PHILADELPHIA, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Health
Statistics(1) just released provisional data pointing to a potential
mini-baby boom. While final details will be available in the fall, the
early numbers report 4,315,000 births in 2007, the highest since 1957. The
reports support the increasing trend in births -- 3% between 2005 and 2006,
the largest single-year increase since 1989.
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"We're experiencing history," says Rebecca Matthias, President and
Chief Creative Officer of Motherhood(R) Maternity, the world's largest
retailer of maternity clothes. "The highest number of births in 40 years is
monumental, and we love being a part of it by providing those moms-to-be
with everything she could possibly need."
Dressing over two million new moms-to-be each year, Motherhood
Maternity is the maternity expert and offers an extraordinarily large
selection of hot fashion at low prices. Motherhood Maternity can be found
nationwide, in Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam and in all Destination
Maternity(R) stores. For store locations or to shop online or by phone,
visit http://www.motherhood.com, http://www.motherhoodcanada.ca,
http://www.destinationmaternity.com or call 1.800.4MOM2BE.
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(1)Source: National Vital Statistics Reports Volume 56, Number 21
SOURCE Motherhood Maternity