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May 10, 2012

WTF: Cop Kicks Pregnant Mom-To-Be In Stomach—Department Says He’s Justified

Just writing this sentence hurts me and pisses me off to the core: An Atlanta-area cop is under criminal investigation for dropkicking a pregnant woman in her belly. Go ahead. Let that marinate. Dekalb County police officer Jerad Wheeler says he was justified in giving an academy-approved “front push kick” ...

May 1, 2012

Hospital Bullies: Doctors Try To Berate Mom Into Giving Up On Her Unborn Twin Sons

Hers is an incredible story of heartbreak and hope, tragedy and triumph, fear and courage, weakness and strength—and for anyone who has ever fought for the lives of someone they love, or has a heart and blood and sinew and an ounce of human in them, pregnant blogger Diana Stone’s ...

April 30, 2012

Facebook Pregnancy Pact: Black Teens Proudly Show Off Group Baby Bumps

News of pregnancy always has been a cause for celebration in my book—new life, a little baby, is a beautiful blessing. A miracle. But this picture, of four black teenage girls from Georgia celebrating their “Pregnancy Pact” on Facebook by showing off their pregnant bellies for the entire world to ...

April 17, 2012

LaLa Ponders Baby No. 2 With Carmelo: Deciding If It’s Time For Another Child

Last night on La La’s Full Court Press, La La Anthony, wife of New York Knicks basketball phenom Carmelo Anthony, spent the whole of the episode in a frantic cloud of unease, insecurity and panic trying to gauge just how ready she is to take the plunge and have a ...

March 29, 2012

Pregnant Love & Hip Hop stars Kimbella and Yandy Go Clubbing: Would You Belly Bounce In a Club?

I know, I know—what in the world is MyBrownBaby doing talking about the juicy, gossipy, champagne glass-tossing, knock-down-drag-out VH1 reality show, “Love & Hip Hop,” and its pregnant stars Kimbella Vanderhee and Yandy Smith? *cough* Clutch made me do it *cough* LOL—JK, Clutch! I’m a huge fan of the site ...

March 27, 2012

Birthing While Black In the Jim Crow South Stole My Grandmother: Thankfully, Things Change

Welcome to the First Edition of the Black Birth Carnival, hosted by Darcel of The Mahogany Way Birth Cafe and Nicole of Musings From The Mind of Sista Midwife. Our first topic is Birthing While Black: A Historical Perspective. At the end of this post you will find a list ...

February 27, 2012

An Unlimited Supply of Eggs? Exciting Breakthrough for Couples Battling with Infertility

By NICK CHILES A new scientific breakthrough could be wonderful news for future couples going through the trials of infertility: scientists have discovered that human ovaries contain stem cells that they may be able to use to produce an “unlimited” supply of eggs. While the scientific community has always believed ...

February 8, 2012

Beyonce’s Post Baby Body is Round and Curvy —Just like We Husbands Like Them

By NICK CHILES With all the fuss over Beyonce’s body after she pushed out baby Blue Ivy, I’d like to take a moment to talk about all the yummy goodness that was my wife’s post-pregnancy body. I understand that women spend years of anguish fighting with that baby weight, cursing ...

January 31, 2012

Gabrielle Union Is Thinking About Becoming A Mom

Actress Gabrielle Union, star of practically every MyBrownBaby favorite to ever grace the big screen and girlfriend of Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, says she may be ready for her toughest role yet: Mommy. Union, who is readying her star turn in Tyler Perry’s new flick, Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, ...

January 25, 2012

Birthing While Black: This African American Mom’s Experience Was Anything But VIP

There are a ton of things I’ll never forget about the first time I gave birth—showing up with a Donny Hathaway CD in one hand, a beautiful pink and white-striped “going home” dress and a white blanket handpicked special for my Mari in the other; being scared to death of ...

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