20 Interesting Baby Names You Probably Haven't Heard Before

When it comes to baby names, it can often feel like there's nothing truly new under the sun. Because we're living in the age of technology it feels like it's getting harder and harder to come up with names that are truly unique, since everyone else is scouring for the same ideas. So, if you're looking for a name that's off-the-beaten path or that no one else has probably heard of before you should probably read this list. I scour baby names lists regularly and most of these were new to me. Even if you're skeptical, read on…some of these names just might surprise you!

1. Marin: (pronounced: mare-in), meaning: "Latin, of the sea." I think this would be a cool and modern take on Marie or Mary - especially if those happen to be family names you'd like to use in an updated way.

Better care can save 3 mn babies, mothers per year

Paris (AFP) - The lives of three million women and babies can be saved every year by 2025 for an annual investment of about a dollar per head in better maternity care, researchers said Tuesday.

About 8,000 newborn babies die and another 7,000 are stillborn every day -- 2.9 million and 2.6 million per year respectively, according to a review of data from 195 countries published in The Lancet medical journal.

Most of the deaths are avoidable.

"There is an urgent, unmet need to provide timely, high-quality care for both mother and baby around the time of birth," said study co-author Joy Lawn of the Centre for Maternal Reproductive and Child Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

"Each year, one million babies die on their birth day -- their only day. Without greater investments to improve birth outcomes, by 2035 there will be 116 million deaths" of mothers, newborns and unborn infants.

About a quarter of a million women worldwide die every year due to complications from carrying or delivering a baby.

The annual cost of expanding prenatal and birth care to 90 percent of women and babies in the world by 2025 would amount to some $5.65 billion (4.1 billion euros) by 2025, said the team -- about $1.15 per person living in the 75 countries of the world with the highest burden.

Woman Gives Birth To Twins On Plane: Obstetrician On Board Helps Deliver Healthy Girls Read

A woman on a plane in Russia went into labor mid-flight. According to The Metro, 25-year-old Irina

Vasylkova began having labor pains about halfway through the flight which was going from Zyryanka to Yakutsk. Before the mom-to-be knew it, things escalated and her babies were coming… yes, babies. Vasylkova was expecting twins.

Stewardess Christina Kondriatev recalled:

“I told the pilot and he sped up the flight to make sure that we could arrive as early as possible. But it was clear that the delivery was not going to wait.”

Vasylkova was made as comfortable as was possible on the plane, given the tight space. She was talked through the labor process by passenger Elena Sleptcova, who just happened to be an obstetrician. Despite alerting the pilot that a woman was in labor, efforts to get the plane to its destination quicker were no match for the babies. One of the twins, a girl, was born while the plane was still in flight. The second twin, another girl, was delivered as the plane landed in Yakutsk.

Three Pieces Of Marriage Advice You Should Actually Listen To

By Michael Griswold 

Inside most of us is the yearning desire to find that one person with whom we can spend the rest of our lives. We long to grow old with someone, to sit in our rocking chairs on the porch when we are frail and gray, yelling at all the neighborhood kids to stay the hell off of our lawn. Yes, this is the dream. But, it doesn't always come easily. Even once you've found the person who you will vow to stay with in sickness and in health, things aren't always smooth sailing. This is the marriage relationship advice they always forget to tell you about.

This isn't to say that marriage is bad — it can be bad, it can be good, or it can be teetering somewhere in the middle. In lots of ways, marriage is applicable to those annoyingly inspirational sayings you always find on t-shirts: it's what you make of it. Still, going into a marriage and expecting nothing but bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens is unrealistic. Sometimes the warm woolen mittens have holes and you secretly want to grab the bright copper kettle and bash your spouse over the head. In other words, marriage has its ups and down.

What These 5 Iowa Moms Want for All Mothers

by Healthy Birth Day 

Like most people who live in the Midwest, the green of spring makes me excited to finally say goodbye to winter and hello to some color and fresh air. But spring also brings painful memories, memories that always lie just below the surface, into sharper focus.

Eleven years ago, my husband and I were expecting our first child. It was springtime -- the flowers were blooming and everything was pretty and fresh. As a speech pathologist in an elementary school building, I found myself outside for recess duty. The baby would kick when she would hear the children's laughter and squeals of delight.

How Housework Can Help (or Hurt) a Marriage

When you picture having a long and happy marriage, vacuuming may not come to mind, but it should. A new study of 220 couples published by the University of Illinois found that wives who want to divide household chores equally are significantly happier if their husbands agree. If their spouses don't, wives' happiness levels plummet.

