Figures out yesterday show that there are three times as many Scottish babies born via a Caesarean than there were 30 years ago, with more than one in ten women choosing to have the surgery during birth.
Out of all the births in Scotland, an additional 15.2% of births required an emergency Caesarean section.
The new report also showed that from March 2008- March 2009 there were 56,281 births, which is an increase of almost 2,000 babies from the year before. Out of these births a little more than a quarter was Caesareans.
Of these 10.7% of the births were elective surgeries, by women who already knew they would have a Caesarean due to the fact that they knew they would be having more than one baby, or for clinical reasons, such as a child that was in the breech position making a natural birth difficult.
This is a stark contrast to 1976 when only 8.6% of all births required surgeries out of which only 4.6% were electives and 3.9% were electives.
Also reflected in the figures is the fact that many of the babies were born to older mothers in the age range of 30 to 34 making up 70% of all the births in 2008. In contrast, in 1976 only 12% of mothers who gave birth fell into the same age range.
Additionally, there were 1,960 babies born to woman who were over age 40 in 2008 which is more than double the amount born to older women in 1976 (813).
Also, the study showed that women who lived in poor areas had more than double the risk of low birth rate babies compared to mothers in better economical areas with women.
Along the same vein, the average age of a mother from an affluent area was 32 while the average age from deprived economic areas was 19.
Two police officers are having their conduct reviewed by the Government, surprisingly for the offence of babysitting each other children, a task they have been told they must discontinue, unless they want to face prosecution.
The Milton Keynes Detective Constable Leanne Shepherd was told by Ofsted, that she had an ‘illegal’ agreement with another officer, DC Lucy Jarrett.
Both 32 year old women have watched each other’s daughters two times a week over the last few years, while each were on different ten hour shifts at the Aylesbury police station, to make their work schedules more compatible with their family lives.
Ofsted launched an investigation due to the fact that government legislation dictates anyone who baby sits over two hours at one time, or over 14 days a year, must register as a child minder and take a class in first aid training, if the children are under five.
Only a woman would comprehend what it feels like to give birth to a child. Having a child is one gift that nearly every woman craves for. It is the most desired thing on earth for huge numbers of women.
So it is little wonder that unfortunate women who are infertile, or who have been diagnosed with a serious condition, such as cancer, are so desperate to have a baby that they are ready to go bankrupt, or even risk death, to give birth.
University College London, have just held a conference on motherhood, which was chaired by Professor Sammy Lee, an infertility expert, and chief scientist of the IVF program at Wellington Hospital.
He addressed the issue of some women’s obsession with having a child, and aired some of his observations. According to him, a considerable number of unfortunate women are ready to risk anything, and everything, to have a child. For example, cancer patients who want to have a baby first, before going for treatment. And many are desperate to find the funds for IVF at absolutely any cost.
The advancement of medical science has allowed these women to hope against hope, and in situations where they know there is very little chance of success, they are stubbornly unwilling to give up, they are risking it all, and make the clinicians comply with their demands, regardless of personal risk, or little, or no chance, of success.
A new study suggests that women who choose to have an abortion are more likely to have children that are born prematurely or with a lower birth weight than desired a Canadian study reports.
The study was published in BJORG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and included 37 case studies concerning woman who had more than one abortion before having children.
The research concluded that the more abortions a woman had experienced the more likely there were to be complications during labour that was carried to full term.
According to the report, women who had over one abortion had a 72% of bearing children with low birth weights and had a 93% higher risk of going into premature labour.
Additionally, women who had an abortion during their first or second trimester were found to have an increase by 35% of having a low weight baby and 36% chance of premature labour.
The authors of the study point to new non-invasive ways to have an abortion such as taking pills to reduce the risks of premature labour and low birth weights in the future for women who plan on having children down the line.
Editor in chief of the BJOG, Professor Philip Steer stated that the study within the magazine on abortion highlights the fact that abortions need to be made safer for women and that ToP is still an important part of healthcare for women.
With this in mind he continued to say that it is important to always be re-evaluating what the benefits and risks are of different methods.
