LOS ANGELES — Motherhood didn’t start so great for actress/singer Jennifer Lopez.
She was in such pain after having a Caesarean section to deliver her twins in 2008, Lopez couldn’t hold the newborns. Despite all the pain, she turned down all offers of painkillers.
When the pain got so bad, a crying Lopez told her then-husband,...
The surge in addictions to prescription painkillers that has swept the country in recent years is also showing up in maternity wards. Doctors report an increase in babies born addicted to opioids or benzodiazepines.
In a report published Sunday, the American Academy of Pediatrics calls for health professionals to step up their efforts to...
MIAMI — Sixteen years ago, Megan McDonald and Jim Vernon of Key West, Fla., were frightened new parents. Their daughter arrived way too early, at 28 weeks, and way too small, at 3 pounds, 5 ounces.
McDonald, now 56, still shakes when she talks about the three long and scary months that tiny Anna spent at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit...
With cold and flu season upon us, it can be a daunting time to take a newborn baby from the sterile confines of a hospital into the outside world where hand-washing often is neglected.
Sure, you can holler at the grocery store clerk for reaching into your baby’s car seat — and run the risk of coming across as a germ-aphobic,...
If your child is a bad sleeper — one who can’t fall asleep on her own, wakes up frequently at night, or insists on sleeping in your bed — is it because you are a bad parent? Or are her genes to blame?
For the most part, the fault probably lies with you and the choices you make about your child’s sleeping environment, according to a study...
