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The Cost of Premature Birth: For One Family, More than $2 Million

A new report released Wednesday finds that 15 million babies worldwide are born prematurely each year. For any hope of prevention, preterm birth needs to raise its PR profile.

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Childhood in Two Minutes: Why a Dutch Dad’s Time-Lapse Video of His Kids Went Viral

Kids grow up so fast. One father figured out how to preserve the transition for posterity.

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Jessica Simpson’s Pregnancy Weight: Why Everyone Has an Opinion

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Simpson is being alternately vilified and championed for seemingly gaining more than the recommended 35 lbs. during pregnancy. Since when is a big pregnant woman news?

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I’ll Take a Sperm Test, to Go: First At-Home Male-Infertility Test Debuts

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Why should women bear the brunt of infertility testing? A new at-home sperm-analysis test allows men to assess their babymaking abilities.

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Boy or Girl? Why Dads Want Sons, but Moms Want Daughters

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Women strongly prefer daughters while men wants sons, a study finds. Could this lead to sex selection?

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A Baby Is Born on Train to NYC: Why Labor Is So Unpredictable

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A woman delivers a baby boy on a commuter train to Manhattan. Are pregnant women not recognizing the signs of labor?

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Mom’s Dying Wish: Breast Milk for Her Baby. How Nursing Moms Teamed Up to Provide It

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Sharing breast milk is an old idea that has become new again

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Beyoncé's Baby: C-Section? Natural Childbirth? Why We Care So Much

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Welcome to your world, baby Blue, where even the way you were born is fodder for debate

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Target Nurse-In: Did It Change Perceptions of Public Breast-Feeding?

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Boobs and babes took center stage Wednesday morning as nursing mothers held “nurse-ins” at Target stores across the country to assert their right to breast-feed their children in public.

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Controversial Posters of Babies with Knives Aim to Reduce Co-Sleeping Deaths

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Babies and knives are not generally a good combination. But in the case of a Milwaukee ad campaign against co-sleeping, the startling juxtaposition of a snoozing infant nestled next to a butcher’s cleaver seems to have served its purpose: it’s got people everywhere talking.