Source: Artem Varnitsin / EyeEm / Getty I made it eight whole months without seeing a stretch mark. My friends described my baby bump as “perfect.” Bio Oil, African Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter and Aveeno lotion became a daily moisturizing regimen in hopes of counteracting the rapid stretching of my skin. Stretch marks effect 90% […]
Nike is changing the way it handles contracts with elite female athletes that choose to become pregnant, according to Sports Illustrated. In a letter from Nike EVP of Global Sports Marketing, John Slusher, to the company’s sponsored athletes last week, first tweeted by ESPN’s Emmanuel Acho, there was a clear change to the issue of pay for pregnant athletes. […]
Although she doesn’t look a day out of her 20s, Meagan Good is getting ready to celebrate her 38th birthday in August.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of a pregnant Chicago woman whose baby was cut from her womb (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Chicago Police say the woman who was strangled before her unborn son was cut from her womb had bought baby clothes from her alleged killer before the day she died. […]
More U.S. women are dying from pregnancy-related causes, and more than half of those deaths are preventable, government health officials said in a report Tuesday. Although these deaths are rare — about 700 a year — they have been rising for decades, especially among black women. “An American mom today is 50% more likely to […]
”The Talk” host and rapper Eve opened up about her struggles to conceive with her husband Max Cooper during a recent episode of the daytime talker, and the emotional toll its taken. “Obviously, I’ve talked about my struggle with getting pregnant and I didn’t talk about it for a long time because I felt shameful,” Eve reveals […]
Something that you may not find too interesting is a pregnancy test, but, they actually can be pretty cool. Ancient Egyptians tested for pregnancy by having a woman sit on smashed dates (the fruit). If she threw up a lot they determined that she was pregnant. In the 16th century a doctor decided that you […]
First time mothers can all agree, there were things they were told and other things they simply had to learn. For Black maternity health week (April 11-17), we spoke to seven Black mothers who opened up about their experience with motherhood while giving the advice they wish had received before giving birth. From different birth methods […]
“Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum Tatyana Ali, 40, has announced on Instagram she is expecting her second child with husband, Dr. Vaughn Rasberry. Ali shared the news on Sunday along with a photo of her baby bump. “I was on a work trip recently and I thought it was about time I captured my baby bump. […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 61-year-old Nebraska woman who served as a surrogate mother for her son and his husband has given birth to a baby girl. Matthew Eledge and Elliot Dougherty were talking about becoming parents when Eledge’s mother and Dougherty’s sister offered to help. Cecile Eledge was 60 at the time and had […]
Wendy Williams revealed she’s living in a sober house during Tuesday’s episode of her daytime talk show. The media maven previously opened up about her struggles with drug addiction. “Well, for some time now and even today and beyond I have been living in a sober house,” Williams emotionally revealed to her audience. “… And you know […]
A Houston woman is making national headlines after giving birth to six babies in nine minutes on Friday, according to The Woman’s Hospital of Texas. Thelma Chiaka is now the proud mother of two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls, born at weights ranging from 1 pound, 12 ounces to 2 […]
