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When motherhood's a nightmare

Many postpartum women have violent thoughts involving their infants, but we don't talk about this side effect of motherhood, Shanon Cook says.

 

Most breast-feeding moms quit earlier than planned

Erin Carroll planned to breast-feed both her newborn sons. But like many women with the best intentions, it didn't work out. A new government study finds only a third of new moms achieve their goal of exclusively breast-feeding for three months.

 

Poll: Americans reject single motherhood

Poll: Americans reject single motherhood

Even as they've grown more comfortable with same-sex or unmarried couples raising children, most Americans still view single mothers as detrimental to society, according to a new poll of attitudes toward the country's soaring number of non-traditional families.

 

Women bear brunt of African hunger crisis

Throughout the developing world, mothers' sacrifices are typical, and create a problem that puts families at risk, experts say, because malnourished mothers become malfunctioning mothers.

 

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