Breast milk contains stem cells – Monday, 11 February 2008 – By Catherine Madden
The Perth scientist who made the world-first discovery that human breast milk contains stem cells is confident that within five years scientists will be harvesting them to research treatment for conditions as far-reaching as spinal injuries, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.
But what Dr [...]
Category Archive for 'pregnancy'
And Poppy Is Born, And There Was Much Rejoiceing… (yay)
Posted in alan, anita, penelope, pregnancy on Jan 29th, 2008
My life has shifted. If my perspective on the world were comprised of tectonic plates – it’s as if a new continent has formed, replete with earthquakes, tsunamis, and the readjustment of every other piece of the former world. That analogy is poor, because in my case, all these changes are great. [...]
Baby Watch Update: 2008.01.23 @ 4pm
Anita’s been having some serious contraction for a while… it could be early labor or it could be pre-labor. Even if this isn’t it, we have an appointment tomorrow morning for induction since Penelope is probably pretty big, and Anita is not (relatively speaking).
So – tonight or tomorrow.
We’re at [...]
Anita – 9 months pregnant – photos taken by our friend Angie, in Louisville, KY.
Emilyn Parker, Born
Posted in Friends' Blogs, anita, pregnancy on Dec 13th, 2007
Anita and Alan and Cathy (Alan’s mom) visit Chris and Jenny Parker in the hospital ~2 days after the birth of Emmalynn Parker.
more…
This was a “scary” birth story. After 7-8 hours of early/active labor, everything normal and in the Hospital… the baby monitor showed significantly decreasing heartrate. Chris hit the “call nurse” button [...]
Everyone seems to be gearing up for the baby-shower. I’m sure its going to be rife with “ooohh” and “awww” and “isn’t that
cute”. Typically I’m pretty easygoing about such things, but in this
case, I’m glad it’s a woman-only-affair.
That said, Anita is surprising herself with how into the whole affair she is becoming. Those hormones [...]
Here are some fun pictures of Anita and Penelope. She’s now 7 months pregnant and starting to get a bit un-comfortably pregnant. Parts of her fall asleep without reasonable cause. Getting up is more of a challenge than it’s ever been before. Penelope is kicking most of the time, sometime flipping [...]
Anita’s Growing A Kidney Bean With A 142 Beats/min Heartrate
Posted in pregnancy on Jun 10th, 2007
The “lil’ nug” inside Anita is currently the size of a kidney bean. The organs have all begun developing and the heart is beating strong, at 142 beats/min. Bloodwork and whatnot seem fine. We’ve got very uninformative ultrasound images which I may get scanned and post sometime…
We’re still both pretty attached to the name “Ruby” [...]