Tennessee’s “Paxil babies”
An interesting story in Alternet today about the rising use of antidepressants during pregnancy looks at a population of Tennessee women :
Receiving little attention in 2007 was the study “Increasing Use of Antidepressants in Pregnancy,” published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Medical records of 105,335 pregnant women enrolled in Tennessee Medicaid from [...]
Julya’s blissful babymoon
WBIR meteorologist Julya Johnson is home after her midwife-assisted waterbirth at Knoxville’s Lisa Ross Birth and Women’s Center, and she’s feeling pretty blissed out:
So, I’m enjoying my “babymoon” — that’s the time after birth when you enjoy being a new family. It’s really wonderful!
David has been GREAT at being a big brother! He always [...]
A new member of the WBIR family
Big congrats to our meteorologist Julya Johnson, who got the natural waterbirth she wanted, and became mother to a beautiful baby girl over the weekend. You can read all about it, and see photos on Julya’s blog.
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Knocked up and locked up
Folks are debating the wisdom of jailing a 7-months-pregnant woman who showed up at a Williamson County hospital seeking medical care, after she was found to have cocaine in her system:
Some health-care officials fear the February arrest and Jones’ possible conviction could cause other pregnant women who use drugs to go without medical care for [...]
On that babydaddy question…
Well, Senator Campfield’s “Save the Babydaddies” bill is now dead, but the debate goes on over at the Tiny Cat Pants blog, where she argues that paternity isn’t just about the DNA test:
My point is, though, that, if someone claims you have knocked them up and you have the slightest doubt about whether that’s true, [...]
Read More..>>“Adoption is the new pregnant”
So…um….uh…what do you think of this t-shirt?
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About that pregnant dude…
Perhaps you’ve been following the recent news coverage (including an Oprah appearance) by the post-sex-change man who is now pregnant.
Well, Dr. Jim West takes issue with the issue:
Thomas Beatie isn’t, genetically, a male. Hence, ‘he’ isn’t having a baby- she is. Maleness or femaleness isn’t determined by what’s hacked off or sewn on, it’s [...]
Read More..>>“Don’t do it” isn’t keeping kids from doing it
Leslie Snow says our culture’s approach to teaching adolescents about sex is getting us nowhere:
Earlier this month at a conference on preventing sexually transmitted diseases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of a new study that showed at least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease. [...]
Read More..>>New blogger baby!
By the time you read this, Jim Miller’s new baby will have arrived:
Sara’s c-section is scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday morning. I am terribly excited to see the newest member of our family — and to find out whether my my youngest child is a boy or girl. I’ve really enjoyed the gender suspense over [...]
Read More..>>A new grandbaby for The King
She may live in Hollywood these days, but we Tennesseans still claim Lisa Marie Presley as a homegirl. So let me be the first (I think) Vol blogger to offer my hearty congrats on her announcement today that she’s expecting a new baby.
She says she’s psyched about the new little Presley, but not so pleased [...]
Baby blogger
Congrats to Knoxville blogger Merrilee (who also happens to be my next-door-neighbor) on her baby on the way.
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Breastfeeding in the Executive Office Building
One of the potential candidates to be McCain’s running mate is pregnant:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband are expecting their fifth child….
Palin, 44, wouldn’t say whether the child will be a boy or a girl, explaining that she had not shared that with their children yet. The baby is due in mid-May.
Palin has been [...]
Some bold baby-namin’ in the Tennessee blogosphere
Hearty congratulations to Volunteer State blogger Because I Can on the birth of his twins, Luke and Leia.
I have to say, with names like that, this little boy and girl are destined for something momentous
(Hat tip to Rachel Walden)
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Julya Johnson is baby blogging
WBIR’s meteorologist, and my friend Julya Johnson has launched a blog chronicling her second pregnancy:
My husband and I have chosen several things that are a bit unconventional this time, and I would love to share that journey with you. First, we decided not to find out the gender of the baby at our 20 week [...]
Tennessee - No place to have a baby?
At least that’s what the folks at Fit Pregnancy say in their annual survey of the best and worst American cities in which to have a baby. Knoxville wasn’t on the list at all, but Nashville and Memphis are, and suffice it to say, the reviews aren’t glowing.
Among the findings:
Compared to other states, Tennessee [...]
Outsourced baby farms
Sharon Cobb points to a new trend in outsourcing to India: houses full of poor women being paid to serve as surrogate “wombs for rent” for infertile couples in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere.
A team of maids, cooks and doctors looks after the women, whose pregnancies would be unusual anywhere else but are common here. [...]
Terry Morrow on Jamie Lynn Spears
‘Zoey 101′ star (Britney Spears’ sister) preggers!
Good news: “Zoey 101″ star Jamie Lynn Spears met a guy at church, and they’ve been dating.
Bad news: He knocked her up. She’s 16.
Frankly, she should be embarrassed! She’s supposed to be a role model for all Southern girls, and look at her! Pregnant and unwed at 16? If [...]