Yes, it sounds obvious, but according to researchers, marital happiness is linked to housework only for wives who want their husbands to clean just as much as they do. As for women who are content doing all the housework, if their husbands end up pitching in, they’re happy just the same. (Perhaps unsurprisingly, a husband's marital happiness had nothing to do with household chores!)

No matter how you feel about household labor, it’s important to establish guidelines right when you get married, according to the study's lead author Brian Ogolsky, PhD, an assistant professor of human development and family studies at the University of Illinois. "The first two years of marriage are crucial for determining the division of household labor, because that's when lifelong patterns are established," he tells Yahoo Shine. "That’s important, especially if you decide to have kids down the road."

Woman Gets Pregnant by 13 year old boy!

what an interesting story to listen to...

Originally Published on Nov 3, 2013

GREENCASTLE, Pennsylvania -- Lexi Fretz of Greencastle,

 Pennsylvania gave birth to a baby boy on June 14. 

The child, who was given the name Walter,

 lived a very brief but consequential life. 

He was born at 19 weeks' gestational age. 

10 Most Dangerous Cities in the World

In case you are planning to travel for a vacation with your family any time soon. Please don’t make a choice until you have finished reading this.

1. Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Travelling around the world is a great way to spend your vacation time, but not all cities are as charming as the ones in the travel brochures. While every large city has its problems, some are a little worse than others. Here are some of the most dangerous cities in the world.

1. Though Barquisimeto has just over a million residents, the city sees murders almost every day. The city is the capital of its region and features a surprisingly high number of universities and other places of higher education. Despite once being a thriving tourist destination, the area is now so dangerous that many tourists avoid it.

What I Gave up the Day I Got Married

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Wife, Mother and Blogger

I was married at the young age of 19. Yup, I know. Besides possibly setting a new record, I am also "crazy." Don't worry. You don't need to tell me that. I already know.

In fact, I've heard it all:

"Didn't you just get out of high school?"

"It was just yesterday that you were in diapers!! You're just a baby!"

"Don't you think you should date more before making such a big decision?"

"Are you sure about this? It's a lot of responsibility."

"Oh wow, engaged? Wait... Really? But you're only 19."

"Are you even old enough to sign marriage certificate?"

"Are you pregnant or something?!"

"How do you know he's what you want? You haven't even tested the waters!"

"You're too young to know what real love is."

And perhaps the most common statement of all: "Don't you think you'll regret not living up your single years?"

Followed by:

10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World

Balinese Babies Can’t Touch The Ground

HIMANSHU SHARMA

Birth is beautiful, but in some parts of the world, it’s also a bit weird. These 10 birth customs may make you feel really thankful you weren’t born around any of them.

Various strange ceremonies surround Balinese birth. Take the setra ari ari, for instance. The Balinese believe that the placenta, or ari ari, has a spirit of its own that acts as the child’s guardian angel. Parents therefore bury the placenta ritually in a special cemetery. But perhaps the weirdest custom is that babies aren’t allowed to touch the ground until they reach three months of age. The newborn is considered pure, and any contact with the floor within those three months will defile it. But at the three-month mark, the family holds a formal ceremony, in which the baby walks the unclean ground for the first time. 

How Fatherhood Has Turned NFL Star Eric Decker Into a Big Softie

By MICHAEL ROTHMAN

For NFL star Eric Decker, there's nothing more important in his life that his wife Jessie James and his daughter Vivianne Rose.

So much so, that the New York Jets player has really put in work since his daughter was born on March 18, just over a month ago.

"I feel like I've done a pretty good job. In the middle of the night, I'll feed the baby, I'll change the diapers, put her back to bed, and let my wife sleep a little bit," the reality star of "Eric & Jessie: Game On" told ABC News. "I took a daddy's boot camp before the birth. I want to be hands-on. I want to get in there, change the diapers, feed, burp, pick out the outfits, everything."

A Look Back At Celebrity Weddings And Engagements In 2013

by Kathleen Spencer

We can never get enough of those celebrity weddings and engagements!  They're almost as common as the breakups, but they keep the jewelers and wedding planners in Hollywood hopping!  From the million dollar engagement rings to the multi-million dollar ceremonies and receptions, the public loves to take a peek at how the other half lives!  Take a look at which stars tied the knot in 2013 or are gearing up to say "I Do" in 2014!

Weigh in below – Which couple do you think will go the distance? Which couple will never make it down the aisle?

What women eat before conception can alter baby's genes: study

While it’s well known that pregnant women have to be vigilant about what they eat, a new study suggests that what women eat before conception can play a major role even after the baby is born.

Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study claims to provide strong evidence that a mother’s diet before pregnancy can permanently affect her child’s lifelong health by silencing certain genes.

For their research, scientists from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine took blood samples in 167 pregnant women from rural Gambia, measuring nutrient concentrations in their blood.