Index of all Articles in the Multiple Pregnancy Category

• Well, Well, Youre Having Twins!
  
  ?Twins, it can?t be! No one on either side of my husband?s or my family can remember anyone having twins.? I guess my words didn?t matter much because when I heard I was going to give birth to twins, I felt a blessing, as if a special gift had been hande
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• Fertility Drug Basics for Women
  
  Many couples experience the pain and heartbreak of infertility. If you have been trying to get pregnant with no success, your doctor may recommend fertility drugs as a first step. For many, this is a frightening prospect.

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• Rural Women Are At Higher Risk Of Blood Pressure Disorders During Pregnancy (Science Daily)
  
  Several factors, such as older age and high weight gain, are known risk factors for pre-eclampsia and other pregnancy-related blood pressure disorders. Now a new report suggests that social factors -- including living in a rural county -- may also increase the risk of pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension, according to new research.
  


• THE DISABLED WOMAN'S GUIDE TO PREGNANCY AND BIRTH (Kirkus Reviews)
  
  For disabled women who are pregnant, or are contemplating pregnancy, there’s often a feeling of loneliness and a lack of knowledge about what to expect. Thankfully, they’re not alone any longer.
  


• Environment Causes Increase In Multiple Sclerosis Among Women Only (Medical News Today)
  
  Gender has become a dominant factor in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) during the last decades. Already with a ratio of 3.2 to 1 MS is gradually changing into a disease predominantly among women. Since genetic factors can be ruled out as a cause of this gender related increase, scientific attention is on environmental factors that may increase MS risk in women exclusively.
  


• Vital Signs, 11/20 (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
  
  Adult Diabetes Support Group: Meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Trinity Lutheran Church, 3536 YMCA Drive. For more information, call Bill Korzen at (325) 949-6535.
  


• Up in smoke: County's tobacco cessation classes to end (Mohave Valley Daily News)
  
  KINGMAN - Smokers who want to quit their deadly habit will soon have one less option to do so.
  


• Peek at the Week (Niles Herald-Spectator)
  
  Submissions for Community Calendar are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Niles Managing Editor, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495 or e-mailed to mbottari@pioneerlocal.com.
  


• Community Calendar (Winnetka Talk)
  
  Deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451 or e-mail to glenview@pioneerlocal.com.
  


• Life with triplets means everyone pitches in (Rapid City Journal)
  
  When the Birkeland triplets are hungry, everyone mobilizes.
  


• The Fraser Institute and Donner Canadian Foundation Awards 2008: Eleven Canadian Non-Profit Agencies Named as Best-Run ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
  
  A pair of social service agencies from Nova Scotia and Ontario shared a $20,000 prize after being recognized as the best in the country at the Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services held Wednesday in Toronto.
  


• Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
  
  By Ryan Pitkin Get The Good Stuff: A man and woman called police to report a break-in at their apartment. Other than $200 in purses, the suspects also took binoculars, Band-Aids and a pit bull. Those Band-Aids might come in handy if you plan on taking a pit bull anywhere it doesn't want to go. Even Better Stuff: Multiple suspects were witnessed walking into a Wal-Mart and trying to leave after ...