Two babies ‘caught’ cancer from their mothers during childbirth

Two children in Japan ‘caught’ cancer from their mothers, in a rare medical phenomenon, new case reports.  They likely inhaled cancer cells from their mothers, each of whom unwittingly had cervical cancer.  The children each developed lung cancer years later.   A baby has to pass through the mother’s cervix during childbirth and doctors think that … Read more

Giving pregnant women oxygen during childbirth ‘often unnecessary’

Giving pregnant women extra oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’, study suggests US researchers compared 16 studies assessing benefit of oxygen in childbirth  Found there is no clear or significant benefit to providing extra oxygen   Researchers say being more judicious with oxygen will reduce childbirth costs  By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 4 January … Read more

Women in France felt like they were ‘suffocating’ when forced to wear face masks during childbirth

Women in France are being forced to wear masks during childbirth, with doctors given the power to refuse to treat anyone who chooses not to wear one.   French mothers have expressed their outrage at the mask requirement, pointing out that someone exercising in a fitness centre in the country is exempt from wearing one, but … Read more

YouTube star Nicole Thea did not die in childbirth, reveal devastated family

 YouTube star Nicole Thea did not die giving birth, her devastated family have revealed, after she told viewers she ‘felt like she was dying,’ just days before she died along with her unborn son. Miss Thea, 24, who died on Saturday morning, was eight months pregnant and was chronicling her baby journey to her 160,000 … Read more

Kara Bosworth pays tribute to her father as he dies days after she lost son during childbirth

Kara Bosworth shared more heartbreaking news on Saturday when she revealed that her father Matt Keough had died. The former Major League Baseball player passed away on Friday, only weeks after her son McCoy died in childbirth. Kara, 32, shared the news in a moving Instagram post with multiple photos of her father. Tragedy upon … Read more

RHOC star Kara Keough reveals her son McCoy died during childbirth

RHOC star Kara Keough reveals her son McCoy died during childbirth: ‘He will live forever in the hearts of his loving parents’ By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 18:17 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 18:40 BST, 14 April 2020 Kara Keough’s son has died during childbirth. The former Real Housewives of Orange County star announced the … Read more

Brave mother had her lower legs amputated due to sepsis after childbirth to her stillborn son

A brave mother had her lower legs amputated due to sepsis after a life-threatening labour during which she gave birth to her stillborn baby. Callie Colwick, 30, from McKinney, Texas, suffered from placenta accreta while pregnant with her son Quinn, a rare serious condition with major complications. At 15 weeks, she and her husband Kevin, 30, were … Read more