Children born with a common viral infection are nearly 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, a new study finds. Cytomegalovirus is part of the herpes virus family. It is spread through body fluids such as blood, saliva and urine, and is usually harmless in healthy people. About one-third of infected … Read more
What’s in a name? A few hundred dollars if you’re an increasingly sought-after baby name consultant. Couples are no longer naming their precious offspring after loved ones, or casually flipping through books for inspiration. Instead, moms and dads who want to give their kids every edge they can in an increasingly competitive world are paying … Read more
She is protecting her brave couple. Breasts that hang low — that wobble to and fro — just won’t cut it for the new mom who refuses to breastfeed her infant son for fear of sagging breasts. “The selfish reasons I didn’t breastfeed,” mom Rebecca Gallivan wrote in the closed caption of her viral TikTok … Read more
A luxury spoon helps the medicine go down. An expensive NYC hospital that reportedly charges multiples of the going rate for births in the US is raising eyebrows over the lavish postpartum practice of giving away Chanel gift bags to lucky moms. Past guests of New York-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns at … Read more