Here’s our curated collection of the best of pregnancy news for this week:
Spider-Woman is Pregnant! What is Means for Superheroes (and the World)
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With the upcoming October re-launch of Marvel Comics, dubbed the “All-New All-Different” Marvel, the most noticeable difference in the company’s superhero universe might be in Spider-Woman, who, according to a preview of the upcoming series, will be pregnant in her first issue.
The cover of the Spider-Women #1, by writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Javier Rodriguez, shows Jessica Drew (aka Spider-Woman) sporting her costume and a very big bump. The subtitle? “Parent by day. Hero by night.”
It’s new territory for Marvel, which has rarely shown pregnant superheroes. “It’s significant that such a high profile super-heroine is having a number one issue of her book kicked off with this as a main aspect of her life,” Joan Hilty, a former DC comics editor and comics consultant for a number of publishers, tells Yahoo Parenting. “There are plenty of examples throughout the history of superhero comic books of heroes having children — biological or adopted children, or wards who take after them and carry on their legacy — but there have been very few instances where we follow a hero working to raise a child from day one. Having that be an integral part of the story could be a great thing. Because, of course, parenting is an epic story in and of itself.”
Kate Middleton Gives Princess Charlotte a Royal Stroller Ride to Christening
It’s a big day for Princess Charlotte. On Sunday, the little royal was christened at St. Mary Magdalene Church on Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham Estate.
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Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte arrive at the christening ceremony. (Photo: Chris Jackson/AP Photo)
The ceremony, scheduled for 4:30 BT, was an intimate event with guests limited to grandparents Charles, the Prince of Wales and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall and Michael and Carole Middleton. Also present were aunt and uncle Pippa and James Middleton and the Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Harry was absent because he’s in Africa working with rhino and elephant conservation charities. Charlotte’s five chosen godparents, a mix of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s closest confidants, also attended: Sophie Carter (Kate’s friend), James Meade (William’s friend), Adam Middleton (Kate’s first cousin), The Hon. Laura Fellowes (Princess Diana’s niece), and Thomas van Straubenzee (an old classmate of William’s).
Half of U.S. Women are Overweight During Pregnancy
(Reuters Health) – Roughly half of first-time mothers in the U.S. gain too much weight during pregnancy, about the same proportion who are overweight at the start, a study finds.
Researchers compared data on more than 2 million U.S. women to a group of about 1,650 of their peers in Germany, where almost three-fourths of first-time mothers started pregnancy at a healthy weight and only 27 percent exceeded weight gain recommendations.
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Kim Kardashian Offers Tips on Pregnancy, Cellulite and Image Control in San Francisco Event
So proclaimed LaDoris Cordell, the respected South Bay judge, Stanford Law graduate and outgoing San Jose Independent Police Auditor Tuesday evening. Cordell was greeting Kardashian to a packed crowd that let out some rip-roaring applause as the reality TV star and high priestess of social media joined her on stage at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre.
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Well, that’s one way to put it! Pregnant Bristol Palin posted a photo of herself shooting a gun on Monday, June 29, following her shocking announcement from last week that she’s expecting her second child.
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come,” Sarah Palin‘s daughter, 24, wrote on Instagram, citing the Biblical passage of Proverbs 31:25, which focuses on the virtuous woman. Palin further captioned her update with gun, sunshine, and mountain emojis to illustrate her activity of the day.
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The accompanying snapshot features the conservative Dancing With the Stars alum in a clearing of the woods littered with shotgun shells. Bristol wears blue shorts, sneakers, and a hoodie that conceals her baby bump, and hoists up a gun close to her chest as she prepares to fire.
A Dutch gynecologist provided the drugs, which were delivered safely to the two women who were waiting for the delivery with Feminoteka, a Polish women’s advocacy group.
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Women on Waves has said that the drone delivery was a protest centered on Poland’s abortion policy. Abortion is currently illegal in the country, except for cases of incest or rape. If the fetus is a threat to a mother’s life, an abortion can be performed within 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The German police attempted to intervene, according to a release on the Women on Waves website. The group reported that the two women managed to swallow the pills before the police confiscated the drone controllers and personal iPads.
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