The End of Premature Births?
Scientists do not know exactly how or why labor begins during a full term pregnancy, what magic switch starts the birthing process. But researchers at the University of Sheffield’s Medical School in the United Kingdom may have found it.
While researching experimental drugs called histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi), which stop uterine contractions once they begin, scientists discovered a chemical called TNF. TNF is naturally produced by a woman’s body and released once the uterus gets too inflamed, causing the contractions that begin labor. TNF actually caused muscle contractions to start again even after the HDACi drugs had successfully stopped them.
“Understanding how to prevent this inflammation, or how to stop it blocking those key genes needed to stop contraction of the womb, would lead to new treatments to prevent premature births,” said lead researcher Dr. Neil Chapman. Read the full article here.
Continue reading Medical Research Updates – Premature Birth Prevention, NEC
In honor of Mother’s day this month, we are featuring articles from some of our volunteers about various aspects of motherhood.
 A few days ago I realized with a shock that it was exactly a year ago- January 26, 2012- that I had the awesome experience of seeing a “YES” on a pregnancy test. Continue reading The Best Yes Ever
In honor of Mother’s day this month, we are featuring articles from some of our volunteers about various aspects of motherhood.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” the nurse on the phone asked me. “Yes,” I said tearfully. I was filling out the paperwork to donate our eleven remaining embryos and had called with questions. My husband and I had already had our HIV tests and we were confident, albeit emotional, in our decision. Five years had passed since we’d had triplets via in-vitro and now we had to give up our storage space in the freezer Continue reading An Embryo Donation Story
In honor of Mother’s day this month, we are featuring articles from some of our volunteers about various aspects of motherhood.
 Homeschooling for us was not something that I felt called to do from the beginning. I thought we would just send our little one off to school, maybe a Christian school, and that would be that. Then we had triplets. When our triplets were 18-months-old we found out we were expecting twins. We had a house full very quickly! Suddenly, a Christian school was way out of our budget. And the thought of five different schedules, five different teachers, five sets of homework and five lunches to pack – everyday – was just too much.
Then, as our children reached the age of about four, it became very clear that they would benefit from homeschooling. I had one triplet reading from the encyclopedia, one triplet rarely talking and the other triplet in between, and two little ones right behind. I started talking to my friends who were homeschooling, asking lots of questions, and we attended a state homeschool conference. There is a vast amount of information available, a variety of curriculums to choose from and tremendous support.
Our children are thriving in this atmosphere. They are each performing at grade level or above and they love the flexible schedule. They are able to take sewing, piano, swimming and gymnastics and still be done with all schoolwork before 3 p.m. I highly recommend homeschooling. And if you think you surely can’t be qualified to teach, just remember that no one knows your children like you do, no one loves them more than you do, and no one wants them to succeed more than you do. That is all the qualification you need.
The clock hits 6:34 a.m. at the Jansen home in northwest Omaha, and five 14-year-olds hustle out the door with backpacks to catch their bus.
A Cantonment mom and her quintuplets are sharing a special Mother's Day this year as the children prepare to graduate from high school.
Despite being a mother of quadruplets, Mother’s Day is the last thing on Amber Bell’s mind. She is understandably more concerned with the 80 ounces of formula she mixes for the 16 bottles a day she feeds her 11-month-old fraternal quadruplets.
The McRae quadruplets – Molly and her three identical brothers, Nathan, Peyton and Mason – have an oddly appropriate birthday this year. They turn 3 years old today, on Mother's Day.
Today, if the weather is good, Monica and Bryan Hull might take a little walk through their Manheim Township neighborhood to celebrate Mother's Day.The young couple likely won't get far without being stopped, thanks to their entourage — Charlie, Owen, Caroline and Ellie.Born in March, the quad…
OAKLAND — Being quadruplets has created some logistical challenges over the years for Amber, Ami, Austin and Autumn Meyer, such as getting all of their driver’s education practice hours in beh…
MOST wishes to thank the Penny family for supporting multiple birth families through their donation honoring their triplets.
 MOST thanks Sarah for being one of our trusted volunteers. Sarah became a MOST Mentor volunteer in 2012. Please meet Sarah through her introduction below.
Hi, I am an Area Coordinator for MOST from Massachusetts. My husband and I became parents for the first time when our BBG triplets were born. What a wonderful journey it has been! Continue reading Meet Sarah Rogowski a MOST volunteer
MOST wishes to thank the Cynthia Hemley for supporting multiple birth families through her donation honoring mothers of Multiples.
|
|
