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Mothers around the world sing to their infants in remarkably similar ways, and infants prefer these specialized songs," she says. (medicalnewstoday.com)
The tempo and key certainly don't need to be perfect or professional for mothers and infants to interact through song. (medicalnewstoday.com)
In fact, infants may be drawn to the personalized tempo and pitch of their mother, which encourage them to direct their gaze toward [her] and ultimately communicate through this gaze. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Once upon a time, infants were quietly removed from orphanages and delivered to the home economics programs at elite U.S. colleges, where young women were eager to learn the science of mothering. (neatorama.com)
These infants became "practice babies," living in "practice apartments," where a gaggle of young "practice mothers" took turns caring for them. (neatorama.com)
Because the mothers in our study described infants with many awakenings per week as creating problems for themselves and other family members, parents might be encouraged to establish more nuanced and carefully targeted routines to help babies with self-soothing and to seek occasional respite,' said Weinraub. (news-medical.net)

They ask about COVID-19 signs to watch for in newborn babies. (who.int)
It can be normal for newborn babies to be a little yellow between days 1 and 5 of life. (medlineplus.gov)

The feeling of constantly being on edge, always having to take care of everything, not being able to find a balance: If an expectant mother is strongly stressed over a longer period of time, the risk of the unborn child developing a mental or physical illness later in life -- such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or cardiovascular disease -- increases. (sciencedaily.com)
In cooperation with the University Hospital Zurich and the Max Planck Institute Munich, researchers of the University of Zurich have discovered that physical stress to the mother can change the metabolism in the placenta and influence the growth of the unborn child. (sciencedaily.com)
Today, my mother-in-law insisted my wife and I name our unborn son "Aladdin" She thinks the name is perfect and will "match well because it's an Arabian name" and "Aren't you Arabian? (fmylife.com)
Today, I had to yet again tell my mother-in-law that I wasn't going to name my unborn baby 'Ermintrude' after her late mother. (fmylife.com)
Today, my French wife chose the name of our unborn baby girl. (fmylife.com)
The Catholic bishops of Arizona on Tuesday applauded the passage of an expansive state law that they say will help mothers and unborn children while saving lives. (catholicnewsagency.com)
This legislation looks forward to the day that Roe v. Wade is overturned and shows concern for both unborn children and their mothers. (catholicnewsagency.com)
For all of the reasons above, we believe that SB 1457 will help mothers and their unborn babies, while saving lives. (catholicnewsagency.com)

Initially, de l'Etoile set out to compare mother's singing to their babies with other types of interactions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
To further understand the mother's ability to change the flow of her song sensitively, the researcher investigated differences when a mother with postpartum depression sang to her infant. (medicalnewstoday.com)
It's well known that a new mother's oxytocin levels can influence her behavior and as a result, the bond she makes with her baby. (mpg.de)
To determine whether the placenta also releases stress hormones, the researchers compared the cortisol level in the mother's saliva with the CRH level in the amniotic fluid -- and determined that there was no connection: "The baby obviously remains protected against negative effects in case of acute, short-term stress to the mother," Ehlert concludes. (sciencedaily.com)
Thankfully, our mother's arms are biologically the most comfortable place in the world, which is why babies are so docile when they're held. (healthline.com)
Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Saitama, Japan, studied the effect of a mother's embrace on an infant and found that a mother's arms really are the best, most natural place for a crying baby to be. (healthline.com)
To test the full effect of a mother's embrace on her child, Kuroda and colleagues carefully measured the heart rates of human babies before and after being picked up. (healthline.com)

Further details and a discussion of the "scientific method" of raising babies is at the PLoS Wonderland link, where it is noted that when the babies were returned to the orphanages after several years as teaching tools, they were in great demand by adoptive mothers. (neatorama.com)
That all started to change in 2012 when his adoptive mother gave him his adoption paperwork as he was preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. (cnn.com)

