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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...

Baby Born on 1/11/11 at 1:11 a.m.

Now here's a first. Minnesota parents Amy Zeller and Codjo Mensah knew they were going to welcome one special baby into the world when they went to a St. Paul hospital Monday night -- but they no idea their daughter Flora would be born at 1:11 a.m. on 1/11/11. Zeller told MyFoxTwinCities.com that numerology wasn't the...

Miracle Triplets Born 11 Years Apart

Ever wonder what you were like when you were growing up? Two 11-year-old sisters in England will have just that chance, thanks to the amazing birth of their newborn triplet who had been on ice since she was conceived more than a decade ago. When Adrian and Lisa Shepherd decided to start a family in 1998, they underwent in...

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...

Women's Longer Lifespans Explained: Men Are 'Genetically Disposable'

(Nov. 1) -- Women can credit their longer lifespans to genetic resiliency, says a new study that deems men to be "genetically more disposable" than the fairer sex. Us ladies tend to live five or six years longer than our male peers. In the United States, that means a woman's life expectancy is around 80 years, while that...