Births

Catholic Insight - Vol. 14 Nbr. 10, November 2006

Out-of-wedlock births.

... The UK stands in fourth place among European nations for the number of births outside marriage, after Sweden, Denmark and ...

Winnipeg Free Press - September 22, 2007

2005 a Banner Year for Births Across Canada

The average age of women giving birth has been steadily rising over the last 25 years and was 29.2 in 2005, up from 26 years in 1980. In 1995 and 2000, women aged 25 to 29 had the highest fertility rates, but by 2005, they shared that distinction with women aged 30 to 34. Women in that age group accounted for the largest proportion of births, with 107,524 babies or 31.4 per cent of all births.

Presbyterian Record - Vol. 131 Nbr. 11, December 2007

The most wonderful of births: simple is best for Christmas story.

The Nativity Story - Movie review

Journal of Comparative Family Studies - Vol. 36 Nbr. 1, January 2005

The Dynamics of Timing and Spacing of Births in Ghana

Winnipeg Free Press - January 23, 2008

Around the World

Sierra Leone had the highest child mortality rate, with 270 deaths per 1,000 births. Angola was second with 260 deaths, followed by Afghanistan with 257. The rate worldwide in 2006, was 72 deaths per 1,000 births. The average rate in industrialized countries was six deaths per 1,000 births. Kambaksh's family and the head of a journalists group denounced the verdict and said Kambaksh was not represented by a lawyer at trial. Members of a clerics council had been pushing for Kambaksh to be puni...

Winnipeg Free Press - June 26, 2008

Reduce C-Section Births, Mds Say

With one in four births now occurring by C-section -- 92,799 babies a year -- it is time to get "back to the basics," says Dr. Vyta Senikas, associate executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. The older a woman, the more slowly labour tends to proceed, and if she required assisted reproductive technologies to get pregnant, "this may be the once-in-a-lifetime pregnancy," [Senikas] said. "If things aren't proceeding as quickly as they would like it t...

Winnipeg Free Press - May 11, 2008

A Look at How Mothers Fare Worldwide

One child in four does not reach his or her fifth birthday in Afghanistan, Angola, Niger and Sierra Leone. In Sweden, only one child in 333 dies before age five. Fewer than 15 per cent of births are attended by skilled health personnel in Afghanistan and Chad; 96 per cent of births are attended by skilled health personnel in Sri Lanka. A typical woman in Angola, Dijbouti and Niger has less than four years of schooling versus a typical woman in Australia or New Zealand who receives over 20 yea...

Winnipeg Free Press - July 24, 2009

The Doctor Game / W. Gifford Jones Md. I'd Take C-Section for Breech Birth

This decision is adding fuel to the fire for organizations who want women to have the personal right for vaginal delivery, even for breech births. As one women complained after caesarean, "I didn't have the experience to catch her." But with this option, women and their partners should remember the old adage, "let the buyer beware" of the potential long-term consequences. To correct this shortage, the SOGC says there will be a national training program to bring doctors up to scratch on breech...

Winnipeg Free Press - February 12, 2007

Canadian Study Finds Fertility Treatments Raise Birth Defect Risk

Researchers studied 61,208 births in Ontario during 2005, including 1,394 that resulted from fertility treatments. They looked at rates of birth defects and adjusted estimates of risk to reflect differences in the mothers' ages, whether they smoked, the sex of the babies, birth complications and other factors. Studies have been divided over whether they increase the likelihood of birth defects. The Canadian work is important because it's a large study and quantifies the risk of specific birt...