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Pregnancy News - Woman charged with faking pregnancy to scam couple looking to adopt her baby (Naples Daily News)

Friday, August 1st, 2008

On July 21, investigators from the Collier County Sheriffâs Office received information that Blume had never been pregnant, and instead had obtained another womanâs urine, faked the pregnancy test and had been defrauding the agency and the Mielkeâs all along, the Sheriffâs Office reported. Robert Moore, whom Blume had listed on adoption forms as a possible father of her baby, told investigators he was certain he could not be the father of the child, reports said. Exactly what she told the investigators has been redacted from an arrest report, but investigators later questioned a man named Robert Lyons about whether he gave his daughterâs urine to Blume for the pregnancy test, reports said. Steven Mielke said he and his wife paid close to $4,000 to Blume, through the agency, in living expenses, and also paid about $900 in attorney fees. We brought the candidates for sheriff in for questioning » Collier County Sheriffâs Office candidates Vincent Angiolillo, Victor Ortino and Kevin Rambosk went in front of the Studio 55 cameras to answer your questions. read more

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(Pregnancy News) Alcohol Binges Early In Pregnancy Increase Risk Of Infant Oral Clefts (Medical News Today)

Friday, August 1st, 2008

(Pregnancy News) Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Boosts Risk for Birth Defects (Health Scout)

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News)– Women who develop diabetes before they become pregnant are three to four times more likely than non-diabetic women to have a baby with at least one birth defect, says a U. This is the first study to identify the wide range of birth defects — such as heart defects, brain and spine defects, oral clefts, limb deficiencies, and defects of the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract — associated with pre-pregnancy diagnoses of type 1 or type 2 diabetes . Adolfo Correa, an epidemiologist at the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said in a CDC news release. In addition, preconception care should be considered and promoted for women with pre-pregnancy obesity , which is a known risk factor for both diabetes and birth defects, Correa and colleagues recommended. While risk factors for some birth defects have been identified, the cause of most birth defects is unknown. read more

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