pregnancy & baby
Does This Breastfeeding Baby Billboard Offend You?
The Ohio Department of Health's new billboards to promote breastfeeding are creating controversy. Seriously?!
Think Maternity Clothes Are Ugly? You're Right!
Yeah, maternity fashion can be fugly -- but you ain't seen nothing yet. Check out this skirt that makes a muumuu look like haute couture.
Older Moms Buck the Trend of Falling Birthrates
An expert on having babies later in life gives us the skinny on why so many women are waiting to be mommies.
Ever since the CDC report on the nation's birthrates came out last week, I've been wondering about the fact that, while rates fell for nearly all age-groups of women (including teenagers), birthrates among women over 40 rose a robust four percent.
Strollers of the Stars
Stars need strollers for their tots, too -- and with the opportunity to get just about any stroller on the market, which ones do celebs choose for their precious cargo?
Whether single or double, Maclaren has so many styles to choose from ... but the Techno XT and Triumph seem to be the most popular amongst A-listers.
Raising Babies Behind Bars
Giving birth and raising baby under normal circumstances is hard enough but imagine having to do that while behind bars. For the women of Ohio Reformatory for Women, prison is their babies' nursery and playground but the picture of their future isn't as bleak as you'd think.
Pregnant on the Front Lines

Reporter Elizabeth Rubin hid her pregnancy so she could cover the war in Afghanistan. Is this OK?
Elizabeth Rubin was more than three months pregnant when she flew to Afghanistan to cover the war. Her doctor advised her against going, because he was worried that she wouldn't be able to run when she needed to. "I told him, 'I just came for a prescription,'" Rubin says. "If I wanted someone to tell me not to go to Afghanistan, I could have called my mother."
Dr. Cooper Freedman Would Breastfeed if He Could
Check out how "Private Practice" star Paul Adelstein and his wife are preparing for their baby!
Why I Chose To Breastfeed
An honest commentary on a mother's decision to breastfeed, and how she believes it's saving her baby's life.