Irene started working for the organization as a mentor mother, teaching mothers in her community how to protect their health and have HIV-free children. (state.gov)
The mothers and their kids then return home where, the congressman says, the children "could be raised and coddled as future terrorists"- and later, "twenty, thirty years down the road, they can be sent in to help destroy our way of life. (motherjones.com)
Today, mothers and children in Sri Lanka have access to quality health care at Trincomalee Hospital, where AmeriCares has completed an 83,000-square-foot addition onto the hospital, adding 250 beds, operating rooms, a laboratory complex and a neonatal intensive care unit. (americares.org)
The scientists observed a free play interaction between mothers and their five-month-old children. (mpg.de)
If mothers were particularly involved in the game with their children, there was a greater reduction in DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene one year later. (mpg.de)
The woman who first raised concerns about the site said she is relieved at the confirmation that the remains of babies and children are buried at the site. (rte.ie)
UNHCR is erecting more family tents daily and giving top priority to unaccompanied children, the elderly, sick, disabled and new mothers, but there is still not enough shelter for all. (unhcr.org)
Some of the children came from rich families, who in many cases gave up babies born out of wedlock. (cnn.com)
In her report, Jones also said, a prison official of the Dubai Central Jail in Al Awira said that there were also another 38 young children jailed with their mothers in the prison's women's section. (bulatlat.com)
Monterona said the children should not be in jail in the first place even though their individual mother is in prison. (bulatlat.com)
He said that Migrante staff in Dubai were given legal advice which suggests children can only be kept with their mothers in jail until they finish breast feeding - a policy the central jail official said is being implemented in the female block. (bulatlat.com)
In the same 7Days report, Philippines labour attache Amilbahar Amilasan was reported to have said that the embassy does as much as it can to support mothers and children. (bulatlat.com)
Around 1,638 children, residents in Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes were placed for foreign adoption, the report finds that the "vast majority" went to America. (irishcentral.com)
The report details the experiences of women and children who lived in 14 mother and baby homes and four county homes, just a sample of the existing homes, between 1922 and 1998. (irishcentral.com)
The lengthy report, outlining the cruel treatment of unmarried women and their babies in Ireland found that 9,000 children died in these institutions, which is about 15% of all children recorded. (irishcentral.com)
The report shows that 56,000 unmarried mothers and about 57,000 children were residents in the homes investigated, with the greatest number of admissions was in the 1960s and early 1970s. (irishcentral.com)
Field clinicians working during the unprecedented Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, which began in December 2013, have been confronted with complex situations concerning mothers and breast-fed children in which one or both in a pair have tested positive for Ebola virus (EBOV) ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
Shouts of children and gurgles of babies echo as women and men in Morocco adjust their microphones and headsets. (who.int)

The umbrella group consisting of Adoption Rights Now, The Bethany Home Survivors, Beyond Adoption Ireland, Adopted Illegally Ireland, and The Castlepollard Mother & Baby home group said the report "ignores the larger issue of the forced separation of single mothers and their babies since the foundation of the state as a matter of official state policy. (irishcentral.com)
Avoid needless separation of mother and baby," emphasizes one presenter. (who.int)

She said survivors of the former Bons Secours home for unmarried mothers should be consulted to see what they would like to happen to the remains. (rte.ie)

How can pregnant women make sure their babies are HIV-free? (state.gov)

Dr Amina Barkat, Head of Neonatal Medicine and Resuscitation at Ibn Sina Children's Hospital of Rabat, Morocco, holds a newborn baby girl 1 June 2020 - In an online conference on a Wednesday afternoon in May 2020, the background noise is particularly revealing. (who.int)

Mothers of these babies were more likely to be depressed and have greater maternal sensitivity. (news-medical.net)
This calming response in mice appeared similar to me to soothing by maternal carrying in human babies. (healthline.com)

She believes that infant-directed singing for mothers with postpartum depression offers a unique two-way interaction. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Overall, de l'Etoile sees infant-directed songs as an important interaction between a mother and her child. (medicalnewstoday.com)

As research continues, the interactions between mother and child and the importance of each modality will become clearer. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Through sound recordings of their vocal interactions, the research team found that mother bats interact with pups as they "babble," which could be interpreted as positive feedback to pups during vocal practice. (eurekalert.org)
An observation of a severely disabled infant chimpanzee in the wild and her interactions with her mother. (mongabay.com)

For now, mothers can be encouraged that when they sing to their child, they are continuing a practice that is shared globally and stretches back into the mists of time. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Once they tweaked the program and started using "live" practice babies instead of "dead" practice babies the program really took off. (neatorama.com)

