A study of nearly 4,500 women from all different backgrounds in the UK has shown that several early life factors have an impact on the age at which most girls experience their first pregnancy. It seems that girls who are separate from their mothers for a period of time in the first 5 years of their life are more likely to get pregnant at younger ages. If the separation from the mother is longer than 2 years that effect changes, and has been found to prolong sexual inactivity by a few years. The women whose mothers had been separated from them permanently at an early age, such as those whose mother’s died had often been part of a stable family afterwards and were less likely to have teenage pregnancies. The results of this study suggest that the security of attachment has a profound impact on a developing child. The study…
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Disrupted Early Childhood Could Lead to Younger Pregnancies
January 10, 2011Higher Risk of Complications in Pregnancies After 45
January 7, 2011Few women want to or attempt to have babies after the age of 45, but the few who do manage this feat face a higher risk of complications. Some of these complications include gestational diabetes and high blood pressure throughout the pregnancy. Preterm births and placenta previa are also common in older women who are pregnant. The older a woman is the higher the chance that she is not fully healthy and her body is not properly prepared for caring a child. Because women seem to be delaying pregnancy these days in order to pursue a career or even because they are waiting to get married, researchers have been focusing on the possible risks to mother and child when pregnancy occurs between ages 35 and 40. The focus of this research has not been on women over 40 or those rare women who choose to get pregnant after 45. In…
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Birth Injury Lawsuit Nets $14 Million Award
January 5, 2011Families who have children that suffer birth injuries and birth defects caused by birth injuries often have huge medical bills and the expense of providing round the clock professional care for their child. While all doctors try to make the best decisions for their patients during the urgent time of labor and delivery, mistakes can happen. Sometimes those decisions don’t work out as intended and the consequences are devastating for the newborn baby, the family and the doctor as well. One such case occurred in Ohio, the doctor (defendant) made decisions during the birth that resulted in the baby being born with cerebral palsy. The plaintiff alleges that the physician ignored information from a fetal heart monitor that clearly indicated that the mother should have received a cesarean section. The family claimed that because the doctor did not perform a cesarean section the baby did not receive enough oxygen at…
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