Pregnancy News
Premier announces supportive housing for single mothers
2011-05-20
Office of the Premier Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing City of Coquitlam
30 new affordable housing units to provide safe, supportive housing to single mothers and their children, thanks to a partnership between the province, the City of Coquitlam and the YWCA.
Social before Birth: Twins First Interact with Each Other as Fetuses
2011-01-12
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Every mother knows that newborns are social creatures just hours after birth. They prefer to look at faces over objects, and they even imitate facial expressions. Now a study suggests that the propensity for social interactions exists in the womb. Twins begin interacting as early as the 14th week of gestation.
Teen moms on TV — the new birth control?
2010-12-22
NATIONAL POST
The rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States has dropped to its lowest level in 70 years and some experts pinpoint a surprising catalyst: the popularity of reality television shows chronicling the perils of teenage motherhood.
Women delay childbirth due to false fertility expectations
2010-10-13
NATIONAL POST
Women are delaying childbirth until later and later in life partly because they have an exaggerated belief that fertility treatments will help them get pregnant well into middle age, suggests new Canadian research.
Bring credit card for pregnancy ultrasounds if you want to know if it's a boy or a girl
2010-05-11
VANCOUVER SUN
Expectant parents curious to know the sex of their fetus during ultrasound examinations are now being asked to pay $50 at some hospitals, but the charge could eventually expand across regions.
Unplanned pregnancy warning to older women over 35
2010-02-09
BBC
Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that they cannot get pregnant past a certain age.
Women seek alternative birth-control methods
2010-01-11
EDMONTON JOURNAL
Pill losing popularity with Canadian women
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