Hitched's Blog Posts Tagged 'birth' (6)

This is probably a general observation that you may have already noticed, but there are definitely more twins being born today than in the past. A report from the National Center for Health Statistics found that twin births are up in all age groups, across all races in all states. Overall, the twin birth rate jumped…

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Under President Barack Obama's health care law a slew of new coverages were ruled on and approved earlier this week by the Federal Health Department, including the coverage of birth control by health insurance companies without copay. Birth control is just one element of preventive care coverage for women. Also to be… Continue

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that between 2004 to 2008 home births increased 20% compared to their previous data dating from 1990 to 2004. In total, less than 1% of births in the U.S. occur at home. The report says that the rise was driven by white women--1 in 98 had their babies at home.…

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The American family has seen booms and busts. Like the economy itself, we're currently in a marriage and birth-rate decline. In fact, since the economic downturn began in 2008, marriage and birth rates in the U.S. have fallen to all-time lows according the U.S. Department of Health and Services. It's a dramatic cooling off from the highest birth rate in U.S. history in 2007, when 4.3 million babies… Continue

The average age for a woman to have a baby in 1990 was 24, today it is 25, according to a new study released by Pew Research Center. That might not seem like a giant leap, but consider this: between 1990 and 2008 the number of births… Continue

For all mothers to be, take a deep sigh of relief. A new study by the University of Washington revealed that since 1980 worldwide deaths of women do to childbirth--either during or soon after delivery--has fallen by… Continue