If you’re a young woman, you probably dread hearing people talk about your body as if it was a ticking time bomb. Alas, a recent report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information is telling us that women are procrastinating when it comes to getting knocked up, and they’re facing dire consequences as a result. ...
Young women are not the only ones getting abortions. Women of the so-called Sex and the City generation are making the decision well into their 40s. Surprising new figures show that 8,179 women aged 40 and over have had an abortion, according to government figures reported by Daily Mail. Samantha Syndrome? That’s what the article ...
A fertility doctor has recommended that women in their 20s and even late teens should freeze ovarian tissue so they can have healthier babies when they are older. Dr Sherman Silber recommends not freezing individual eggs, as is currently done, but freezing ovarian tissues by taking a sliver out. This would allow up to 60,000 ...
The current trend of women delaying childbirth until their 30s and even 40s on a regular basis has impacts for society as a whole. One of these may be that we will evolve to have children naturally at a later age. Personally, I’m skeptical. Researchers at the University of Sheffield studied marriage and birth trends since the ...
The World Health Organization has withdrawn its recommendation that no more than 10 to 15 per cent of babies be born by Caesarean section. Is this a silent acknowledgment that c-sections are a legitimate alternative to a natural birth? I certainly hope not. The number of Caesarean sections in the world is climbing, and in ...
In America, more and more women are delaying motherhood to pursue education and careers. This is great for many reasons, especially a better educated population with less teenage pregnancies. And this trend includes women from ”all ethnicities in the United States.” Children born to highly educated mothers increasingly are born later in life. The mothers are usually married, and ...
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