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Aerosols may harm mother and baby *
New research carried out in the UK indicates that air fresheners and aerosols can cause headaches and depression in mothers and diarrhoea and earache in babies. The more frequently the mother uses aerosols, it seems, the more likely she and her baby are to have problems. [More]

For Crying Out Loud *
howling baby? Science has a new answer: It's no real problem -- it may even be a good sign. ANNE McILROY reports on a breakthrough that could help to prevent shaken-baby syndrome. [More]

Low levels of folate linked to lower birth rates *
Mothers-to-be with lower levels of the vitamin folate in their body during early pregnancy are more likely to have babies with lower, or less healthy, birth weights, a British study has revealed. [More]

Low vitamin B12 levels increase birth defect risk *
A recent study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology investigated B vitamins and homocysteine as risk factors for children born with spina bifida... [More]

Multivitamin Use Before Pregnancy Reduces Risk of Pre-term Births *
A study published in the November 2004 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology found that the use of multivitamin supplements by women prior to becoming pregnant was associated with fewer pre-term deliveries. [More]

Obstetrician advocates new delivery procedures *
Midwives alone can't fill the gap left by the growing shortage of baby doctors in Canada, says the president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. The necessity of having to be constantly on call day and night is a lifestyle issue that discourages people from becoming midwives -- just as it has family physicians, David Young of Halifax said. [More]

Suffered miscarriages after ER wait, seven say *
Another seven women have come forward with stories of how long they waited in Winnipeg hospital emergency rooms before suffering a miscarriage. [More]

Understanding risk factors key to beating SIDS, study says *
Placing babies in the appropriate sleeping position, on their backs, and stopping smoking in the home would virtually eliminate the heartbreaking killer SIDS, new research suggests. [More]

Woman charged with murder after stillbirth *
A Utah woman accused of murder after giving birth to a stillborn baby denied Friday that she had refused a medically necessary Caesarean section. [More]

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Deluxe Snuggle Nest (Agnes Chung review) ****
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