When a pregnant woman is HIV-positive, she needs support and care during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and breastfeeding because she can pass the virus to her baby at any of these stages. (state.gov)
World Health Organization guidelines recommend that upon testing positive for HIV, a pregnant woman should start taking antiretroviral medications right away and continue taking them throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding to prevent HIV transmission to her baby. (state.gov)
Mother Athieng Agok, only 19, was in the last stages of pregnancy when gunmen started shooting and burning homes in her town near Bor, in Jonglei state, on December 18, three days after the fledgling country descended into violence. (unhcr.org)
If the mother is stressed over a longer period of time during pregnancy, the concentration of stress hormones in amniotic fluid rises, as proven by an interdisciplinary team of researchers. (sciencedaily.com)
A secure bond between the mother and child after the birth can neutralize negative effects of stress during pregnancy," La Marca-Ghaemmaghami says. (sciencedaily.com)
On the one hand, Weinraub said, it's possible that mothers who are depressed at six and 36 months may have been depressed during pregnancy and that this prenatal depression could have affected neural development and sleep awakenings. (news-medical.net)

A third document specified the baby had no living relatives, and a fourth stated that he had been given up for adoption days after birth. (cnn.com)
During the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, from 1973 to 1990, many babies were funneled to adoption agencies. (cnn.com)
A nearly 3,000-page report released by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission revealed that the "vast majority" of babies put up for illegal adoption from these religious institutions were sent to the United States. (irishcentral.com)

A new epigenetic study by Kathleen Krol and Jessica Connelly from the University of Virginia and Tobias Grossmann from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences now suggests that mothers' or fathers' behavior can also have a substantial impact on their children's developing oxytocin systems. (mpg.de)

He found that mothers aged between 30 to 35, had a 25 per cent higher chance of their offspring being left-handed. (newscientist.com)
We found that epigenetic changes had occurred in infant's DNA, and that this change was predicted by the quality of the mother's involvement in the play session. (mpg.de)
As CNN reported in May , Lieberman, the 42-year-old American from San Francisco, had also been adopted from Chile and had recently found out that he had been stolen as a baby. (cnn.com)
They found that by six months of age, 66 percent of babies - the sleepers - did not awaken, or awoke just once per week, following a flat trajectory as they grew. (news-medical.net)

This is the first time that scientists describe a phenomenon that could resemble "baby talk" among bats, indicating that parent-offspring communication in bats is more complex than previously thought and opening new avenues for further research. (eurekalert.org)
A team of Japanese scientists have observed a mother chimpanzee taking care of her severely disabled baby in Mahale Mountains National Park in Tanzania. (mongabay.com)
To scientists, this says that a baby's proprioception-or sense of body proximity-is tied to its mother, which is why a crying, finicky baby will often move about. (healthline.com)

The extraction and analysis of vocal data revealed that mothers with postpartum depression may lack sensitivity and emotional expression in their singing. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Above all, the health workers flooding the webinar with questions want to save lives - the lives of both mothers and babies. (who.int)

Intuitively, when infant engagement declined, the mother adjusted her pitch, tempo, or key to stimulate and regulate infant response. (medicalnewstoday.com)
When talking to babies, humans slow down their speech, raise their pitch and change the "color" of their voice. (eurekalert.org)
Much like human "baby talk," the pup-directed vocalizations of adult females presented a different "color" and pitch than the calls directed towards other adult bats. (eurekalert.org)

Singing to babies is something that happens across most cultures and has, quite possibly, been happening for thousands of years. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Nicknamed XT11 by the researchers, the disabled baby was born to 36 years old Christina (nicknamed XT) in January 2011. (mongabay.com)
Through the years, there have been many documented cases of unmarried mothers in Dubai ending up in jail with their babies after delivery. (bulatlat.com)
The last Mother and Baby Home in Ireland closed in 1996, just 24 years ago. (irishcentral.com)

Irene and her new husband, who is also HIV-positive, welcomed an HIV-free baby girl into the world. (state.gov)
By following World Health Organization guidelines, many mothers like Irene are giving birth to babies without the worries of an HIV diagnosis. (state.gov)
Thousands of South Sudanese refugee babies will forever be identified by the way they came into the world - as their mothers fled conflict in their homeland. (unhcr.org)
The Commission stated that "while mother and baby homes were not a peculiarly Irish phenomenon, the proportion of Irish unmarried mothers who were admitted to mother and baby homes or county homes in the 20th century was probably the highest in the world. (irishcentral.com)
according to the World Health Organization case definition, baby 1 was a probable EVD case-patient ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)

In the midst of her isolation, Irene learned about mothers2mothers, a PEPFAR-funded organization committed to ending pediatric AIDS and improving the health of mothers and their families. (state.gov)
That's how Thyden learned about "Nos Buscamos" (We Search for Each Other), a Chilean non-profit organization devoted to helping people stolen as babies find their biological parents and families. (cnn.com)

