Prenatal vitamins may have dangerous levels of lead, arsenic: study
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Prenatal vitamins may have dangerous levels of lead, arsenic: study

ByNews Polite

Some prenatal vitamins contain a “concerning” amount of toxic heavy metals, while others don’t have key nutrients needed for a healthy pregnancy, a shocking new study finds. Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus tested 47 prenatal vitamins — 32 over-the-counter and 15 prescription — for their choline…

Texas mother Marisa Christie ‘clinically dead’ for 45 minutes after giving birth to triplets due to ‘rare’ medical complication during labor
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Texas mother Marisa Christie ‘clinically dead’ for 45 minutes after giving birth to triplets due to ‘rare’ medical complication during labor

ByNews Polite

A Texas mother was “clinically dead” for 45 minutes after successfully delivering triplets during a planned C-section following a “catastrophic” medical occurrence that usually’s “about 80%, 85% fatal.” Marisa Christie, 30, and her husband, Dylan, were excited but nervous when doctors told them during her first ultrasound for her second…

Mattel recalls Fisher-Price Snuga swings after infants suffocate
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Mattel recalls Fisher-Price Snuga swings after infants suffocate

ByNews Polite

Mattel is recalling all models of its Fisher-Price Snuga infant swings after five deaths were reported from suffocation hazards between 2012 and 2022, the consumer protection authority and the toymaker said Thursday. The Snuga Swing, targeted at infants of up to nine months of age, has both front-to-back and side-to-side motions…

Pregnant woman’s ‘bizarre’ demand of coworkers about baby registry
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Pregnant woman’s ‘bizarre’ demand of coworkers about baby registry

ByNews Polite

Jessie* is a nurse who works in a hospital on an overnight shift.  She has a coworker in her unit who is heavily pregnant and is about to go on maternity leave. “She’s nice, but pretty lazy,” Jessie admits to Reddit’s AITA forum. “Some of my other coworkers thought throwing her a baby…

Parents whose 13-day-old daughter died after having tainted Similac formula can sue Abbott Nutrition: judge
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Parents whose 13-day-old daughter died after having tainted Similac formula can sue Abbott Nutrition: judge

ByNews Polite

The parents of a baby girl who was only 13 days old when she died after officials said she drank tainted formula last year can move ahead with a lawsuit against mega-manufacturer Abbott Nutrition. Kentucky newborn Willow Jade Dellaquila died on Nov. 5, 2023, after she was infected with a dangerous…

Vanessa Maldonado arrested for dumping newborn in gas station trash can
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Vanessa Maldonado arrested for dumping newborn in gas station trash can

ByNews Polite

A California woman was arrested after allegedly dumping her newborn baby in a gas station trashcan. Venissa Maldonado was arrested for attempted murder and felony child abuse after the 25-year-old left her crying baby boy inside a Chevron gas station restroom on Thursday, Fullerton Police officials told The Post. “Through…