The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said it supported Nigeria to break the world record for the highest number of lactating mothers breastfeeding simultaneously as 30,000 mothers breastfeed their babies, across the country in one day. Disclosing this in a statement yesterday, to mark the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF also ...
Thousands of babies have been born into conditions “beyond belief” in Gaza since the war there erupted more than three months ago. UNICEF spokeswoman, Tess Ingram, back from a recent visit to the Gaza Strip, described mothers bleeding to death. Also, one nurse had performed emergency caesarians on six dead women. Nearly 20,000 babies have [&he...
A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses and became pregnant in both gave birth to twin girls on different days, she announced yesterday. “Our miracle babies were born!” Kelsey Hatcher, who is documenting her story on her Instagram account “doubleuhatchlings”, wrote in a post. She added that the girls “decided they [&hel...

