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Family of Doctor Who Delivered Obama 'Blown Away'

HONOLULU - The family of a Honolulu doctor whose signature appears on President Barack Obama's birth certificate woke up to the news Wednesday that the late obstetrician had delivered Obama. Relatives of Dr. David Sinclair told The Associated Press that they were "blown away" and "honored." So-called "birthers" have...

Lesson From Ivory Coast: How to Give Birth During a War

Two weeks ago, Julie Esse, about nine months pregnant, looked as if she could become another tragic footnote in Ivory Coast's bloody conflict. Instead, her story -- with its twist ending -- turned out to be something O. Henry might have written, with a title about two bags of Type O negative blood and details about scary...

Laughing Gas Making Comeback as Option for Mothers in Labor

CONCORD, N.H. -- Labor pain is nothing to laugh at. Yet. The use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, during childbirth fell out of favor in the United States decades ago, and just two hospitals - one in San Francisco and one in Seattle - still offer it. But interest in returning the dentist office staple to the delivery...

Spanish Moms-to-Be Rush to Give Birth Before 2011

MADRID -- Spanish moms-to-be have until midnight tonight to give birth if they want to collect a $3,300 check from the government. With an average of just over one child per couple, Spain has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and an aging population. In an effort to boost numbers, the government introduced child...

Mother Unfazed After 10-Year-Old Daughter Gives Birth

(Nov. 2) -- "Omg! How awful! She is still a baby herself :(" tweeted one woman in response to news that a 10-year-old Romanian girl gave birth last week after being rushed to a hospital in the southern Spanish city of Cadiz. The Twitter user's astonishment was not universal, however. Medical staffers involved in the...

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Pregnant Inmates Shackled During Labor Win $4.1 Million

Roughly 80 female plaintiffs have been granted a $4.1 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Cook County Jail alleging that the women -- while pregnant -- were shackled while they were in labor and recovering, despite a state law that forbids the practice.

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05/28/12 Best Childbirth And New Parent Classes In Las Vegas Source: KXNT - AM 840 - Las Vegas NV If you have a limited amount of time or just need a refresher course, prepared childbirth express is perfect for you.
05/28/12 Evening on maternity services Source: BBC Cambridgeshire PARENTS-TO-BE and new parents are invited to learn more about the maternity services which are on offer in the city.
05/25/12 Isolation, Tradition, Poverty Drive Up Nigerian... Source: Voice of America (VOA) Globally, the number of maternal deaths has been cut in half since 1990.
05/25/12 Dad delivers his own son at home Source: NBC - WPTV 5 - Hanover VT A Sacramento attorney played the role of a doctor Thursday morning, delivering his own son at the couple's Carmichael home.
05/25/12 Top Childbirth Classes In Denver Source: CBS Local The Mountain Midwifery Center is the only licensed, accredited and free-standing birth center in Denver.

Background on Childbirth

Childbirth (also called labor, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the expulsion of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus.

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