The earliest recorded caesarean dates back to around 300 BC, in the ancient Indian empire of Maurya. The mother of the empire’s second emperor accidentally consumed poison before she could give birth. Here’s the story as I understand it …
Boobies – the Key to Better Memory
Not the boobies themselves but their milk! You see breast milk contains an ever growing list of components and one of them, in particular, has shown to have effects on improving memory. We’ve spent some time looking at various …
The World’s Oldest New Mum Was 72
That is NOT a typo! On the 19th April 2016, a 79-year-old man and 72-year-old woman became new parents! Whilst this may seem highly unlikely, with the advances in IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation, which literally means “in glass fertilisation”) …
Dad’s Hormones Change After Birth!
For the FFFR’s (Fan Fact Friday Regulars) this will be of no surprise, because in week 69 we found out that Dad’s hormones change during pregnancy, where we touched on couvade syndrome – AKA sympathetic pregnancy – where expectant …
A Baby’s Brain Makes 250,000 Neurones Every Minute!
Babies’ brains are phenomenal constructs of nature. We’ve looked at the amazing things that they’re capable of in previous weeks – in week 56 we found out that a newborn’s brain accounts for over 10% of its entire weight, …
Sunshine in Pregnancy Is Linked to Age of Puberty!
Who’d have thunk it! As crazy as it seems, this one little thing – vitamin D exposure during pregnancy – can have an effect on when a girl reaches puberty. It’s all down to something we discovered called the …