Evolutionary biologists don’t know much about how mothers might influence the gender of their babies, but they’ve got lots of ideas.
And increasingly, they’ve got studies. A recent paper titled “You are what your mother eats” found that women who ate lots of breakfast cereal, salt and potassium were more likely to give birth to baby [...]

What is the best age for a woman to have a baby, and how does her physical readiness vary from her emotional readiness? Learn how your age can affect your pregnancy, your health, and your child’s health.

For millions of women their monthly menstrual pain can be so very painful making it impossible to get out of bed in the morning. The cramping, the bloating, the headaches and stomach pain that is often indescribable. To get rid of the pain from that time of the month, many women turn to various medications [...]

Menopause is a phase of a normal woman’s life, one that more than 4,000 women enter each day. Menopause is defined as the period in time when the ovaries cease functioning and menstrual periods stop. In the United States the average age of menopause is 51. The production of hormones in a woman’s body begins [...]

The average weight gain during pregnancy is between 25 to 35 pounds. During the birth, new mothers shed about 12.5 to 14 pounds, leaving about 12 to 21 pounds of excess weight to be lost during the postpartum period. In addition, some new mothers may gain an extra 10-12 pounds during pregnancy, due to various [...]

It has been recently discovered, that if the woman eats a diet rich in fats during pregnancy or breastfeeding, the risk of early pubescence of her baby increases. This, in turn, can lead to obesity of the child. Moreover, early menstruation is one of the factors contributing to adolescent depression and developing breast cancer, when [...]

It’s a privilege to be a mother. Motherhood is the greatest blessing any woman can be blessed with. Motherhood is a symbol of love, kindness and forgiveness. A mother’s touch is the first human touch in a child’s [...]

There are many pregnancy symptoms and signs which may indicate that you are pregnant. Some are fairly obvious, such as missing your period, but even this may be caused by some other underlying problem. There are also some pregnancy symptoms that are not as obvious, unless you are specifically looking out for them.

Once again, it is Shark Week, and the Discovery Channel brings a frightening lineup of shark infested programs for predator thirsty viewers.
According to Discovery Channel, Shark Week 2009 “is taking viewers into the deadliest waters to meet the most dangerous sharks and learn the why’s and how’s behind some of the most memorable shark attacks. [...]