If our delivery can keep pace with our learning - if researchers can continue developing new innovations and skilled health workers can get them to every mother and child who needs them - then more babies will survive those crucial first days. (thehindubusinessline.com)
This, the researchers said, is a cry for connection with the mother that's ingrained in many animals long before they are born. (healthline.com)

But why do mothers do it, and what can we learn from it? (medicalnewstoday.com)
Another takeaway is that it is important for babies to learn how to fall asleep on their own. (news-medical.net)

Now we have confirmation that the remains are there, and that they date back to the time of the mother-and-baby home, which operated in Tuam from 1925 to 1961," Minister Zappone added. (rte.ie)
are moments in time to rally people to support the March of Dimes mission to fight for the health of all families through March for Babies team and individual activities. (marchforbabies.org)
The situation of the results regarding prolonged stress is completely different, as was determined using questionnaires for diagnosing chronic social overload: "If the mother is stressed for a longer period of time, the CRH level in the amniotic fluid increases," says Pearl La Marca-Ghaemmaghami, psychologist and program researcher. (sciencedaily.com)
Unfortunately, they became pregnant and while serving their time in jai delivered their babies," Monterona said. (bulatlat.com)
When mothers tune in to these night time awakenings and/or if a baby is in the habit of falling asleep during breastfeeding, then he or she may not be learning to how to self-soothe, something that is critical for regular sleep,' she said. (news-medical.net)
Give babies unlimited time at each breast, as long as they are sucking and swallowing steadily. (medlineplus.gov)
If the milk supply is low because your baby's demand has been low (for example, if your baby was born early), you may have to use formula for a brief time. (medlineplus.gov)

WOMEN OVER the age of 40 are more than twice as likely to give birth to left-handed babies than younger mothers, according to a recent Canadian study. (newscientist.com)
As soon as possible after birth, the infant of an HIV-positive mother should start receiving medications for at least six weeks. (state.gov)
In the last decade, CNN has documented multiple cases of Chilean babies who were stolen at birth . (cnn.com)
There should be such a right even though it is acutely conscious of the concerns expressed by some birth mothers about this," the report states. (irishcentral.com)

Here's the thing: There doesn't appear to be a morsel of evidence to support Gohmert's terror baby tale, which the congressman says he learned of from a woman on a plane while en route to the Middle East and from a retired FBI agent . (motherjones.com)
Together, with our partners and passionate supporters like you, we were able to raise the critical funds needed to provide education, advocacy and research to support moms and babies who need us most. (marchforbabies.org)
Meet our outstanding March for Babies chairs who inspire so many people across the U.S. to raise critical funds and support for every family. (marchforbabies.org)

This "baby talk," as people know it, increases the infant's attention and facilitates language learning. (eurekalert.org)

The findings not only demonstrate the importance of the mother-baby relationship, but may also have implications for preventing child abuse by helping parents better understand how a newborn behaves. (healthline.com)
Many questions in this case remain unanswered, but our findings show the potential infectivity of breast milk for at least 26 days after EVD symptom onset and demonstrate a case in which a baby was not infected by breast milk from his EBOV-positive mother. (cdc.gov)

It comes after the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation began test excavations at the site of the children's burial ground on the Dublin Road housing estate in Tuam, Co Galway in October 2016. (rte.ie)
In relation to excavations at the other 13 mother-and-baby homes that are being investigated, she said it was a matter for the commission of investigation, which is independent. (rte.ie)
Chilean officials say the number of stolen babies could be in the thousands, but the country's investigation into the controversial adoptions has languished. (cnn.com)

Her study also aimed to investigate the role of infant-directed singing in developing the bond between a mother and her child. (medicalnewstoday.com)
According to Coren, various stress factors common among older mothers could produce a left-handed child. (newscientist.com)
We collected saliva samples from both the mother and the infant during the visit and then a year later, when the child was 18 months old. (mpg.de)
We were interested in exploring whether the involvement of the mother, in the original play session, would have an influence on the oxytocin receptor gene of the child, a year later. (mpg.de)

A mother singing to her baby is such a normal event that most people give the subject little thought. (medicalnewstoday.com)
March for Babies calls on people across the country to unite and take steps-big or small-to fundraise and make a huge difference for the health of families everywhere. (marchforbabies.org)
Thanks to our Top Fundraising Teams for championing the mission of the March of Dimes and uniting millions of people to create change and invest in the health of every mom, baby and family. (marchforbabies.org)

