How to help pets through separation anxiety as people go back to work, school Share Updated: 5:30 PM EDT May 10, 2021 Share Updated: 5:30 PM EDT May 10, 2021
Hide Transcript
Show Transcript HOW TO MAKE THE TRANSITION SMOOTHER FOR YOUR PETS. KATIE: A NEW POLL OF MASSACHUSETTS PET OWNERS SAYS A WHOPPING 24% ARE WORRIED THEIR DOGS WILL EXPERIENCE SEPARATION ANXIETY WHEN THEY ULTIMATE RETURN TO WORK. BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T SPENT ANY TIME APART FROM THEIR PET AND THEY HAVE BEEN READING SO MUCH ABOUT SEPARATION AND PIETY. THEY ARE WORRIED WITHOUT KNOWING BEFOREHAND THAT THEIR PET MAY HAVE IT WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE. KATIE: THE FOLKS AT MSPCA’S ANGELL ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER SAY THE SURVEY, WHICH POLLED AROUND 500 OWNERS OF AT LEAST ONE PET, ALSO REVEALED 27% BELIEVE THEY TOO WILL EXPERIENCE EMOTIONAL ISSUES LEAVING THEIR PET BEHIND. IF YOU’RE IN THE OFFICE AND YOU DON’T HAVE DOGS AROUND, IT’S GOING TO BE SAD. KATIE: IT’S 84% OF THOSE POLLED N
Updated: 5:49 AM CDT May 8, 2021 Katie Thompson Traffic Anchor & Transportation Specialist This Mother’s Day, it s an important reminder that not every family comes easy. “When you start with IVF, we thought we were done. We thought we were there, and, you know, unfortunately, it just didn t work out that way,” said Alex Lieto.Fertility struggle is something that affects one in every seven couples. But it s hard to imagine any mother who cherishes her day more than Lieto, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.“It was hard, and would I ever want to go through that again? No, but would I if I knew that it would bring me to Faith and Luca? A hundred percent,” she said. After beginning IVF in 2015, Alex and Tim Lieto struggled for several years staying pregnant. Unsuccessful treatments, multiple miscarriages, and a devastating pregnancy loss at 19 weeks. “We thought we were just the unluckiest couple there was out there,” she said. The couple worke
Brigham and Women s Hospital planning for summer baby boom Share Updated: 4:30 PM EDT May 6, 2021 Share Updated: 4:30 PM EDT May 6, 2021
Hide Transcript
Show Transcript THIS LOCAL BABY. BOOM. BABY BUST OR BABY BOOM DOCTORS AT BRIGHAM WOMEN’S HOSPITAL IN BOSTON SAY THEY’RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN BABIES BORN DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE ARE SEEING WE’RE PROJECTING SOME OF THE HIGHEST DELIVERY RATES THAT WE’VE HAD IN OUR HISTORY A STARK CONTRAST FROM A CDC REPORT THAT SHOWS A 4% DECLINE IN THE US BIRTH RATE IN 2020 AS FOR WHAT’S AHEAD FOR THE REST OF 2021 THE BRIGHAM IS PREPARING FOR A BUSY BABY SUMMER, SO DRIVING IT. YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHETHER THE BABY BOOM AND STATE BOOM MAY NOT BE SOMEWHAT CONNECTED AND THAT FOLKS WHO ARE NEWLY MOVED TO THE SUBURBS MAY BE DECIDING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER TRIAL. WE HAVE MORE SPACE ALEXANDRA AND DENNIS DURAN ARE ONE FAMILY GIFTED WITH A NEW BLESSING NAMED FIONA AFTER BATTLING BONE CA