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The Unimportance of Mothers by Jon Holden Galluccio, author of “An American Family”

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The Unimportance of Mothers by Jon Holden Galluccio, author of “An American Family”

Single and Considering Motherhood? Volunteers Needed for Study. Can you help?

Submitted by prideangel.com on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 7:20pm
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Would you like to take part in some cutting edge, exciting new research? Susanna Graham, a PhD student at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, is undertaking a study exploring the decision-making and experiences of single women in the UK using donor sperm to achieve motherhood and is looking for volunteers to take part in the study. Further details about the study can be found below and if you would like more information or think you might be interested in taking part then please e-mail Susanna at smg57@cam.ac.uk
Why is the study being done?

Local Author Draws on Childhood to Write a Book on Gay Adoption

Submitted by Dr. James LaCroce on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 11:28pm
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Local Author Draws on Childhood to Write a Book on Gay Adoption

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Psychologist James LaCroce is not just monkeying around in his new children’s book about a chimpanzee. He also hopes to advance the cause of gay parenting. Photo by Pamela Gerard

Cause of pre-eclampsia discovered, could lead to a new treatment

Submitted by prideangel.com on Fri, 10/08/2010 - 3:58pm
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The root cause of a medical problem that endangers the lives of thousands of pregnant women and their babies in Britain each year has been discovered.
Researchers at Cambridge University have worked out what leads to pre-eclampsia, a condition that causes dangerously high blood pressure in women, often in the later stages of pregnancy.

Breastfeeding for 6 months protects babies against infections

Submitted by prideangel.com on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 6:20pm
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Breastfeeding children for six months can ward off common infections during infancy, further evidence suggests.
The findings showed babies brought up exclusively on their mother's milk were significantly more healthy than those given substitute formula feeds.

But the study found the positive effects - fewer and less severe infections - were not felt by children who were only partially breastfed.

Greatest Gift Surrogacy Center NW

Submitted by GGSCNW on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 9:26pm
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The Greatest Gift Surrogacy Center NW, lllc was created to make the surrogacy journey a wonderful experience for all involved.
My experience as a Gestational Surrogate all three times was wonderful. However, the agencies that represented myself and the Intended Parents, was not.
This got the gears going inside my head that I could create the "ultimate agency," and I have.
I can't imagine not being a part of the amazing process of Surrogacy and I have the ability to work each day at a job that I honestly love.

Woman gives birth after four miscarriages by getting a 'Bionic' cervix

Submitted by prideangel.com on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 6:29am
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A lawyer who struggled to have a baby for seven years has now given birth to a healthy little girl after being fitted with a 'bionic' cervix. Janett Walker, 41, suffered four miscarriages and lost a premature baby because her cervix was too weak to support an unborn baby.
Doctors 'clamped' the neck of her uterus using a synthetic material called mersilene, to stop a foetus from falling through.

Does having children really make you happy?

Submitted by prideangel.com on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 2:11pm
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As I turn the pages of our family photo albums, I see countless pictures of our children growing up.
Most of the shots capture moments of happiness or achievement: my daughters are laughing on care-free holidays under azure summer skies, or clutching a medal, holding a certificate, winning a race.

These albums, stored in a memory chest I have created for my family, are a record not just of my children's happiness and achievements, but my own as well. I love to look at the pictures of us, it's a sort of proof that I'm living the 'parental dream'. Or that's what I thought.

How your personality effects when you choose to have children

Submitted by prideangel.com on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:10pm
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A woman's personality can affect when she chooses to have her first child, according to a new study. The research found that traits such as 'conscientiousness' and 'openness' were associated with delaying motherhood, while more neurotic or extrovert women were more likely to have children young.
The study of over 16,000 mothers, by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, looked at the relationship between fertility, education and personality traits.

The Surrogacy Spotlight

Submitted by ARR1.com on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 1:50pm
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Surrogates are unusual women who selflessly carry a child to term for someone who cannot otherwise do so. They endure psychological counseling, fertility treatments, pregnancy cravings, swollen feet and more, all with a smile on their face. The end prize: happy families that they help create.

What these surrogates don’t have much of is a network just for them. A place to go when the hormones are raging, to question other surrogates about the legal process or just to express how they’re feeling after the baby is born.

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