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I’m teaching English to a German woman who is pregnant and two days past her due date. Actually, she speaks English very well so we just talk and as we do, she’ll learn to sound a little less formal and become familiar with our complexities, homophones and illogical grammar rules. Think about it: The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. They were...

You all will surprise to note that out of 30 Patients 1 dying during Pregnancy in the Rural areas of Pakistan.Women facing lot of grievances in these area and studies have shown that infant mortality rate is higher in rural areas than in urban areas. This is because of the following reasons• Rural women receives delayed or no prenatal care or less adequate care when it is...

As some of you may know, I am expecting my first child. Like any first-time mom-to-be, I'm filled with excitement, nervousness, sheer joy and of course, questions. Everyone in the world has an opinion about what I "absolutely should" and "absolutely should not" be doing. And that advice covers everything from exercise, food, products to buy and ways to decorate. But the one area that really...

I wanted to say “I told you so” when I heard the news that Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter wasn’t marrying her baby daddy. It’s amazing how so many conservatives rallied around Governor Palin and her family when it was announced that Bristol was pregnant. Bristol became the poster child of what it meant to have a child out of wedlock because, unlike so many other young girls, her...

A recent post by BabyBoomerBev about teen pregnancy started me thinking. In her post, Bev recounts the experience she and her teenage daughter had when her daughter became pregnant, in stark contrast to the experiences of Governer Palin and her pregnant teenage daughter. The main point of Bev's story was about the way a rich, powerful, white family was received and supported by the community as...