Being born en-caul is often referred to as having a veil at birth.
What it means is that the mom-to-be’s water didn’t break and the baby is still in the amniotic sac. Being born with a caul(a part of the sac covering a porting of the baby) is rare, occurring in fewer than 1 in 80,000 births.
Disney Junior fans this is your month!! If you are like me and have been caught watching Henry Hugglemonster even when the kids have left the room then this month you will be rewarded because Disney Junior is giving one viewer a brand-new family-sized 2013 Toyota Prius v! Holy cow. The prize is valued at $33,000!
While many are mesmerized by the ocean’s beauty, an OC family was reminded how dangerous the water can be when their daughter was swept away by the waves. Thankfully a beachgoer was close by to rescue the toddler.
This weekend a Thai dog was credited for rescuing a newborn baby who had been placed in a plastic bag shortly after birth and left in the landfill to die.
Sears is my go to store for almost every room in my house. From luggage to pajamas, I often find myself there looking for the best prices.
Over the last year the department store has worked very hard to update their baby department and it shows with all of the new products on the shelves.
Memorial Day weekend was a busy one for a couple hospitals in the U.S.! Yesterday we reported that Utah couple Guillermina and Fernando Garcia became parents to 5 tiny babies. Today I found a second announcement for a Texan couple who also welcomed quintuplets!
On Monday the world was shocked when images of a newborn being rescued from a sewage pipe made the front page on most news media sites.
There is no doubt that social media is helping connect people around the world who would never have been affiliated. But this week the range of social media was demonstrated when a mom was reunited with decade old pictures of her then-newborn daughter.
And babies make 8! Life is about to get a little busier for Guillermina and Fernando Garcia. On Sunday the couple, who are already parents to an 18 month little girl, welcome five tiny babies.
In a shocking, but miraculous rescue, a baby boy in China has been rescued from a sewage pipe. This latest case of child abandonment in the country has sparked anger all around the world.
When we are sick, we look to doctors to heal us. When we need information about our health, we expect our doctors to give us the most accurate information available. And when new information is presented, we expect that those giving it have acted with integrity and honesty. Unfortunately, doctors are also human, so it doesn’t always work out this way.
It was a big surprise for a mother(and likely hospital staff) on Friday night when she gave birth to her baby girl at Whittier Hospital Medical Center weighing 13 pounds and 10 ounces. The infant is believed to be the largest baby ever born in the medical center.
Very few of us remember anything from our early childhood. And our own children will most likely forget the majority (if not all) of the events – big and small – before they reach their third or fourth birthday. But why is that? It’s something that parents and researchers have pondered for years.
