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‘Ladies of London’ Star Emma Thynn’s Health Issues: Her Pregnancy Scare & Aftermath

Lady Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath, is one of the cast members on Ladies of London: The New Reign. The British socialite, who is married to Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath, has been giving Bravo viewers insight into her life on the show. Emma and Ceawlin are parents to

'We're not wombs': Japan women seek rights to sterilisation

'We're not wombs': Japan women seek rights to sterilisation

When Kazane Kajiya voluntarily sterilised herself in the United States aged 27, she essentially "flipped the middle finger" at Japan's patriarchal society that had long pushed her towards motherhood. In the rapidly ageing country desperate to boost its falling birth rates, women seeking to make themselves

Mobile clinics offer a practical way to improve health care access in maternity care deserts

Only three of the 14 counties in north-central Florida provide full access to obstetric care. Six have low access to care – meaning there are fewer than two hospitals offering obstetric care or birth centers per 10,000 births and fewer than 60 obstetric providers. The remaining five counties are

Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs rise

Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs rise

New mother Zhang Xiaofei wanted to be financially secure before having a baby, wary of high childcare costs that have been softened only a little by Chinese government cash incentives to boost record-low births. The world's second-most populous country is threatened with a demographic crisis after

Girl born disabled after mom contracts chickenpox during pregnancy

Girl born disabled after mom contracts chickenpox during pregnancy

By Ed Chatterton and Julia Rodgerson A mom has told how her baby daughter was left disabled for life after she caught chickenpox during pregnancy, which bungling doctors dismissed as “just a virus." Anna Martin, 31, visited her GP and A&E on five different occasions with tell-

Polish doctors jailed for denying woman abortion

Polish doctors jailed for denying woman abortion

A Polish court on Tuesday sentenced three doctors to prison sentences over the 2021 death of a pregnant woman, which sparked nationwide protests and renewed scrutiny of the country's restrictive abortion laws. The woman, Izabela, whose last name has not been made public, died of sepsis in 2021

Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why

Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why

(AURORA, COLORADO) In Colorado, from 2016 to 2020, 33 women who were pregnant or had recently given birth died from accidental overdoses. That’s more than died from traditional obstetric complications like infection, high blood pressure or bleeding combined. More recent data shows an encouraging turnaround. The number of maternal