In a statement that is a blow to British government's sex education policy, a pregnant 14-year-old says having a baby is now regarded as "fashionable" among schoolgirls. The pregnant teen from Torbay in Devon, said that her friends are envious of her bump and many of them have expressed their desire to have a baby too. Kizzy Neal is quoted by The Daily Mail as saying, "Teenage girls think babies are cute, but they forget the physical side of being pregnant, then having to give up your own childhood to look after a baby. It seems to be fashionable to get pregnant. "

A study to determine the worst sound in the world ranks the noise of someone vomiting at the top. The study was done by Trevor Cox, a professor of acoustic engineering at Salford University that tallied opinions on 34 sounds at the website www. sound101. org. The online study lasted for a year and garnered 1. 1m votes. Results showed that microphone feedback was considered the second worst sound. Crying babies and the scrapes and squeaks of train wheels came in a tie for the third place.

A survey conducted by an insurance and financial services group has shown that the majority of U. S. drivers do everything ranging from eating and reading to writing grocery lists and nursing babies when behind the wheel. Thirty-one percent of respondents admitted to day dreaming, and 14 percent of the surveyed drivers said they took advantage of time spent driving to discipline their children. The survey, conducted by Nationwide Mutual Insurance on more than 1,200 American drivers, showed that the majority of American drivers do all sorts of outlandish things while driving - including changing clothes, balancing a checkbook and even shaving.

If two is company; three is definitely not a crowd for Lynette and Dusty Johnson, who were blessed with three babies when they were expecting one large infant. A community benefit was held last Sunday for the couple to help ease medical costs and living expenses for triplets Marissa, Silas and Anna, who were born Nov. 14.