Category: pregancy

Syphilis in Babies Highest in Three Decades: Virginia Dept. of Health

Virginia, along with many other states, is seeing an alarming increase in congenital syphilis (CS) cases. The Virginia Department of Health reported that the number of CS cases in 2021 was the highest in more than three decades. Director of sexually transmitted disease prevention and surveillance for the Virginia Department of Health, Ms. Oana Vasiliu, in a…


Mom Was Told Baby Died in the Womb, Gives Birth to Son 4 Weeks Later: ‘My Christmas Miracle’

A British mom is hailing her Christmas miracle baby who was born after she was told he’d died in the womb. Hannah Cole, 27, from Wibsey, West Yorkshire, England, was admitted to Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) in West Yorkshire after her waters broke at 20 weeks. The following day, after the doctors couldn’t detect a…


Morrison Government Plans to Subsidise IVF Storage for Cancer Patients

The Morrison government announced it would support hopeful and expecting mums and dads with a $53 million (US$37 million) package for reproductive services, pregnancy planning, and postnatal care. Patients with cancer or people at risk of passing on genetic diseases who have undergone government-funded genetic testing will also have their egg, sperm, or embryo storage…


Childless Woman Preparing to Have Her 2nd Cystic Ovary Removed Learns She Is Pregnant

A British woman who couldn’t conceive after years of trying was preparing for surgery to have her ovaries removed when she discovered she was pregnant. Caroline Darlington, 39, and her husband, Roy, 48, from Warrington, Cheshire, tried to have children for years, even turning to IVF. Eventually, they accepted their family was complete with their…