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    Should pregnant women smoke? Absolutely not. Research has shown time and again the harmful effects it can have on a developing baby. But should all pregnant women be given breath tests to make sure that they're not lighting up when no one is looking? The answer again -- absolutely not.

    In Britain, however, that's just what they may be doing. According to the Telegraph, the country's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended that all women be tested during prenatal appointments. Women who are found to have high carbon monoxide levels would be referred to programs to help them quit.

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    Because pregnant women don't have enough to worry about, what with their keeping the growing human inside them healthy, a new study has been released that shows a connection between gestational flu and bipolar disorder in babies. Fantastic. Researchers say that flu-related bipolar disorder remains quite low (there's a 3-4 percent chance of this happening), but still, babies could be four times more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder later on in life. "The chances are still quite small. I don't think it should raise alarms for mothers," lead study author Alan Brown said. Sure. Easy for you to say, Brown. You're not a pregnant mother!

    The debate between whether or not to get a flu shot while pregnant has raged on for years, and it doesn't look like the twain shall ever meet. But if you're concerned about flu-related bipolar disorder, or just getting the flu while pregnant, and don't want to get the shot, try these 5 natural alternatives.

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    There are countless horrifying details pouring in about the lives of the three women rescued this week after being held captive in a house of horrors in Ohio for 10 years. Among the most heartbreaking, however, are those regarding the birth story of Amanda Berry's daughter Jocelyn.

    According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the girl -- who is now 6 -- was born in a small inflatable swimming pool while her mother was in captivity. There were no doctors present, just her fellow captives, one of whom was reportedly forced to deliver the baby herself.

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    The odds of giving birth on a train have got to be pretty high, especially when you're delivering twins. The odds of giving birth to twins on a train twice have got to be astronomically out of this world, yet that's just what happened to a woman this weekend.

    According to UPI, it was about four years ago that Zubin Nisha and her husband Habibullah were traveling aboard a train when their twins -- a boy and a girl -- were born on board. So this time when it was time to head to the hospital, they hopped aboard a train again, probably thinking there was no way it would happen again. But it did.

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    We've all heard about crazy pregnancy cravings: Pickles with ice cream, dirt, flavored potato chip crumbs -- just the crumbs. Sometimes a craving is just a craving. You're feeling emotional and a certain food just feels right. But a crazy food craving could also mean there's some nutrient you could use a little more of in your diet. So here's some cravings we've had heard about -- some bizarre, some totally predictable -- and what your body might actually be asking for.

     

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    When a good friend of mine told me that her twin boys were born about 20 hours apart, I was shocked. I had never considered that so much time could elapse after you delivered one baby. Well, as it turns out, that was nothing compared to the time between the births of twins Amy and Katie Elliott, who were born 87 days apart.

    Yes, 87 days after Amy was born, Katie arrived into the world -- that's almost three months later. They have set a world record for the "longest interval between the birth of twins" (the previous record was 84 days), and their story is nothing short of miraculous.

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    When Kyle Richards opened her clothing store on this past season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she said that it was finally time -- after raising four daughters -- for her to do something for herself. At 44, she'd finally left the diapers behind and was ready to move on into this next stage of life ... only now she seems to be having second thoughts. And it's all Halle Berry's fault.

    She recently told Hollywood Life that four just isn't enough, and she wishes that she had gotten pregnant again right after having her daughter Portia, who is now 4. She said, "Ever since Halle Berry [became pregnant], I have to say never say never, now that she is pregnant and she is older than me, then you never know."

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    You hear a lot of silly things when you're pregnant. Older relatives may try and guess the gender of your baby by dangling a wedding ring on a string and watching how it swings. (An ultrasound is a wee bit more accurate, usually.) You may be told never to raise your arms, ever. How are you supposed to stretch or put on deodorant, then? Your baby could catch your cold! Exercise will cause your baby to be strangled by the umbilical cord! All false. Here are six pregnancy myths that are flat-out false, and one golden pregnancy myth that might actually have some truth to it.

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    I guess getting pregnant at the age of 46 is not enough of a challenge for some real-life action heroes. Pregnancy will not stop Halle Berry from filming X-Men later this year, the actress says. She's still doing Storm, baby bump or not. "But Halle," the world says. "You're a 46-year-old pregnant lady! Are you insane?!?" And Halle Berry is like, "No, just immortal."

    Okay, she didn't really say that. But you've seen pictures of this woman, right? I would confuse myself with an all-powerful being from another world if I looked like that at 46. She's not the first actress to go ahead with an action film while pregnant. Still, at her age, isn't her pregnancy automatically high-risk? Shouldn't she be extra careful?

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    In what is truly a medical miracle, a woman who was born without a womb is currently pregnant. In August 2011 she had the world's first successful womb transplant, and now, less than two years later, here she is expecting a child. Amazing. 

    According to Reuters, the 22-year-old Turkish woman, Derya Sert, conceived the baby via IVF. She's currently in good health, and doctors are hoping for the best for her and her baby.

    If she delivers a healthy baby, it will be such a huge milestone for many women. According to the American Free Press, at least 1 in every 5,000 women is born without a womb. With so many conditions that cause infertility, there's at least hope for pregnancy. But without a womb, there is no hope ... or at least there wasn't.

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