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Tag: Pregnancy

News / SCHOOL GATES

Mum Told to Cover Up While Breastfeeding at a Museum Filled With Nude (and Breastfeeding) Statues

  The Victoria & Albert Museum is filled with nude statues of women and men — which is why one mum was “perplexed” after she was asked to cover up …

HEALTH / News

Baby ‘born twice’ after life-saving surgery

A baby girl from Texas has been “born” twice after she was taken out of her mother’s womb for 20 minutes for life-saving surgery. During her 16-week ultrasound, Margaret Hawkins …

HEALTH

Just Add Sperm: Making babies without eggs may be possible, say scientists

Research by a team of UK scientists is challenging the age-old belief that life can only be created by fusing a sperm with an egg. The landmark research by the …

HEALTH / News

World’s smallest surviving baby thriving at nine months old

Emilia Grabarczyk was born 15 weeks early, and is believed to be the smallest ever baby to survive such an early delivery. Born in the German city of Witten after …

ADVICE / News

Why more mums are letting their kids into the labour room

Jamie Oliver’s wife Jools gave birth to their fifth child earlier in the week. But along with the pictures of their new son came the news that the couple’s two …

HEALTH / News

Pregnant teens are smoking cigarettes in a bid to have smaller babies, study finds

Pregnant teens in Australia are deliberately taking up smoking to help them reduce the birth weight of their unborn babies, shocking new research has found. The finding comes from a …

HEALTH / News

Health chief calls for state-run parenting classes

Parents should receive lessons from the government on how to raise their children, Britain’s top public health expert has said. Professor John Ashton, the outgoing president of the Faculty of …

ADVICE / ADVICE FEAT / News

This stranger had the best response to a new mother breastfeeding in public

As any parent knows, eating out with kids can be a struggle. And even more so when you are by yourself and your newborn needs a feed. Earlier this week, …

HEALTH / News

Young mum ordered to stop ‘sexual’ breastfeeding in hospital

A young mother from Blackburn has claimed she was asked to go behind a curtain to breastfeed her baby because it was ‘too sexual’. Darcie Pennington, 18, was visiting her …

HEALTH

How Formula One pit stop techniques are helping to save the lives of critically ill newborn babies

Wales hospital uses F1 pit stop tactics for newborn resuscitation.

HEALTH / News

Incredible video shows an unborn baby turning inside her mother’s womb

YouTube user John Deadman has shared a video capturing rare footage of a baby turning in her mother’s womb. The mum-to-be, who was 39 weeks pregnant when the clip was …

ADVICE / Lifestyle

“Meternity”: All the perks of maternity leave, but without the kids!

Do mothers have an unfair advantage in the workplace? Meghann Foye, an American magazine editor turned novelist, certainly seems to think so.

HEALTH / News

Research says children of older mothers are smarter, taller, and stronger

The risks of having children later in life are well documented: there’s a higher chance the baby will have issues at birth such as Down’s syndrome, or be more likely …

ADVICE / ADVICE FEAT / News

Photographer captures the hilarious and infinitely more relatable side of pregnancy

Photographer Danielle Guenther’s shots shine a light on the less glamorous side of pregnancy. Pregnancy can be a beautiful time in a woman’s life, but it can also be a …

ADVICE / HEALTH / TRENDS

Why babies all over the world are now sleeping in boxes

The idea of putting a baby to sleep in a cardboard box might seem strange to most British parents. But Finnish experts say it could help save lives.

News

British mum of triplets hits back at critics who called her ‘selfish’

A 55 year old grandmother who gave birth to triplets last month has hit back at critics who have called her “selfish”. Sharon Cutts and her 40-year-old boyfriend Stuart Reynolds …

HEALTH / News

Woman goes into premature labour thinking she’s having one baby – and gives birth to FIVE

When Manita Singh began to feel labour pains at just 26 weeks pregnant, she was understandably worried about the health of her unborn baby. The 25-year-old Indian woman had given …

ADVICE / News

Three quarters of working mothers affected by pregnancy and maternity discrimination

Three-quarters of pregnant women and new mothers experience discrimination at work, and one in nine leave their job as a result, government-commissioned research has found. The research, undertaken on behalf …

HEALTH

Don’t eat for two, mothers-to-be are told

Women who are overweight or obese during pregnancy are more likely to have large babies, a major study has found. The study also found that mothers with high blood sugar …

News

Jamie Oliver is campaigning to give women the right to breastfeed anywhere

Jamie Oliver’s wife Jools revealed yesterday she was expecting their fifth child – as her husband announced he was launching a campaign to promote breastfeeding. She showed off her baby …

ADVICE / News

Spotify creates birthing playlist to help women in labour

No Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It”, but it does have Bowie’s “Under Pressure”

ADVICE / HEALTH / News

British mothers have the shortest hospital stays after giving birth

British mothers are sent home from hospital after childbirth more quickly than in any other developed country, new research suggests.

HEALTH / News

DNA tests reveal twins have different fathers

When a set of twins came out looking nothing alike, the family suspected there had been a mix-up in the hospital nursery. As they grew, their striking differences in appearance …

HEALTH

Viagra in pregnancy may prevent stillbirths

Viagra could be given to women in labour to reduce complications and save babies’ lives.

HEALTH

Smoking e-cigarettes while pregnant ‘puts unborn babies at risk’

E-cigarettes may not be safer than traditional tobacco cigarettes, according to research.

HEALTH

Heatwaves and cold snaps make babies shorter and smaller

Women who experience ‘weather shocks’ in pregnancy go on to have babies that are lighter and smaller, a major study has found.

HEALTH / News

Incredible footage shows newborn delivered INSIDE its amniotic sac

They’re said to be born with life-long good luck and have an natural affinity towards water, but babies born en-caul are some of the rarest births in the world today. …

HEALTH / News / SCHOOL GATES

Britain’s ‘first black and white twins’ born from same egg

These siblings are thought to be the first “black and white” twins born in the UK – despite coming from the same egg. Libby Appleby, 37, was told her unborn …

News / SCHOOL GATES

‘Make a baby in our hotel and their graduation’s on us’

A hotel is offering a competition unlike any other: “Make babies in our resort on February 29th and celebrate your baby’s life events at our hotel, on us.” In the …

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