PREGNANCY
Drum roll please!
The final tally is in. The total raised at Tuesday nights annual fundraising banquet for the clients of the Women's Pregnancy Center in Grand Forks is: $122,229. This is the most money we have ever r...
Posted on 10/11/12 at 11:43 AM
Should I have a baby after 35?
I received an email from my friend Katherine Tweed titled, Medical Info Women Should Know. Katherine always sends me great emails - often they are helpful, other times they arethought-provoking, and s...
Posted on 9/15/12 at 8:48 PM
Life as an Incubator
Sometimes when a woman is pregnant, she feels like a human incubator. As soon as you announce your pregnancy, things cease to be about the woman, and become either about the baby or how she is taking ...
Posted on 3/13/11 at 1:34 PM
Yes, I also talk in my sleep. Pity my husband.
Two of my dear friends are expecting babies at any minute. I'm not exaggerating - too much. Both of them are in the last two weeks of their longest pregnancies. One of them, L, has been having contrac...
Posted on 11/2/10 at 3:34 PM
Notes from the stork room
The role of dads in the birth of their children is so well established, it's hard to remember there was a time when fathers were firmly relegated to the waiting room. Just in time for Father's Da...
Posted on 6/19/09 at 6:09 AM
Betsy Hemler, Grand Forks, letter: Obstetrician, certified nurse-midwife best for pregnancy, birth care 
I have long believed that pregnant women get excellent care from an obstetrician/nurse-midwife team. The obstetrician provides specialized care if needed, the nurse-midwife provides care and focuses on education about pregnancy, labor and delivery, breastfeeding, etc.
By Betsy Hemler , September 02, 2012
CDC: Women still drinking while pregnant
Women continue to mix cocktails and pregnancy despite the dangers it can pose to unborn babies.By Andrea K. Walker , August 07, 2012
GENDER-RELATED MYTHS
You’re having a boy: You didn’t experience morning sickness in early pregnancyBy Pamela Knudson , July 31, 2012
Myths, facts about pregnancy
You’ve probably heard them: the time-honored advice that mothers-to-be get from well-meaning friends and relatives.By Pamela Knudson , July 31, 2012
Doctors revise ‘eating for two’ mentality
About one-third of women of reproductive age in the United States are obese, according to federal statistics, reflecting a growing trend that has prompted some health professionals to revise traditional advice about “eating for two.”By Pamela Knudson , July 31, 2012
Minnesota bar installs pregnancy test dispenser
The owner of a Mankato bar and restaurant has installed a pregnancy test dispenser in the women's restroom in an effort to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome.By Associated Press , July 20, 2012
Pamper your pregnant wife
By Robert Nickell , July 10, 2012
Minnesota efforts to stem teen pregnancy effective
SMART is one of several projects across the state engaging teens to bring pregnancy rates down. Experts say those efforts are working, as the birth rate among Minnesota teenagers has plunged nearly 40 percent in the past two decades.By Associated Press , May 16, 2012
CDC: Sizable number of teens moms clueless about pregnancy chances
The new report is the first to focus on teens who didn't intend to get pregnant but did. The researchers interviewed nearly 5,000 teenage girls in 19 states who gave birth after unplanned pregnancies in 2004 through 2008.
By Mike Stobbe , January 19, 2012
For nation's working moms, paid-leave benefits level off, if not lag
By Hope Yen , November 10, 2011
Research: Behavior changes might come from exposure before birth to BPA
By Lindsey Tanner , October 24, 2011
Risky pregnancy drug raised daughters' cancer odds
By Marilynn Marchione , October 05, 2011
New birth-control rules may shake up women’s behavior 
By Kristen Gerencher , August 14, 2011
Minnesota appeals court upholds murder conviction in beating of pregnant woman 
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled a man who brutally beat a pregnant woman, causing her baby to die just days after birth, killed a human being, not an unborn child.
By Associated Press , July 06, 2011
Legislators take issue with Minnesota's millions spent on unnecessary early labor 
For most pregnancies, doctors widely agree, keeping baby inside until 39 weeks is best for everyone. Yet Minnesota taxpayers pay millions of dollars each year for pregnant women to be induced early when it's not medically necessary.
By Dave Orrick , April 24, 2011
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