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.