Rocker Josh Kelley and Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl welcomed a new baby into their family after the adoption of a baby girl from South Korea was completed.
The child was named Nancy Leigh after Heigl’s sister and mother, and is 10 months old.
The proud parents placed photos of Nancy Leigh on the Jason Heigl Foundation website which is an organisation that was set up after Heigl’s brother Jason was killed in a car accident in 1986.
Earlier in the month Heigl was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show where she said that the child will use the nickname Naleigh. At the time she said that they had a picture of the girl from the adoption agency and knew it was a little girl six months ago.
She said that they knew it might be awhile before they were able to receive the little girl for adoption because at times the process can take years.
However, the adoption was pushed through a little faster because Naleigh has special needs which is why they wanted the child to get settled into a home as quickly as possible.
Heigl stated that she had already bonded with the child because it was born a day before her birthday which she saw as a sign. She added however jokingly that this means she has given up her birthday for the rest of her life.
The couple has been married since 2007 and Naleigh will be their first child.
It has now been confirmed by the Department of Health that a Northern Ireland baby who died in a hospital was diagnosed with the swine flu.
In a statement however, it was said that the predominating reason for the cause of death was a pre-existing heart condition that the child was born with.
Due to the fact that the family wants to remain private, the age and sex of the baby was not released to the public. The Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey, said that the Department of Health will respect their wishes and that no further details on the death of the child will be made public.
McGimpsey stated that while there is some media and public interest in the story it is important to keep in mind that there is a family in grieving at this time and they should be allowed their privacy.
The last person to die from swine flu in Ireland was a woman from County Antrim in August. She had also been fighting cancer at the same time that she succumbed to the swine flu.
217 cases of swine flu have been confirmed by lab tests in Northern Ireland, but over 9,000 cases of the swine fly have been clinically diagnosed.
Jack, Michael, William and Stephen seem to be losing ground as some of the most popular names for baby boys in England. According to official government statistics the most popular name for young boys to be “Christened” with is now not a Christian name at all, but a Muslim one.
Heading the boys name league table for 2008 in many parts of the country including the capital, the North West, Yorkshire, the Midlands and Humberside is Mohammed. The figures released in a highly detailed statistical report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the emergence of the name surpassing the more traditional popular names.
This is the first time that an Islamic boys name has been the number one choice in any part of the UK let alone several major areas. There are several different possible spelling variations available but for the purpose of the statistics these different versions were all classed as one name as that is already a standard employed for such traditional names as Tom and Thomas and Charles and Charlie.
This is the first time a region by region statistical analysis has been used in previous years there was only a national list of most popular names. Last year saw 1825 boys named Mohammed or its different spelling variations this compares with the previous most popular name Daniel which could only manage 840 naming’s or less than 50% of the number of Mohammed’s.
Strangely London is not the first European capital city to find Mohammed as the number one choice, in fact Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Brussels and Oslo has had it as the most popular choice in recent years.
The most popular girl’s name with over 5300 registrations was Olivia followed by Ruby with 4925 and in the number 3 position was Emily with 4875. Across the globe there are at least 15 million Mohammed’s making it the most popular boy’s name on the planet.
Two police officers are having their conduct reviewed by the Government, surprisingly for the offence of babysitting each other children, a task they have been told they must discontinue, unless they want to face prosecution.
Only a woman would comprehend what it feels like to give birth to a child. Having a child is one gift that nearly every woman craves for. It is the most desired thing on earth for huge numbers of women. 
A new study suggests that women who choose to have an abortion are more likely to have children that are born prematurely or with a lower birth weight than desired a Canadian study reports.
Rocker Josh Kelley and Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl welcomed a new baby into their family after the adoption of a baby girl from South Korea was completed.
It has now been confirmed by the Department of Health that a Northern Ireland baby who died in a hospital was diagnosed with the swine flu.
Jack, Michael, William and Stephen seem to be losing ground as some of the most popular names for baby boys in England. According to official government statistics the most popular name for young boys to be “Christened” with is now not a Christian name at all, but a Muslim one.