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Kirstie Allsop calls for more awareness of caesarean birth
By Kimberley Smith on 21/02/2011 14:03:15
Caesarean birth shouldn’t be considered second rate, urges Kirstie Allsop, as she criticises the NCT on Twitter
Kirstie Allsop has criticised natural childbirth advocates for “stigmatising” women who give birth by caesarean. The TV presenter, who gave birth to both of her sons by caesarean, has claimed that the promotion of natural birth above caesarean made
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Big dads more likely to have small babies
By Kimberley Smith on 08/12/2010 11:38:53
Babies of obese and overweight men have a higher chance of being born with a low birth rate, according to a new study
with a low birth weight.The study looked at the birth weights of babies born to 2,000 couples in Auckland and Adelaide. Once maternal factors were removed, there was still a link between smaller babies and larger dads.“This suggests that birth size could
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IVF secret weapon criticised
By Kimberley Smith on 18/08/2011 11:45:27
Aspirin may not be the IVF aid it’s rumoured to be
on IVF. It discovered the birth rates were similar for both groups of women who had taken the drug and those who had not.“Couples undergoing IVF often feel so desperate that they are prepared to try anything that many improve their chances of conceiving
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NHS launches maternity comparison website
By Kimberley Smith on 06/12/2010 14:41:36
NHS Choices to offer more info on maternity care to help parents-to-be choose their service and rate their experience
The NHS Choices website has launched a new comparison feature to its maternity care section this week. Aiming to help parents decide which of their local services to use, the site also offers patients the chance to rate and critique the care
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Your baby remembers the music you played in pregnancy
By Kimberley Smith on 09/03/2011 13:42:39
Babies have memories of music they heard in the womb, new research finds
birth, a baby’s ears and brain develop enough to be able to hear sounds from outside the womb. Researchers played music to mums-to-be three weeks before birth and then to the babies at one month after birth. When the familiar piano music was played
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Smoking could add complications to pre-eclampsia pregnancies
By Kimberley Smith on 29/07/2010 15:20:53
Mums-to-be who smoke are more likely to have complications associated with pre-eclampsia, finds study
Mums-to-be who smoke during their pregnancy and develop pre-eclampisa may be more likely to suffer complications associated with the condition, a study in Canada has found.The study looked at the records of 300,000 births between 2004 and 2006
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Waiting until 30 to have a baby becoming the norm
By Kimberley Smith on 23/02/2011 15:00:43
Pregnancy rates among teens and younger women fall as more of us choose to wait to start a family
Young and especially teen pregnancy rates are falling fast as the number of us waiting until they turn 30 to have a baby has increased by half, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.Better healthcare has been cited as a reason we
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Flu treatment drugs safe for pregnant women
By Kimberley Smith on 28/04/2010 16:41:03
US study confirms the safety of common influenza drugs for expectant mums
The safety of flue treatment drugs Tamiflu, Relenza and Flumadine has been confirmed.The retrospective study analysed the medical records of 8, 239 pregnant women who gave birth at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Texas between 2003 and 2008. Of these
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No limit on number of caesareans in the UK
By Kimberley Smith on 01/07/2010 17:06:29
Recommendation for fewer caesarean births dropped by World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to drop its previous recommendation that only 10-15% of births should be by caesarean section.The current UK rate is around 25% with half of these operations performed as emergency procedures after
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Does the way a baby’s born affect later behaviour?
By Kimberley Smith on 04/11/2010 13:45:57
Caesarean born babies are calmer while forceps babies could be worse behaved, according to new study
caesarean.In China, where the study took place, around half of all births are by caesarean, many of which are planned. In the UK, the figure is around 25%.“With the rising rates of elective caesarean in China and in other countries, it is interesting to see
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