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Maternal Obesity Puts Infants At Risk
Babies born to obese mothers are at risk for iron deficiency, which could affect infant brain development, according to a study to be presented Saturday, April 30, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. In nonpregnant adults,...
Mothers in South Africa Encouraged to Breastfeed
Natal MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has called on mothers to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of their baby’s life. The call was made as the province prepares to roll out the Infant and Young Child Feeding policy from January...Planned Home Births Associated with Tripling of Neonatal Mortality Rate Vs. Planned Hospital Births
In a study published online by the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, analyzed the results of multiple studies from around the world. They report that less medical intervention, characteristic...Babies Cry With an Accent
In the first days of their lives, French infants already cry in a different way to German babies. This was the result of a study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, the Centre for Pre-language...New Research Reveals First-time Mums have the Most Questions Five Months And One Week After Giving Birth
New research released today has shown that, after the understandable flurry in the first eight weeks of motherhood, the period when first-time mums have the most questions about their babies’ development can be pin-pointed to five months and one week...
