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Carolyn Hax: I worry that this pregnancy won't pan out, either - Erie Times-News
NO CHARGES: A Burlington woman who was accused of trying to end her pregnancy will not face any charges - WHO-TV
Milk during pregnancy may help prevent MS - United Press International
Mom's Pregnancy Lifestyle Affects Baby's Size - EmpowHer

Carolyn Hax: I worry that this pregnancy won't pan out, either - Erie Times-News

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 06:50 PM PST

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Posted: 10 Feb 2010 09:03 AM PST

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11:06 AM CST, February 10, 2010

NO CHARGES: A Burlington woman who was accused of trying to end her pregnancy will not face any charges

Prosecutors say they won't formally charge a Burlington woman who was accused of trying to end her pregnancy.

Twenty-two-year-old Christine Taylor, a mother of two, says she was falsely accused after a Jan. 19 incident in which she fell down the stairs of her home.

Taylor told The Des Moines Register that she believes the personal views of medical workers and police played a part in a decision to accuse her of attempted feticide.

After reviewing the case, Des Moines County prosecutors says they have decided not to formally charge Taylor.

Lynn Paltrow of the New York-based National Advocates for Pregnant Women says transforming some mothers' difficult and painful circumstances into a crime would make every pregnant woman "vulnerable to criminal prosecution."

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Posted: 10 Feb 2010 09:25 AM PST

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BOSTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Drinking milk during pregnancy may help reduce an infant's risk of developing multiple sclerosis as an adult, U.S. researchers said.

Dr. Fariba Mirzaei of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston said the study involved 35,794 nurses whose mothers completed a questionnaire in 2001 about their experiences and diet during pregnancy with their nurse-daughter.

Of the nurses studied, 199 women developed MS over the 16-year study period.

Researchers found that the risk of MS was lower among women born to mothers with high milk or dietary vitamin D intake in pregnancy.

"The risk of MS among daughters whose mothers consumed four glasses of milk per day was 56 percent lower than daughters whose mothers consumed less than three glasses of milk per month," Mirzaei said in a statement.

"We also found the risk of MS among daughters whose mothers were in the top 20 percent of vitamin D intake during pregnancy was 45 percent lower than daughters whose mothers were in the bottom 20 percent for vitamin D intake during pregnancy."

There is growing evidence that that vitamin D has an effect on MS and the results of this study suggest that this effect may begin in the womb, Mirzaei said.

The findings are scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd annual meeting in Toronto April 10-17.

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Posted: 10 Feb 2010 05:21 AM PST

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Mom's Pregnancy Lifestyle Affects Baby's Size

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The lifestyle habits you bring into pregnancy can have lasting effects on your baby's health, new research shows.

A Dutch study found that women who smoked, had high blood pressure or low folic acid levels in early pregnancy had babies that were smaller in the first trimester of pregnancy and had a higher risk of complications later.

"Our study demonstrates that several maternal physical characteristics and lifestyle habits, such as smoking and non-use of folic acid supplements, affect first-trimester fetal growth," said study senior author Dr. Vincent Jaddoe, a pediatric epidemiologist at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

"First-trimester growth restriction is associated with higher risks of adverse birth outcomes and accelerated postnatal growth rates. Thus, the first trimester of pregnancy seems to be a very critical period for fetal growth and development. This is important, since it suggests that the fetus is already affected before pregnant women visit their midwife or obstetrician," he said.

For the study, published in the Feb. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the researchers followed 1,631 pregnant women from their first trimester through their pregnancies. The growth of their offspring was assessed until the children were 2.

The average age of the mothers was 31, and 71 percent were white. More than half had a higher than high school education. The average body mass index was 23.5, which is normal (over 25 is considered overweight). About one-quarter smoked at the start of the study.

The researchers found that certain factors affected the likelihood that a fetus would have a small crown to rump length (a standard way to measure babies using ultrasound). Babies whose mothers smoked or had higher diastolic blood pressure readings (diastolic is the bottom number in blood pressure) were more likely to be smaller. Women who didn't use folic acid supplements and those with higher levels of red blood cells also had smaller babies, according to the study.

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