Giving birth early because of a medical problem is a necessity. Giving birth early because it's more convenient for your mom to visit is not. ...more

November 19, 2009

Q. What are the risks that face the infants below 6 months? Are all of them at high risk? - Nashaat, Cairo, Egypt ...more

November 9, 2009

I do not know what President Obama is thinking; he is not thinking of the American people, he just wants to be a dictator, like we are just going to do what he says. We the Americans do not work like that; we have to think about home health care, not rush into it. It is a big decision and now he wants an answer by the end of the year, still dictating; are we a free country or what? ...more

August 7, 2009

In honor of Mother's Day, moms got free access to Lowry Park Zoo on Sunday as long as they were accompanied by a paying son or daughter, giving visiting mothers the chance to check out some of the new animal moms and their offspring. In the past year several babies have been born. The most notable are Annakiya, a rare pygmy hippopotamus; RanDee, a baby orangutan; Tamani, an African elephant; and two Angolan colobus monkeys, Polly and Kenzie. ...more

May 11, 2009

About 2,500 to 3,000 people (and several dogs) participated Saturday morning in the 5-mile March of Dimes March for Babies, which started at the University of Tampa's Plant Park. Crowds also gathered in Safety Harbor, New Port Richey and Lakeland for similar fundraising events. Money raised by the walk goes to support research and programs that help mothers have full-term pregnancies and give a healthy start to babies. ...more

April 26, 2009

With needy families struggling through the recession, some mothers could be forced to choose between buying food or diapers for a baby. That's why organizers of the Diaper Drop benefit are asking people to donate packs of diapers at collection sites at local H&R Block offices. ...more

March 31, 2009

The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets says the father of all 14 of her children was speechless when he learned of the multiple pregnancy. ...more

March 21, 2009

The Muppets on Sesame Street are out to help at-risk moms and their babies get a better handle on nutrition. ...more

March 21, 2009

Gingerlee Prettymitchell's "Words of Wisdom" published March 17 in the letters to the editor are really "Words of Folly." We can't even call them words of knowledge for she is talking about the Bill of Rights and the Constitution and claims Jefferson's words support them. ...more

March 20, 2009

"Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller Sheen are the proud parents of twin boys. ...more

March 16, 2009