When I picked the pups up at the back skin very softly and swiftly as mouse mothers did, they immediately stopped moving and became compact," she said in a press release. (healthline.com)

The specialists - from WHO's reproductive health collaborating centre and neonatal medicine and resuscitation service - are clear that breastfeeding is recommended in nearly all cases, and underscore that asymptomatic babies should receive their vaccinations on schedule. (who.int)
If the baby breathes well, has a good colour, and good movements, it is probably OK," says one of the presenters, and goes on to talk about special cases. (who.int)

I knew everything I had to do to protect my baby from infection. (state.gov)

Today, mothers of newborns find themselves confronting a common dilemma: Should they let their babies 'cry it out' when they wake up at night? (news-medical.net)

As a young girl in South Africa, Irene experienced abuse, neglect, and sexual violence, leaving her HIV-positive and a young single mother. (state.gov)

Significant quantities" of human remains have been discovered at the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway. (rte.ie)
Arizona already has a statute on the books protecting human life from the moment of conception, and SB 1457 leaves this excellent statute in place while also not making the mother a criminal," the bishops continued. (catholicnewsagency.com)

c) Lying on the ground while the mother (left rear) grooms another individual nearby (6 months). (mongabay.com)

Her pregnant mother was forced to flee in the early 1990s when South Sudan was fighting the 22-year-long civil war which led to its independence from Sudan. (unhcr.org)
XT11's mother, XT, would carry her all day long, both while walking and while climbing trees, although it disturbed her own feeding. (mongabay.com)

Nicknamed XT11, the disabled baby had abnormalities similar to those reported for a captive chimpanzee with Down-like syndrome, study reports. (mongabay.com)

Baby 2 was tested twice because he was considered at high risk for infection after being breast-fed for 6 days while his mother was symptomatic (i.e., until day 1 of her hospital admission). (cdc.gov)

We report the case of a lactating EBOV-positive mother and her twin babies. (cdc.gov)

If you measure them while they are sleeping, all babies - like all adults - move through a sleep cycle every 1 1/2 to 2 hours where they wake up and then return to sleep,' said Weinraub. (news-medical.net)

Thank you to all who stepped up for families by joining March for Babies! (marchforbabies.org)
Every dollar you raise makes all the difference to ensure that all families have healthy pregnancies and strong babies. (marchforbabies.org)

Given by a mother who loved me and wanted the best for me: a life full of opportunity, education and meaning. (cnn.com)
Full babies will relax, unclench their hands, and drift off to sleep. (medlineplus.gov)
Although a baby full of formula can be less demanding, formula feeding may cause you to make less milk. (medlineplus.gov)

Such a test constitutes a stress situation for the expectant mother as her body secretes cortisol in the short term. (sciencedaily.com)

The woman and her babies, who were exclusively breast-fed, were followed daily by contact tracers. (cdc.gov)
If jaundice is seen after the first week of life in a breastfed baby who is otherwise healthy, the condition may be called "breast milk jaundice. (medlineplus.gov)
At times, jaundice occurs when your baby does not get enough breast milk, instead of from the breast milk itself. (medlineplus.gov)
Breastfeeding failure or breast-non-feeding jaundice may also occur when feedings are scheduled by the clock (such as, every 3 hours for 10 minutes) or when babies who show signs of hunger are given pacifiers. (medlineplus.gov)

How does mental stress to the mother affect the release of stress hormones in the placenta? (sciencedaily.com)

HIV tests should be performed when the baby is 4-to-6 weeks old and at age 18 months. (state.gov)
Little Nyaring Panchol, just over four weeks old, was born under a tree as her mother fled the conflict in South Sudan. (unhcr.org)
Babies who are born early (before 37 or 38 weeks) are not always able to feed well. (medlineplus.gov)

Of the babies that awoke, the majority were boys. (news-medical.net)

image: Mother-pup pair of the greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata, in their daytime roost. (eurekalert.org)

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After traveling for hours by bus, mom and baby arrived at Trincomalee District General Hospital in Sri Lanka where Tharani was diagnosed with acute bronchiolitis and a secondary respiratory infection. (americares.org)
Baby 2 tested negative for EBOV on day 1 and 72 hours later. (cdc.gov)

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