Sometimes, an en caul baby is born inside a completely intact amniotic sac. If this happens, the membranes can be removed after birth. In some European cultural traditions, being born ‘in a hat’ or ‘in a shirt’ (en caul) was seen as a sign of good fortune for the infant. One ...
Your friend has had a baby. Down's syndrome has been identiied. What on earth do you say to them? Read what worked for me and what didn't go so well when Natty was born.
A Peruvian Lina Medina gave birth to a baby boy at the age of five in 1939. At present, she is still considered the youngest mother all over the world and registered in Guinness World Records. The pregnancy of the world’s youngest mother progressed almost unnoticeably and impalpable and on...
The test is done at 15 to 22 weeks of pregnancy. Ultrasound. This test uses sound waves and a computer screen to show a picture of your baby inside the womb.
Three times he’s held my hands, my shaking legs, my head, my heart as I’ve bared down and groaned a baby into being. He has run for ice chips and doctors and night shifts and laid himself low to help me hold on through the hard rock and roll and push and pull of labor and ...