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Cops: Suspect Had Miscarriage Before Baby Snatching

Verna McClain killed mother to 'adopt' her newborn, say police

(Newser) - The woman accused of shooting a young mother to death and snatching her 3-day-old boy is a Texas nurse who told police she was planning to "adopt" the baby as her own after suffering a miscarriage, reports AP . Verna McClain, 30, confessed to killing 28-year-old Kala Golden outside a...

Smoker Saves Buried Newborn
 Smoker Saves Buried Newborn 
Apr 21, 2011 1:20 AM CDT

Smoker Saves Buried Newborn

Baby found buried in Singapore rooftop garden

(Newser) - A Singapore man who went to a rooftop garden for a cigarette ended up saving a newborn's life. The retired 60-year-old smoker heard soft mewing noises coming from nearby bushes and discovered a newborn baby buried just beneath the surface, reports the Straits Times . A plastic bag was wrapped...

Mom Busted After Dumping Newborn in Stadium Toilet

Shivering, wet baby found gasping for air

(Newser) - A South Carolina mom has been busted after she gave birth in a stadium bathroom in the middle of a circus performance, then stuffed the newborn boy in the toilet, according to cops. The shivering baby was found gasping for breath some 90 minutes later by cleaning staff credited with...

Baby Arrives Safely in Shelter Amid 170-MPH Winds

British midwife happened to be visiting Australia

(Newser) - The massive Cyclone Yasi left a path of destruction in Australia and may have destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of banana and sugar cane crops, but officials are relieved that only one death has been reported so far, reports AP . In fact, that news is being tempered with...

Newborn Found in Airplane Trash
Newborn Found in
Airplane Trash
Sep 13, 2010 2:05 AM CDT

Newborn Found in Airplane Trash

Mom gave birth in plane bathroom

(Newser) - A newborn baby is doing well after he was found in the trash aboard a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain to Manila. "After he was cleaned, he let out a soft cry," said an airport nurse who checked out the infant. "He was healthy, his vital signs...

Women Battle 'Birth Rape'
 Women Battle 'Birth Rape' 
Sep 8, 2010 3:03 AM CDT

Women Battle 'Birth Rape'

Uncaring, brutal exams can traumatize laboring moms

(Newser) - The mothers of the world are mad, and they're not going to take it anymore. A growing movement against "birth rape" is placing institutions on notice that women in labor oppose any vaginal intrusion by "fingers, hands, suction cups, forceps, needles and scissors" without consent, notes the Sydney ...

Dead Baby Comes Back to Life Inside Her Coffin

She begins crying at her wake

(Newser) - A newborn declared dead at a Mexico hospital disagreed with the diagnosis during her wake. An odd noise began to come from her tiny coffin during the service, prompting her parents to open it, only to find the infant crying, and very much alive, reports AP . She's now in stable...

Mom Tries to Flush Newborn Down Airplane Toilet

Baby critical, mother busted

(Newser) - An Indian woman gave birth to a baby in a tiny airplane bathroom, the tried to flush the newborn down the toilet, authorities said. The baby was discovered stuck when the plane landed, and the entire toilet was removed and rushed, with the newborn, to a local hospital. The baby...

US Newborns Get Smaller
 US Newborns Get Smaller  
Jan 22, 2010 2:38 PM CST

US Newborns Get Smaller

Mysterious drop most acute with mothers considered least at risk

(Newser) - The birth weight of the average full-term baby born in the US decreased by 1.83 ounces between 1990 and 2005. Researchers discovered the trend, which runs counter to received notions about increasing birth weight, after studying the records of 37 million newborns. Even more surprising, babies delivered by the...

Baby Survives Tumble From Train During Birth

Indian mom leaps from train to save newborn

(Newser) - An Indian baby who spent his first moments out of the womb tumbling from an express train has survived unharmed. Mother Rinku Debi Ray felt discomfort during a train journey and went to the bathroom, only to unexpectedly give birth. "The baby came out, chord, placenta and all,"...

Feminists Don't Get It: Motherhood's a Drug

(Newser) - For Katie Roiphe, the connection with her newborn child is like an “addiction," she writes on DoubleX. "There is an opium-den quality to maternity leave. The high of a love that obliterates everything.” Why, then, can’t feminists accept that motherhood is more than a “...

Rutherford Has Baby Gossip Girl

(Newser) - Gossip Girl "mom" Kelly Rutherford was rushed late yesterday to a Los Angeles hospital where she gave birth to bouncing baby girl, reports Radar. The newborn will join big brother Hermes, 2. The new arrival comes just as Kelly is divorcing the kids' pop, business tycoon Daniel Giersch, for...

Harvesting Babies' Organs Scrutinized
Harvesting Babies' Organs Scrutinized
Aug 14, 2008 10:09 AM CDT

Harvesting Babies' Organs Scrutinized

Critics say hearts removed too soon to be sure donor was dead

(Newser) - A report on heart transplants involving babies has raised some thorny questions of medical ethics, the Washington Post reports. Hearts were taken from newborns suffering severe brain damage less than two minutes after the babies were disconnected from life support. The hearts saved the lives of terminally ill babies, but...

Man Trades Baby Name for $100 Gas Card

Free fuel on offer for everything from brothels to bloodbanks

(Newser) - An Orlando man agreed to name his baby after two local radio hosts in exchange for a gift card worth $100 of gasoline, Reuters reports. The listener will collect the card in December, when his son is born, after producing a birth certificate. He's not the only American susceptible to...

It's a Girl for Alba
 It's a Girl
 for Alba 
Jun 9, 2008 11:07 AM CDT

It's a Girl for Alba

Actress, 27, gave birth Saturday to Honor Marie Warren

(Newser) - Jessica Alba gave birth to a daughter, Honor Marie Warren, on Saturday in Los Angeles, People reports. It’s the 27-year-old’s first child with husband Cash Warren, 31, who won over the actress when he was the director’s assistant on the set of Fantastic Four. "She seemed...

Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids
 Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids
May 10, 2008 7:23 PM CDT

Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids

More states allow convicted mothers to raise their children

(Newser) - More states are imprisoning babies, and moms couldn't be happier: Prisons nationwide are allowing incarcerated mothers to keep their little ones, the AP reports. Opponents of the practice say the kids may be traumatized, but one researcher found that “the outcomes are promising, if the prison nursery programs have...

1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated
 1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated 
Apr 3, 2008 6:30 PM CDT

1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated

Study finds parents 'not being able to really care' for newborns

(Newser) - About 1 in 50 US children under age 1 is a victim of nonfatal neglect or abuse—particularly among the uninsured, a survey finds. One-third of the 91,000 victims were a week or younger when the maltreatment occurred. "It's not primarily kids being hit, but parents … not...

You Have to Walk Before You Can Run
You Have to Walk Before You Can Run
Sep 12, 2007 10:27 AM CDT

You Have to Walk Before You Can Run

Avoid the five most common mistakes parents make with newborns

(Newser) - Babies don't come with manuals, so it's hard to get everything right. CNN asked pediatricians to spill: What are the most common mistakes new parents make? Their responses:
  1. Letting your newborn sleep through the night.

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