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Jude Law's baby is born, but he wasn't present. Read how Samantha Burke and baby are without him.
Samantha Burke gave birth to her daughter with Jude Law on Tuesday night, September 22 in her home state of Florida. Celebrity Love: New Woman Steps Forth As Jude Law's Baby's Mother
Mom Samantha had posted on her blog on September 2 that she had "a month to go until I welcome Sophia into this world." However baby Sophia Burke showed up a few weeks before her expected October arrival, weighing in at a dainty five pounds, 12 ounces.
Fortunately after Samantha's big baby shower on August 19, she was ready. Her rep Eileen Koch says, "Samantha … Read More
Pregnant Nicole devastated by former fiance's death.
Nicole Richie is devastated by the sudden death of her former fiancé, DJ AM, Star reports, and her family is worried that her grief might cause her to go into labor. Nicole's second child with boyfriend Joel Madden is due any day, and when she heard about Adam Goldstein's death, she "almost collapsed in grief," and her extreme reaction caused Joel to wonder if she still has feelings for Adam.
Nicole and Adam dated for two years and were planning to marry before they broke up in 2005. When she heard of his death, a … Read More
Oxytocin, the hormone for bonding, trust, breastfeeding and orgasm also helps us learn to love.
Oxytocin is quite a busy hormone. When released in the brain, it facilitates sex, orgasm, birth and breastfeeding, as well as feelings of bonding, connection and trust.
No wonder, then, that scientists want to recreate the chemical's effects. Drugs that simulate the hormone, like Pitocin, are given to pregnant women to help induce labor. A synthetic oxytocin nasal spray has been produced to help mothers create milk for newborns, and researchers are experimenting with how doses of it might combat memory loss and autism, and improve sexual functioning.
In her forthcoming book The … Read More
“Orgasmic Birth” promises pleasurable childbirth without anesthesia. Oh, baby!
New mothers rarely boast that giving birth is as satisfying as the quickie that left them with forty extra pounds, stretch marks and—of course—a bundle of joy.
However, Orgasmic Birth, Debra Pascali-Bonaro’s new documentary (completely unrelated to sadomasochism, by the way) is quickly closing the public’s perception of a nine-month gap between pleasure and pain. The film follows 11 pregnant women in their exploration of various labor options, and ultimately asserts that childbirth can be as sexually stimulating as the child’s conception—and even result in orgasm.
Bird-and-bee experts featured in the documentary say that … Read More
