It’s time to party! SureBaby is participating in the 5 Minutes for Mom’s The Ultimate Blog Party. If you have a blog, you should join in. It’s a great way to get your blog noticed. We found some great blogs over at 5 Minutes for Mom that are worth reading, plus lots of prize giveaways. You don’t have to be a blogger to enter.

We are giving away a special gift from Bath and Body Works, Signature Collection, Beauty Chic Tote, in honor of the party. If you would like to enter, leave a comment below and email address (won’t be visible by others) so that we can contact you, if you win.

UPDATE: We have selected a winner for the free tote. Congrats to Tam! A big thanks to all who took the time to visit our blog.

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A recent study reports the risk of developing schizophrenia is approximately 67% greater among children of women who have experienced the loss of a loved-one during their first trimester of pregnancy (but not prior to pregnancy and not after the first trimester). According to the report in the February issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers studied comprehensive data from 1.38 million Danish births over a 22 year period. Nearly 22,000 of the mothers were exposed to the death of a relative, over 14,000 were exposed to a relatives’ serious illness. The children whose mothers were exposed to extreme stress such as a death or major illness of a close relative were then followed from the age of 10 until death to identify any onset of schizophrenia. Over 7,000 of the children studied went on to develop schizophrenia. The findings support the theory that severe maternal stress impacts fetal brain development profoundly inside the womb.

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What fish should women avoid during pregnancy? Pregnant women and women considering pregnancy should not eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish because they could contain enough mercury to harm an unborn infant’s nervous system, according to an FDA advisory.The advisory says that young children and nursing women also should avoid those species of fish, which tend to live longer and have higher mercury concentrations in their tissues.

In its advisory, the FDA says that fish are an important source of protein and part of a healthful diet. Joseph Levitt, director of CFSAN, says pregnant women safely can eat 12 ounces of other types of cooked fish each week. Levitt says that it’s important to eat a variety of other kinds of fish.

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