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Hospital births safer for first-time mums, but home births more natural
By Lara Brunt on 25/11/2011 11:20:44
A major study has found that home births are more risky for first-time mums, but hospital births use more intervention
A major study has found that home births are more risky for first-time mums, however, overall 90% of women who gave birth at home had ‘normal births’, with fewer assisted deliveries, c-sections and other common interventions.The Birthplace
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New mum Pink spotted for the first time since giving birth!
By Kyrsty Hazell on 09/06/2011 14:45:28
Beaming singer takes a stroll on the beach with husband Carey Hart, while recovering from her emergency caesarean five days ago
Less than a week after singer Pink gave birth to her baby daughter Willow Sage Hart, the proud new mum has been spotted taking her newborn to the beach in LA.Pink was admitted to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre for an emergency caesarean. The singer
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Most confusing new mum job is breastfeeding
By Kimberley Smith on 16/06/2010 12:01:03
First time mums struggle with breastfeeding, weaning and potty training, finds survey
to breastfeeding and more than 60% wish they’d had more support with their first baby.Other confusions for new mums included how long your baby should sleep for and in what position, how long you should leave a baby crying when doing controlled crying and what age
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Former EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy gives birth to a girl
By Kyrsty Hazell on 04/10/2010 16:00:59
The 27-year-old actress becomes a first time mum to daughter
Natalie Cassidy and fiancé Adam Cottrell have welcomed their first baby together, a girl! The former EastEnders actress is said to be “thrilled” to have a daughter, who is yet to be unveiled to the world.“Natalie’s over the moon to have a daughter
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NHS teaches pregnant women to hypnotise themselves
By Kimberley Smith on 14/02/2011 14:23:49
NHS asks first-time mums-to-be to help investigate hypnosis in labour as an alternative to painkillers
The NHS is beginning a trial of first-time mums to find out how effective hypnosis is for relieving labour pain. Hypnotherapy helps mums put themselves into a calm, trance-like state during labour to help them deal with the pain.The NHS hopes
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Rod Stewart’s daughter shows off baby bump after surprise pregnancy announcement
By Kyrsty Hazell on 19/04/2011 14:29:51
Kimberly Stewart is going to be a mum for the first time, just after her rock star father Rod became a dad for the eighth!
in West Hollywood, sporting a burgeoning baby bump days after revealing that she’s expecting her first baby with Oscar winning actor Benicio del Toro!We wonder if Kimberly will design her own maternity clothing range like her friend Nicole Richie did when
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Reusable Nappies – What Baby Lucas Thinks!
By Heidee Hallam, ThinkBaby Mum on 30/04/2009 17:26:55
ThinkBaby testers – mum Heidee and 4-week-old Lucas – tell us what they think of trying reusable nappies for the first time
To mark Real Nappy Week 2009, we invited ThinkBaby mums who usually use disposable nappies to give bumGenius reusable nappies a try, and to give us their honest opinions of how they got on. Over the next few days we'll be tracing their feedback
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EXCLUSIVE – first roadtest of the hot new Mylo buggy!
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 11/03/2010 12:12:02
Not due on the street until the end of the month, our sister site MadeForMums managed to get its hands on the stylish Mamas & Papas Mylo and put it to the test for the first time ever!
. Thankfully, MFM managed to get a sneak preview and has the first and exclusive real-life roadtest of the Mamas & Papas Mylo.The Mylo has really pushed the boundaries in terms of buggy design. Some mums will love it, others will steer well clear. It’s got
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Facebook provides lifeline to isolated new mums
By Jayne Braithwaite on 19/05/2011 11:24:02
New mums are increasingly reliant on social networks, parenting websites and online forums to make and keep friends, finds NCT survey
of their first child, and despite the support available online, there is no real substitute for face-to-face interaction with other parents who live near you,’ explained Sally Horrox, from the NCT.Perversely, 32% of mums surveyed didn’t feel it important
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First baby costs £4000 says new survey
By Kimberley Smith on 27/04/2010 18:04:43
First time parents faced with a huge bill to afford a baby
£4000 is the average cost of a baby to first time parents, says a new survey of 2,891 parents in the UK by Philip’s AVENT.With the excitement of a new baby on the way, many parents find they are spending hundreds of pounds before they’re even
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