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The first hours
By ThinkBaby on 02/06/2005 11:19:43
Time to get to know your baby and get some well earned rest!
. This emotional cocktail will probably be enough to sustain you for a while after birth so that you can get to know your baby and, if you’ve chosen to breastfeed, get breastfeeding underway. Your baby will be very alert for the first hour or so after birth, so
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The first 48 hours after birth for mum
By Maria Muennich on 03/12/2009 01:55:54
Your baby's finally here and the centre of all attention, but what's going on with mum?
The first 48 hours after the birth of your baby can be demanding, exhilarating, uncomfortable, tiring, emotional and beautiful all at the same time. The main focus of these hours is getting to know your baby and recovering from the birth
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The first 48 hours after birth for baby
By Maria Muennich on 12/04/2008 02:32:10
How your baby adjusts to life outside the womb
The first forty-eight hours after birth are usually particularly intense, emotional and demanding for the whole family. Just as you as a new mum are going through a period of recovery from the birth, adjustment to your new reality and getting
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Meet your new baby
By Jenny Stallard on 30/08/2011 15:05:11
The wait is over and you’ve got a new little house guest. What happens now?
be placed straight onto your skin. If you’ve had a c-section the paediatrician may do a check before you have a hold.But whichever way you meet, you’re in charge of this little girl or fella now, so let ThinkBaby calmly guide you through the first 24 hours
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Parents of a new baby lose out on 6 months of sleep
By Kimberley Smith on 23/07/2010 14:18:39
New parents lose 6 months worth of sleep in first two years, finds survey
Having a baby causes new parents to miss out on the equivalent of 6 months of sleep over the first two years of their little one’s life. A survey by Silentnight beds has found that most parents sleep for less than 4 hours a night for much
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Calmer babies have fewer allergies
By Kimberley Smith on 14/12/2011 14:09:02
High levels of stress in babies increases their risk of developing allergies
to become stressed but we know even short separations from mum in the early few hours and days can be a factor.Read more...Allergies and your babyThe first 48 hours for babyBaby's first health checks
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Breastfeeding telephone hotline launched by Real Baby Milk
By Kimberley Smith on 19/07/2010 15:43:50
Trial of feeding support initiative offers Cornwall mums help and advice within 72 hours of giving birth
within 72 hours of giving birth.Working with the Royal Cornwall Hospital and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust, the scheme works with volunteer expert mums, called Peer Support Workers, who telephone new mums in the first 72 hours to offer guidance
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Good sleep in early pregnancy linked to healthy birth
By Kimberley Smith on 01/10/2010 16:30:25
Pregnant women who don’t sleep well in their first and second trimester found to be at more risk of high blood pressure and birth complications
-to-be slept for around seven or eight hours a night. Just 20.5% slept for nine hours, which was the amount of time researchers considered normal. And while 10.6% were lucky enough to stay in bed for 10 hours or more, 13.7% struggled to sleep, averaging six
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Labour is longer for modern mums
By Anna Lewis on 05/04/2012 12:41:10
Giving birth takes two and a half hours longer today than it did 50 years ago, a study reveals
.For first-time mums, the first stage of labour – in which contractions have started but pushing hasn’t – has increased by an average of two hours 36 minutes, while the average time increase for mums who already have a child is two hours.Researchers from
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Baby found alive after being pronounced ‘stilborn’
By Sophie Westnedge on 13/04/2012 16:32:38
Argentinian mother discovered newborn baby alive after 12 hours in morgue
April. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a baby make such a miraculous recovery.Ms Bouter said that when they visited the morgue 12 hours later they found that their daughter was breathing.“I fell to my knees. My husband didn’t know what to do. We
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