The first remains found was a skull with its mouth wide open like a man who had screamed to death. Recent decades have recorded many excavations of ancient tombs in Shaanxi province, China – which was once the capital of many feudal dynasties. Thanks to the artifacts in the ancient tombs, the country’s history experts can connect the 5,000-year history of an entire nation. Going back to Shaanxi province, in this province’s Fengxiang district there is a small village with a very strange piece of land. This land does not have a single plant growing, although around it, crops or…
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When did you first experience maternal feelings? Was it the first time you held your child in your arms? or learning you were going to grow your family by one more member? Here are eight moving images depicting the exact moment you realized you were a mother for the first time—pictures taken as they experienced that overwhelming, unexplainable feeling of motherhood for the first time. When they put both of my twins on my chest When they put both of my twins on my chest! ??After five years of infertility, an e.ctopic pregnancy, t.raumatic labour and birth, I was so…
Even before birth, mothers and their children have a connection. After all those months, a sometimes difficult but ultimately fulfilling relationship began. Because they provide the fundamental essentials (such as food, drink, shelter, and sleep) and develop a strong relationship with their young kid, mothers play a crucial role in the mental health of their children. The emotional connection that forms between a baby and its mother is known as attachment. When your kid is born, you immediately have a strong and joyful attachment to them. However, that holiness has been lost for this woman. Indivi. duals with impairments have…
The two ancient obsidian flakes recovered from a now submerged archaeological site beneath Lake Huron represent the oldest and farthest east confirmed occurrence of western obsidian in the continental United States. A scuba diver near a submerged hunting structure at the bottom of Lake Huron. Image credit: O’Shea et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250840. Obsidian, or volcanic glass, is a prized raw material for knappers, both ancient and modern, with its lustrous appearance, predictable flaking, and resulting razor-sharp edges. As such, it was used and traded widely throughout much of human history. Obsidian from the Rocky Mountains and the West was an exotic…
As a society, we collectively stopped learning what the process of labor and delivery looks like, now that it’s no longer happening in the room or hut next door. Our culture doesn’t always appreciate beautiful, transformational work that brings babies into the world. But maybe – just maybe! – getting an inside look through birth photography could change that. Birth photography is an incredibly intimate and powerful art form. To honor this work and the families who choose to document and share these vulnerᴀble moments, the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers holds an annual photo contest. These photos capture…
Chances of having a twin pregnancy are increased by maternal age (30+). Fraternal twinning is genetically predisposed and the result of a woman releasing more than one egg at the same time. Identical twins are the result of a random split of a single egg and cannot be genetically predisposed. Male twins will not have twins unless their wives have the ability to produce two eggs. Identical twins share the same DNA but do not have the same fingerprints. 1 in 250 pregnancies can result in identical twins. 22 % percent of twins are left-handed compared to 10% in singletons.…
Oh, the wonderful world of twins! One baby is a blast. Two babies are a party. Honestly, could you imagine what it must be like growing up in the womb together? It’s even said that twins form an intrauterine bond and often reach out to each other while in your tummy. How magical! If you find yourself expecting multiples, these fun facts about twins are sure to get you excited. 1. You Can Tell Twins Apart By Checking Out Their Bellybuttons This happens to be one of my favorite fun facts about twins. Who knew their little bellybutton would be…
The mother already had 14 sons and adored them, but she always wanted a little girl, and now her dream is finally coming true. Kateri Schwandt and her husband, Jay Schwandt, fell in love in high school. They finally got married in 1993 and started a family. The couple from Michigan already had three sons during university, but they had no idea how big their family would be. In their almost 3 decades of marriage, they had a total of 14 sons: Tyler, Zach, Drew, Brandon, Tommy, Vinny, Calvan, Gabe, Wesley, Charlie, Luke, Tucker, Francisco, and Finley. The parents adored…
A father’s love for their child can take many forms. He even wore a pink ballet tutu for an adorable photoshoot. Casey Fields and his 1-year-old daughter, Lyla, suited up in matching tutus to have professional portraits shot by Texas photographer Jenn Floyd. They wore the pink tulle skirts for the occasion, and Lyla wore a flower crown while her father accessorized with a snapback hat. Casey manicured his daughter’s nails, drew in a Minnie Mouse coloring book, and gave her loving cuddles as the camera clicked away. The adorable photos were shared on Facebook by the photographer, Jenn Floyd, and the…
A baby’s cry resounded in a small American island town after a long time. The first baby in 93 years was born on Little Cranberry Island, Maine, USA. For the first childbirth in the 21st century, the village is truly festive. On the 27th of last month, the cry of a baby was heard from Little Cranberry Island. Azalea Belle Gray was the sixth child born to Aaron Gray and Erin Fernald Gray. Little Cranberry Island is one of the five large and small islands that make up the main island city of Cranberry. Warren Fernald, the baby’s great-grandfather, who…
Erin Boelhower, of Illinois, spent years trying to ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ a child with her husband, Matthew. Over the course of three years, she underwent nine ɪɴ ᴠɪᴛʀᴏ ꜰᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ (I.V.F) transfers, taking more than 600 ɪɴᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs in the process. But nothing worked, and Boelhower, now 33, ultimately suffered a string of ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇs. It was after the fourth ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ that Boelhower’s best friend, 34-year-old Rachel Checolinski, proposed something extraordinary: She wanted to be the couple’s surrogate. “I had been there through all of Erin’s ɪɴꜰᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛs, I cried with her when she lost each one of her babies,” Checolinski told SWNS. “I would…
Kansas-based photographer Tammy Karin never passes up an opportunity to capture a water birth. “The mother has this warm, protective barrier around her in which to bring her baby into the world,” Karin explains. “She can receive help if wanted or needed, but it’s almost like this wonderful force field that lends itself to this more hands-off environment.” Karin, a mom of three herself, adds that “the water birth stories that I have been honored to document have resolved with the most gentle entrances into the world for the baby. From the warmth of his mother to the heated waters,…