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Pregnant Brit Won't Face Laos Death Penalty

Law prohibits execution of those with child; lawyer still can't see her

(Newser) - Samantha Orobator, the Briton jailed in Laos on heroin-smuggling charges, will not face the death penalty because she is pregnant, CNN reports. The 20-year-old was, however, denied access to a British attorney who flew in with assurances they could meet. The lawyer “was refused her first visit,” a...

Brit Mom Pleads for Pregnant Daughter in Laos Prison

(Newser) - The mom of a pregnant London woman who may face a Laotian firing squad for drug smuggling pleaded with government officials to save "my baby, my angel," reports the Telegraph. "I'm appealing to the British government, to the Laos authorities, to please release her. I'm down on...

DC Zoo's Panda on Pregnancy Watch

(Newser) - The National Zoo’s female giant panda may be pregnant, the Washington Post reports. Volunteers are monitoring Mei Xiang around the clock after zookeepers noticed behavioral changes that indicate the mom to celebu-panda Tai Shan is expecting, including creating a bamboo den in a dark and quiet place, and cradling...

Sex Query? Experts Help Teens Via Texting

Health professionals text teens answers to anonymous sex questions

(Newser) - Teenagers no longer need to reveal their angst over pregnancy or noisy sex in crowded classrooms, the New York Times reports. Public health officials, fretting over the state of sex ed in US schools, are now answering questions via text message. Some use multiple choice menus and automated responses, but...

FARC Captive Recalls Horror of Jungle Birth

Rojas gave birth in captivity, then had son taken away

(Newser) - Clara Rojas was one of many prisoners who endured the misery of the Colombian jungle during her 6 years as a hostage of the FARC. But in 2003 her ordeal became almost unbearable: She discovered she was pregnant by one of her captors. "I knew I could die,"...

Sun: Mel's Girlfriend Preggers

(Newser) - Mel Gibson's wife filed for divorce when she learned his Russian lover was pregnant, reports the Sun. Robyn Gibson "put up with Mel for years but when she found out" Oksana Grigorieva was telling friends she was expecting, "it was the last straw," said a friend. Gibson...

US Doc Boasts He Implanted 11 Human Clones

'The cloned child is coming,' says controversial physician

(Newser) - A controversial American fertility doctor is boasting that he cloned 14 human embryos and implanted 11 of them them into women, reports the Independent. None of the tranfers led to a viable pregnancy. A documentary filmmaker recorded the procedures involving four women who had hoped to become the first mothers...

Palin Talks of 'Choice' When She Would Take It Away

(Newser) - Sarah Palin continues to inadvertently make pro-choice arguments as she campaigns for a ban on abortion, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post. After revealing that she twice considered aborting son Trig, Palin said “I do understand what these women, what these girls go through in that thought process....

'Ecstatic' Pompeo Expecting

(Newser) - Tormented Dr. Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy will be heading to the hospital for real soon when actress Ellen Pompeo delivers her first baby, reports People. Pompeo, 39, and hubby Chris Ivery, 41, are said to be "ecstatic" about the pregnancy. "It's great news," said their spokeswoman....

Mass. Mom Kills Child, Unborn Baby: Cops

Woman was 7½ months pregnant, stabbed herself

(Newser) - A pregnant woman killed her 9-year-old daughter and stabbed herself in the stomach to kill her unborn child, authorities in the Boston suburb of Quincy said today. Fang Chi Xue, 38, was treated for self-inflicted stab wounds to the arms and abdomen and is expected to be arraigned on two...

Mothers' Epilepsy Drug May Lower IQs of Kids

Study urges caution for popular valproate

(Newser) - Children born to women taking the popular epilepsy drug valproate have notably lower IQs than other kids, a new study shows. The anti-seizure drug, sold generically and under the brand name Depakote, also is prescribed for migraines, pain, and psychiatric disorders, the New York Times reports. Doctors involved with the...

Duggars Kick Off the Next Gen
 Duggars Kick Off the Next Gen 
Apr 13, 2009 10:08 AM CDT

Duggars Kick Off the Next Gen

Oldest child expecting baby

(Newser) - The oldest of the Duggars’ 18 kids is starting the next generation. Joshua, 21, recently told his wife—too nervous to read the test results herself—"You’re going to join the Mommy team," he tells People. The pregnancy will be documented on the family’s TLC show,...

'Buffy' Expecting First Baby

Actress, hubby due in fall

(Newser) - It’s baby time for Buffy the vampire slayer. Sarah Michelle Gellar is expecting her first child with hubby Freddie Prinze Jr., People reports. “They’re very excited,” says a source. Gellar and Prinze, married for six years, are both shooting television pilots—HBO’s The Wonderful Maladays...

Birth Defects May Be Tied to Pesticide Levels

(Newser) - Babies conceived between April and July—the period when surface-water concentrations of pesticides are at their highest—run an increased risk of having a birth defect, Reuters reports. “Our study didn't prove a cause and effect link,” the lead researcher said, but “the fact that birth defects...

For Cash, Army Wives Turn to Surrogate Pregnancy

Thanks to military insurance, surrogacy is big boost

(Newser) - One San Diego woman exemplifies what some see as a growing trend among California military wives, the Los Angeles Times reports: surrogate pregnancies, made possible by generous insurance and amenable state laws, and motivated in part by upward of $20,000 in extra income for delivering a healthy child. “...

Ripley's Fertility Exhibit Warns Octu-Mom Away

Suleman, Dr Phil, Allred are reportedly hatching 'rescue plan'

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman seems to be everywhere these days, but one place you probably won’t see her is the new fertility exhibit at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, TMZ reports. Reps from the Hollywood museum are urging the mother of 14 to stay away from the statues, which...

2 Uteri, 2 Babies: Woman Has 1-in-5M Birth

Doctor explains how rare condition produced 1-in-5M birth

(Newser) - What’s more impressive, having eight babies, or having two—one from each womb? Sarah Reinfelder, whom the New York Post has tastefully dubbed “Womber Woman,” did the latter, thanks to a condition called uterus didelphys, or double uterus. One in every 2,000 women has didelphys, it...

Richie to Have Kid No. 2
 Richie to Have Kid No. 2 
Feb 22, 2009 6:21 PM CST

Richie to Have Kid No. 2

Boyf Joel Madden announces news on MySpace

(Newser) - Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden’s 1-year-old daughter will soon have a new sibling, the New York Daily News reports. Madden made the announcement on his band's website: “What's better than winning an Oscar?" the Good Charlotte drummer wrote. " I am so happy to tell everyone...

Moss Not Preggo, Just Bustier
 Moss Not Preggo, Just Bustier 
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Feb 17, 2009 10:36 AM CST

Moss Not Preggo, Just Bustier

Model denies rumors, rejoices over boobs

(Newser) - Kate Moss isn’t pregnant, she’s just grown boobs, she tells New York magazine. “I’ve just started wearing bras. It’s a miracle. I am a woman now!” says the model, who can finally fill a B-cup. “Even my friends are phoning me up and...

Bio Sheds Light on Palin's 'Secret Pregnancy'

Guv nearly outed herself to daughters

(Newser) - Sarah Palin kept her pregnancy with son Trig a secret from her girls until late in the game—but almost outed herself when one of her daughters found an ultrasound scan, People reports. This and other tidbits are revealed in Trailblazer, an unauthorized biography of the guv out tomorrow:
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