Topic: birth

North West Is Just As Important As Blue Ivy, Everybody

North West is just as important as Blue Ivy, everybody. He, too will be born on his own hospital floor. Because when your parents are Kanye West and Kim Kardashian – your roughly eight pound infant’s body needs space. Twenty thousand square feet of space. Obviously Kim Kardashian will rent out an entire hospital floor for the birth of her child. More »

Woman Singlehandedly Makes All Of Our Birth Stories Boring By Giving Birth At Zoo

The woman who gave birth in front of the bear exhibit at the Syracuse Zoo today is going to be hard-pressed to find someone who can outdo her birth tale. More »

Dr. Andrew Rochford Undergoes Labor Experiment, Learns Childbirth Hurts

Someone needs to open up a business where pregnant women can send their partners in to experience this firsthand, and where sexually active teens can go to remind them to always use birth control. More »

After A Long Battle, Bill & Giuliana Rancic Welcome A Baby Boy, Edward Duke

It has been a long road to parenthood for Bill and Giuliana Rancic. After first discussing their struggles to get pregnant on their reality show, the couple suffered a miscarriage and fought through breast cancer. But finally, Bill and Giuliana have welcomed their son into the world. More »

C-Sections Make It Easier To Explain Where Babies Come From

Every year on my girls’ birthdays, I tell them the story of their birth. Recently, they’ve asked me to tell them the story every day. So over the course of the last few weeks, we’ve talked about everything. I explained how God put them into my tummy (we’ll save the intercourse talk for the post-toddler years) and how they grew from unbelievably tiny dots into the girls they are today. I tell them about the ultrasounds, when I got to see them from as young as 10 weeks to as old as 39 weeks. I describe what they looked like and how some of what I saw in utero — unmistakable profiles and the way they kicked or held their mouth — I still see today. More »