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A man in China has been hospitalised and had part of his small intestine removed after undergoing a painful three-hour childbirth simulation at his girlfriend's request.
Exercising for at least 80 minutes each week could also help reduce symptoms among new mothers who have depression or anxiety, researchers found.
The 40-year-old, who is based in Singapore, shared with fans over social media that her husband died six months ago.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Across the United States, hospitals are dispensing medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for those very same substances on subsequent drug tests, an investigation by The Marshall Project and Reveal, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, has found.
BEIJING (SCMP): A Thai woman has stunned social media after revealing that a needle was mistakenly left in her vagina during childbirth 18 years ago, causing her severe pain all these years, and it still cannot be removed.
THE country’s National Health Commission will focus more efforts on advocating marriage and childbirth at “appropriate ages”, an official said, as authorities struggle to boost a declining birth rate that is shrinking its population.
In a country grappling with the world’s lowest fertility rate of 0.72, the arrival of quintuplets to a couple last week has become national news, generating a flurry of articles.
PETALING JAYA: Depression and the pressure of cultural background plagued Malaysian student Teo Jia Xin, who has been convicted of murdering her newborn baby girl by stuffing her into a cereal box.
SEOUL: In a country grappling with the world’s lowest fertility rate of 0.72, the arrival of quintuplets to a couple last week has become national news, generating a flurry of articles.
Those diagnosed with perinatal depression may be at higher risk of heart problems including high blood pressure; heart disease and heart failure for up to 20 years afterwards.
HONG Kong actress Jacqueline Wong, who got married last October, is rumoured to be pregnant after she was seen visiting a shrine in Japan where devotees pray for a safe childbirth, China Press reported.
SAGAING, Myanmar: Ma Hla May*, a farmer in northern Myanmar’s war-torn Sagaing region, gave birth to her fourth child in January. Unlike her first three children, who were delivered in a public hospital in Pale township, her youngest child was born at home in Kyaung Than Village with the help of a midwife. Yet she counts herself lucky for managing a safe delivery amid a raging conflict in the region.
Jam Hsiao, 38, married his agent, Summer, aged 50, in October 2023Singer says giving birth is difficult, possibly greatest pain a person can suffer
Called “Tokyo Futari Story”, the city hall’s new initiative is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari”, in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori”, or alone.
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/Asia News Network): More than a half of Korean women said that marriage and childbirth are not an essential part of their lives, according to a survey showed on Sunday (Feb 26).
It also plays an important role in maintaining hormonal balance and ensuring our overall well-being.
KATHMANDU: Tourism can lead to economic development through direct and indirect effects. Direct effects include revenue generation and foreign exchange. Indirect effects include local employment and business activities.
HONG KONG: A Chinese health official has urged local governments to take “bold” steps to lower the cost of having babies and raising children to reduce the burden on families and boost fertility, a state-backed publication reported.
A woman filmed waiting outside an operating room as her daughter gives birth and more concerned for the mother than her grandson has trended online. The viral video of the anxious mother and grandmother has been viewed more than 210 million times on Weibo in mainland China.
