Category: pregnant

2 Sisters Re-create an Adorable Photo From Their Childhood When They Played ‘Pregnant’

Two sisters got pregnant at the same time, enabling them to re-create an adorable childhood photo where they had balloons up their dresses, dreaming of becoming mothers. Bri Dietz, 35, and her sister, Chaulet Barba, 33, were ecstatic when they discovered they were both expecting. “It was so special to go through it together. It…


Chula Vista Couple Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Targeting Pregnant Women

SAN DIEGO—A Chula Vista couple who took part in a scheme that defrauded pregnant women and bilked the state’s Medi-Cal program out of more than $1 million were sentenced Oct. 26 to federal prison terms. Melissa Alvarez Torres, 33, and Jose Luis Olmos Hernandez, 36, pleaded guilty earlier this year to selling bogus insurance to…


Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women

A mounting body of evidence shows that the use of acetaminophen—widely known by its brand name Tylenol—during pregnancy may pose risks to the fetus and to early childhood development. That was the conclusion of a new review study on which I was a lead author. Acetaminophen, which has the chemical name paracetamol, is a go-to…


Cancer-Stricken Pregnant Mom Opts to Have Her Leg Amputated to Save Unborn Baby

A pregnant mother chose to have her leg amputated to save her unborn baby when she was diagnosed with cancer. Kathleen Osborne, 28, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in England, had no idea she was pregnant when she went for an MRI scan diagnosing cancer for the third time. She couldn’t believe it when doctors found that she was…


Childless Woman About to Have Her Appendix Removed Learns She Is Actually in Labor

A UK woman suffering stomach pain was about to have her appendix removed when doctors found she was actually in labor. Janice Kerwick, 43, from Bexleyheath, southeast London, thought she was infertile because she couldn’t conceive for a decade. She had been experiencing stomach pains for months but three pregnancy tests were negative; she had even…


Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: Two Women Recall Horrors From Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives paralleled each other despite having never met. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained after having just become pregnant and were threatened to have their babies forcibly aborted. And both declined the one thing that…


Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: Two Women Recall Torment of Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives paralleled each other despite them having never met. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained while pregnant and were threatened with forcible abortion. And both declined the one thing the authorities wanted them to…


Detained While Pregnant, Families Torn Apart: 2 Women Recall Torment of Being Targets of CCP’s Persecution

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The two women’s lives have run in parallel with each other, despite their never having met before. Both were born in China and later fled to New York after nearly two decades of sustained harassment and arrests. Both were detained while pregnant and were threatened with forcible abortion. And both declined the one thing…


9-Year-Old Missouri Girl Helps Her Pregnant Mom Deliver Her Baby Safely When Dad’s Stuck in Traffic

A 9-year-old girl in Belton, Missouri, assisted her pregnant mom to deliver her baby safely—as her husband was stuck in traffic—when contractions came a week early. Angelica Gunn, now a mother of three, began feeling contractions late June and she knew right then she was going into labor. Thinking quickly, she called her husband, Caleb, but found…


Top House GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik Pregnant With First Child

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the third-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said on Saturday that she is pregnant with her first child. “We are absolutely overjoyed to announce that our small family of two will soon be three,” Stefanik wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of herself with her husband. “We’re so excited to…