July 21, 2009

How old is TOO old to have kids?

The average American woman can live long enough to celebrate her 80th birthday, so if a woman is able to become pregnant using in vitro fertilization with a donor egg at 56, she could still watch her child grow into an adult. But just because it’s possible, does that mean she should?


June 29, 2009

Florida hospital pushes natural birth

C-section rates are skyrocketing - and so are the costs for delivering a baby. Now one South Florida hospital is hoping a spa atmosphere might coax women into taking a more natural approach.


June 12, 2009

New test to detect risk for giving birth prematurely

Many women are working right up until one month or less before they give birth out of economic necessity. Doctors say doing so may have some consequences: 1 in 8 women deliver their babies prematurely. But now there simple test to detect the risk.


May 22, 2009

Woman gives birth without knowing she was pregnant

A new baby’s arrival is often a guessing game. For Shana and Bobby, what was most unexpected was that they were expecting at all.


February 28, 2009

Mich. woman with 2 wombs delivers twin daughters

A northern Michigan woman with two wombs has given birth to twin daughters - one from each uterus.


February 19, 2009

Your birthday could have a major impact on the quality and length of your life

Did you know the month your baby is born can affect how successful they are and even how long they live? Research has shown wintertime babies do not fare as well as their spring, summer and fall counterparts. The question is why?


November 25, 2008

Cops deliver baby on the side of the road

Two Dallas, Texas police officers on a stakeout outside Parkland Hospital last Saturday morning got quite a surprise.  They delivered a baby.


November 20, 2008

Ovary transplant helps a sterile woman give birth to a baby girl

A woman once told she would never have children, gave birth to a baby girl, thanks to an ovary transplant. Doctor who performed the first of its kind surgery, are now looking into how might benefit other women in the future. For the first time ever, doctors successfully completed a whole ovary transplant on a woman from London.

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