Pregnancy
Motherhood and motherland: One woman’s pregnancy experience in Russia
Amie Ferris-Rotman, a global news editor for New Lines Magazine, wrote a personal essay about her experience being pregnant in Russia, where many citizens believe it is a woman’s patriotic duty to give birth and become a mother. She talked about it with The World's Marco Werman.
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The global rent-a-womb industry is starting to crumble
Panel calls for depression screening for pregnant women, new moms
Pregnancy discrimination is still widespread, but this Supreme Court case may change that
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Egg freezing may be more of a distraction than a big new perk for tech employees
Facebook and Apple are now helping female employees cover the cost of freezing their eggs. It may seem like an important family-friendly perk, but some women say it's not much without bigger steps to help women — and men — plan for and support their families.
In Brazil, half of all mothers have C-sections — whether they want it or not
Many women in Brazil want to deliver their babies by Cesarean section — for them, it is convenient, modern and clean. But others say they are forced into delivering their babies through surgery, in a country with one of the highest c-section rates in the world.
Do the words we use to describe pregnancy reveal our feelings toward it?
In Russian, the word for “pregnant” can mean “burdensome.” In Chinese, “pregnant” appears to imply “happiness.” But be careful reading too much meaning into these words, say linguists.
Fathers in the Caribbean have to fight to see the birth of their kids
Fathers are routinely denied the right to be present for the birth of their children in Trinidad and Tobago, and in many other Caribbean territories.