of abandoning three of her newborns and leaving one to die in the back of a pickup could face more than 22 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse charges.
After giving birth to quintuplets three months early, Bridgett Maskell and husband John Mistalski know their babies face a tough road. But also knowing the odds of having spontaneous quints in the first place is 1 in 60 million, they keep faith and hope alive.
Julia Grovenburg is carrying two babies of two different gestational ages and believes it is due to a rare phenomenon called superfetation — getting pregnant while already pregnant. But an expert believes it is more likely she is carrying twins developing at different rates.
At least it will be easy to remember their birthdays. An Arkansas couple welcomed a new baby girl into their lives Wednesday — giving her the birthdate of 9-9-09. Andy and Alison Miller's newest daughter Molly Reid will come home to sister Campbell, who was born on August 8, 2008, or 8-8-08.
Obese women who manage to shed excess pounds before becoming pregnant may be able to break the cycle of inherited weight problems and pass along better health to their children, a new study shows.
The mass celebration by Barack Obama supporters on election night gave birth to rumors that there might be a baby boom. Nine months later, we offer a reality check.
A New York City minor league baseball team has pulled off an unusual pre-game warmup.
Twenty years after “Look Who’s Talking,” there still seems to be no limit to the public’s yen to see babies who talk and act like really hip adults.
Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It's a surprise finding. Psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, who were studying perceptions of beauty, had expected women to spend more time than men cooing over pictures of extra-cute babies. Nope.
A French court convicted a woman of murdering three of her newborn children and sentenced her Thursday to eight years in prison.
A 41-year-old Frenchwoman went on trial southwest of Paris on Monday accused of killing three of her newborn children, burning one and putting the bodies of two others in a freezer.
When Annamarie Saarinen needed to soothe her ailing daughter, she used a rattle — downloaded to her iPhone.
Right whales have plenty to celebrate this Mother's Day — the sea moms gave birth to a record 39 calves this spring.
The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to stop using the term "shaken baby syndrome" in favor of something more scientific.
Apple Inc. is apologizing for allowing a 99-cent iPhone game called "Baby Shaker" that let a player quiet a virtual crying infant by shaking the device.
Nadya Suleman and six of her octuplets are photographed together for the first time on the cover of In Touch Weekly.
Infamous octuplet mom Nadya Suleman is more interested in feeding the cameras than feeding her babies, the lawyer for a group that had attempted to help care for Suleman’s 14 children has alleged.
Inside Nadya Suleman’s new four-bedroom home, things were as calm as the scene outside was chaotic. As the famed octuplet mom brought the first two of her eight newborns home Tuesday amid an unanticipated crush of media and curiosity-seekers that threatened to topple the SUV carrying the precious cargo, nurses assumed their positions.
While it was once common for American families to have six, seven or even more children, today the sight of such a large brood makes many people stop and ask a seemingly simple question: Why?
No matter how you slice it, kids are expensive. Even if you try every cost-saving measure in the book — from relying heavily on hand-me-downs to becoming a coupon-clipping fiend — you’ve still got to cover the costs of their diapers, food, transportation, health care, education and day care.
Health Care Bill Will Stall if White House Strips Abortion RestrictionsThe author of a controversial amendment restricting federal funding for abortion coverage on Tuesday predicted that health care reform legislation would stall if the White House tries to step in and strip it out.
Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina, Learns Where Babies Come From (VIDEO)Remember Caitlin Upton? She was Miss South Carolina Teen USA in 2007 and became famous for her response to the question, "Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?"
Shark bite acts as emergency caesarean A shark stunned aquarium visitors in New Zealand when it bit a female shark's stomach, causing four baby sharks to spill out of its womb.
Meet the world's smallest mum - 28-inch tall Stacey HeraldDoctors warned 2ft 4in Stacey off pregnancy. They said a baby would grow so large inside her body it would crush her organs, strangling her from the inside out.
Junior's 1st paycheck: $500 at birth? -Imagine a world in which every baby receives a trust fund at birth. It might sound like a fairy tale, but being born into money -- or at least into a $500 savings account -- could soon become a reality for all children born in the United States. The best new baby gear
Babies with an accentIn the first days of their lives, French infants already cry in a different way to German babies.
A top obstetrician on why men should NEVER be at the birth of their childSo, in the U.K., men, not just husbands, but doctors or any man, should be out of the delivery room.
Disney offers refund after furore over Baby Einstein DVDsAware that many busy parents use television as a babysitter — while cooking dinner or doing laundry, for example — US doctors say privately that less than an hour a day of viewing is unlikely to do any harm.
Baby Einstein Refund: Kids Too Much Like Real Baby EinsteinDisney's recently announced decision to offer a refund to parents who purchased its popular "Baby Einstein" videos vindicates researchers who had been attacked by the company.
Touchoo - Children's books iPhone appsTouchoo is giving away 30 interactive children's books for the iPhone. if you have friends with children and/or iPhone/iPod touch (and vice versa) you are welcome to share this fact with them.
President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.
'Octomom' doctor expelled from fertility groupThe "octomom"'s doctor has been expelled from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the main infertility professional organization, a spokesman for the group confirmed Friday.
Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines effects Preventive dose of fever reducer may lower production of antibodies. Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots less effective, surprising new research suggests.
17-Pound, 4-Month-Old Baby Denied Health Insurance for Being Too Fat - GRAND JUNCTION- Alex is a chubby, dimpled, healthy, and happy 4 month old...
Antidepressants Linked to Pre-Term Birth and Newborn ComplicationsAlthough becoming a mother-to-be can be a joyful time in a woman's life, more than one in ten expectant mothers develop depression at some time during their pregnancy.
Pacifier Poses Choking Hazard, Mom Says -NewsCenter 5's Jorge Quiroga reported that pacifiers are meant to comfort crying babies, but a local mom is anything but comforted after baby's pacifier fell apart
My hubbies niece is expecting her first child in December...which is very good news...the family is anxiously awaiting the newest arrival...
Parents of twins give birth to quintupletsBridgett Maskell, 34, and husband John Mistalski, 36, already the parents of 8-year-old twins, gave birth to quintuplets, a rare occurrence without in vitro fertilization. Born three months premature, the three boys and two girls are "all holding their own," Maskell said.
Understanding the Anxious Mind - NYTimes.comJerome Kagan's "Aha!" moment came with Baby 19. It was 1989, and Kagan, a professor of psychology at Harvard, had just begun a major longitudinal study of temperament and its effects.
For baby, a breast-milk cappuccino: Morning feed gives infants a natural pick-me-upBreast-fed babies receive a different milk drink depending on the time of day - the natural equivalent of cappuccino in the morning and Horlicks at night, say scientists. Breast milk delivered in the morning gives infants a pick-me-up because it contains natural stimulants.
Remains of four dead babies found in Berlin Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of the remains of four babies in a Berlin apartment following the suicide of their mother in July.
Swine Flu Document Lists Sports Arena As Mass Vaccination CentreIt appears that the majority of U.S.
Babies finding babiesI've often told my 21-year-old son, Jay, "Don't even THINK about bringing a baby home!" But little did I know it would come to this:
Pregnant Woman Gets PregnantPregnant Woman Gets Pregnant How one woman got pregnant twice in three weeks. (see the video)
What's wrong with winter babies?Previous researchers had assumed that there was no significant difference in the composition of the population of babies born during the winter, but that seems not to be the case.
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