Global views: Mothers-to-be
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The World Health Organization is campaigning to reduce the numbers of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth. Here we introduce six women around the world who are pregnant.
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LONDON, Oct 22 (IPS) - The Women Deliver conference held in London last  week has reminded a lot of people in the world of healthcare how  much more they need to deliver to make pregnancy and childbirth  safer for women.
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A 67-year-old Romanian woman became the world's oldest mother yesterday, provoking an ethical, medical and religious debate about fertility treatment for older women.
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BERLIN, May 24  (IPS) - With two weeks to go to this year's summit of  heads of state and government of the world's eight most  industrialised countries (G8), respect for demonstrators'  rights and the fulfilment of the group's economic aid  promises for Africa are at the heart of the preparations.
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A woman has become the first in the world to give birth to a live baby following an ovarian transplant in a breakthrough that could allow doctors to reverse the menopause and restore fertility to women in middle age.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - "It's a dream," proclaimed the beaming 32-year-old new mother Friday as she cuddled her day-old baby girl, born following a pioneering ovarian tissue transplant performed after the woman was made infertile by chemotherapy.    Doctors hailed the breakthrough procedure, saying it sent a "big message of hope" to cancer patients who have lost their fertility and could one day allow women to delay motherhood beyond menopause...
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A 5-year-old boy who aspires to be a doctor received some unexpected training as an obstetrician when he helped his mother deliver his baby sister. Taru Mills woke up at 5 a.m. Oct. 15 and realized that it was time.
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Ultrasound images from the womb are increasingly being made not for medical purposes but by companies offering expectant parents a sort of prebirth viewing.
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A Romanian woman, thought to be the world's oldest mother, has defended her decision to give birth at the age of 66. Tell us what you think.
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SHANGHAI: A city forecast shows the third baby boom is expected in the next 10 years with annual newborns expected to reach a peak of 160,000 in 2014 and 2015.
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"Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence" (Riverhead Books, 207 pages, $24.95) &#151; Rebecca Walker: Writers call it gate-keeping. It's the act of letting readers in to one's personal life, while managing to keep them an arm's length away &#151; just a bit further than absolute honesty would allow.
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By Nisha Sabanayagam; Ranjeetha Pakiam; Minderjeet Kaur; Teresa Yong;  THE tipping point is very close.   Environmentalists warn that once past it, our countrys environmental deterioration will lead to irreversible consequences.  It may already have happened.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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In this edition of Perspective, we&#39;ll take a look at some of the issues at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC Summit in Chile.
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(11-19-2004) - New research bolsters a growing body of evidence that an increasing proportion of women in the industrialized world are choosing to give birth by Caesarean section when there is no clear medical need.
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New rules limiting the number of mainland women hoping to give birth in Hong Kong will soon take effect.
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Pregnant women may have long suspected it, but a new Australian study has confirmed that carrying a baby can make mothers-to-be more forgetful.