| No baby is a defective baby
Thanks for Beverly Beckham's column on raising a child with Down syndrome ("Lucy's learning. But are doctors?" City Weekly, Feb. 4) . I was offered amniocentesis for my first (and, it turned out, only) child. I was 38, hence the test. I knew there was miscarriage risk . The prior June, I had miscarried (blighted ovum) another baby, one loved, wanted. As minimal as the risk for miscarriage was with amniocentesis, it was not a chance I was willing to take. What about birth defects? the clinicians asked me. I will have this baby come hell or high water, birth defects or no, I replied. Essentially, they were asking me to undergo the amniocentesis in case I wanted to abort. No thanks -- been there, done that, in my selfish youth. Twice. Two abortions, two blighted ovums.
Increased risk of stillbirth in older pregnant women
Pregnancy at age 40 and beyond is an independent risk factor for intrauterine fetal demise or stillbirth, according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference February 10 in San Francisco. The researchers also found that fetal testing at 38 weeks gestation has the greatest impact at reducing stillbirth rates in older women. Pregnant patients of advanced maternal age (AMA) are at increased risk for a multitude of pregnancy complications, including gestational diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia, placenta previa and intrauterine growth restriction. All of these conditions have been associated with a higher rate of stillbirth. To determine if AMA was an independent risk factor for stillbirth, and when fetal testing would be most beneficial for reducing stillbirth rates, the authors conducted a cross-sectional study using the United States CDC perinatal mortality database.
Resell/Buy Your Gently Used Baby Items Through Resale Events
VISTA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 30, 2007 -- Your Baby's Closet (www.yourbabyscloset.com), formerly known as Big Baby Swap, today announced that they are gearing up for another exciting event on March 3, 2007. It will take place in San Diego at the Shrine Center located at 5440 Kearny Mesa Rd. Your Baby's Closet is a company that specializes in reselling used baby items through large, one-day events. These exclusive events are designed as a way for parents to sell and buy gently used baby items without breaking the bank. Bonnie Melhem, the owner of Your Baby's Closet, says, "Come to the event and buy for your family or 'hand down' maternity and baby items and earn a profit. We take care of advertising, set-up/clean-up, renting an indoor venue, and providing guests with clean restrooms (not portable toilets).
Zsa Zsa‘s husband: I might be baby‘s dad
LOS ANGELES - The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said Friday that he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith and may be her infant daughters father. "If you go back from September, she wasnt with one of those guys, she was with me," von Anhalt told The Associated Press in an interview Friday. Von Anhalt, 59, and Gabor, 90, have been married for more than 20 years. Von Anhalt, who is Gabors eighth husband, said he and Smith met in the 1990s when Smith was still married to elderly oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. He said Smith approached him and Gabor at the Plaza Hotel in New York. He said the two started an affair soon after, meeting over the years in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. For much of that time, he said, Smith urged him to make her a princess like his wife.
Baby Kaycee: mommy blogs surprise visit from Sheryl Crow
Kaycee Marie Macdonald, now 12 months old, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in May. So far, Kaycee has had 2 operations, one because her kidneys were failing and another to implant a tube in her chest for chemotherapy drugs. Every three weeks, she undergoes three days of chemotherapy. Friday, July 7, was just another day at the Jimmy Fund Clinic for Kaycee and her mother Kerri Macdonald, as Kaycee would be getting chemotherapy.
But that day would be different. As Kerri said in a CBS4 Boston television interview, "It's nice when the adrenaline rush is because of something happy and not for fear." The adrenaline rush of happy had to do with a surprise visit from Sheryl Crow. In town to perform at Fenway Park with Dave Matthews that night, Crow stopped in to visit with children being treated for cancer at the clinic.
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