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A group of midwives who volunteer with "First Contractions," a joint project of Magen David Adom and Israel midwives, in an undated photo. (Courtesy/Magen David Adom)
April 27, 2025, 9:12 am
Wartime volunteer midwife program, initiated in north, expands across the country
Magen David Adom and Israel Midwives Organization’s joint ‘First Contractions’ project now has 200 volunteers to help expectant mothers who can’t get to a hospital in time
By Diana Bletter
Iranians walk past a statue of a father and daughter in Tehran, on January 7, 2025 (Atta Kenare / AFP)
January 10, 2025, 11:16 am
Iran’s population aging fast, bucking government efforts
Authorities fear long-term economic effects of rising life expectancy and declining birth rates
By MENNA ZAKI and Payam DOOST MOHAMADI
Empty streets in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays, October 12, 2024 (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
October 12, 2024, 8:35 pm
Medics treat 2,842 for injuries on Yom Kippur, including three wounded by rocket blast
12 hurt running to bomb shelters; 286 suffer effects of fasting; 283 injured in car accidents or biking; 146 women in labor taken to hospital, with one baby delivered in ambulance
By ToI Staff
Roni Cohen, right, a midwife, checks Shira Weiss as part of the 'First Contractions' project, in Shavei Zion, Israel, August 11, 2024. (Diana Bletter/The Times of Israel)
August 18, 2024, 7:48 am
In northern Israel, midwives prepare expectant mothers for birth during war
With ‘First Contractions,’ expectant mothers get ready for worst-case scenarios: delivering their babies safely at home if they can’t get to a hospital and nobody can reach them
By Diana Bletter
A pregnant Shahar Naim holds a picture of her husband Amir Naim, who was killed by Hamas terrorists while defending Kibbutz Erez on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
February 9, 2024, 10:47 am
Pregnant war widows carry new life while processing death of their fallen husbands
IDF Widows and Orphans organization launches multifaceted program supporting dozens of women who face giving birth without their partners
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Assuta Medical Center in Rishon Lezion. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
March 16, 2023, 2:51 am
Parents given wrong embryo set to sue hospital for NIS 100 million
Lawsuit against Assuta Hospital to focus on malpractice, distress faced by family; Supreme Court ruled last week to halt genetic testing to find biological couple
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London, August 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
March 6, 2023, 2:55 pm
Supreme Court rules no genetic tests to find origin of wrongly implanted embryo
Justices side with couple raising child, overturning lower court’s decision to allow testing to go ahead; parents hail ‘miracle’ ruling
By ToI Staff
A photo of the mother, who was rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center after a stroke, with her healthy baby girl. The photo has been blurred at the woman's request. (courtesy of Shaare Zedek Medical Center)
December 6, 2022, 9:46 pm
Jerusalem doctors deliver baby while simultaneously saving mom from stroke
‘There was a real sense of stress… We were responsible for two lives,’ says Shaare Zedek doctor, crediting a quick-thinking citizen for recognizing stroke and calling ambulance
By Nathan Jeffay
Assuta Medical Center in Rishon Lezion. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
December 6, 2022, 10:14 am
Parents given wrong embryo said planning to sue hospital for $3 million
6 couples who suspect the child is biologically theirs are seeking to force genetic testing to ascertain the matter
By ToI Staff
Health Ministry Director Prof. Nachman Ash (left) and Dr. Hadar Mizrahi hold a press conference about the Health Ministry's investigation into the case of a pregnant woman who was mistakenly inseminated with a fetus that was not genetically hers, near Tel Aviv, November 27, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
November 27, 2022, 9:00 pm
Health Ministry ends search for parents of mistaken embryo, won’t shutter ward
Ministry chief says Assuta’s fertility ward to reduce operations by 50%; search called off for biological parents after potential couple dismissed by genetic testing
By ToI Staff
A doctor prepares an epidural (Dmitry Andreev via iStock by Getty Images)
November 6, 2022, 1:01 pm
Health Ministry strikes deal for epidural shipments, alleviating fears of shortage
Israel Midwives Association says ministry has located alternate sources for anesthesia kits, easing the concerns of many pregnant women
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: a newborn baby (iStock via Getty Images)
October 26, 2022, 7:04 pm
Woman mistakenly implanted with wrong embryo gives birth to baby girl
With no other current claims for custody, mother asks for privacy; other women who did fertility treatment at Assuta Medical Center set to demand tests
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: a woman giving birth. (gorodenkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
October 11, 2022, 1:06 pm
Doctors scramble to avert possible epidural shortage in Israel as stock dwindles
With supplies on pace to run out within two months, Midwives Association assures women nobody will lack an epidural, as efforts kick in to find new sources
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image of a mother with postnatal depression (iStock by Getty Images)
June 2, 2022, 10:43 am
Women who give birth with epidural bond better with baby, Israeli study suggests
Researchers from Soroka Medical Center tracked over 230 mothers, found those who did not used pain-relieving procedure were more likely to have postpartum concerns, depression
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a mother with postnatal depression (iStock by Getty Images)
April 15, 2022, 7:43 pm
Depression rates among pregnant women, new moms doubled during lockdown, study finds
Researcher ‘surprised’ by the high numbers, and says that even though lockdowns seem to be behind us, it will take time for levels to get back to normal
By Nathan Jeffay
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