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Tommy’s baby charity launches pregnancy helpline
By Kimberley Smith on 26/10/2010 15:24:05
Free phone PregnancyLine set up to give advice to mums-to-be and women coping with miscarriage or pregnancy difficulties
Baby charity Tommy’s has launched a free phone service that offers advice and counselling to women who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth from trained midwives.The midwives are also available to answer questions and give lifestyle advice
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CCTV experts used to prevent stillbirth
By Kimberley Smith on 18/08/2010 12:02:02
Surveillance technology workers team up with doctors to analyse antenatal scans and give at-risk babies the best chance of survival
to the movements of unborn babies, with the help of a grant from the children’s charity, Action Medical Research.Using one-minute clips from the antenatal scans of 100 healthy pregnancies, the research team hope to build up a picture of how babies move in the womb
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Surprise baby for size-eight beauty therapist
By Ella Harris on 06/05/2011 13:14:39
Tiny 20-year-old gives birth on the loo, two weeks after doctors missed her pregnancy at a contraceptive pill check up
A size-eight beauty therapist has revealed her shock at giving birth to a healthy 8lb, 7oz baby boy on the loo, after having no idea she was pregnant.Lauren Peberdy visited her doctor for a contraceptive pill check up just two weeks before Baby
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Healthy Children's Weight Gain
By Laura Lee Davies on 17/09/2008 01:11:29
NHS Choices have set up an easy-to-use online system to show parents if their kids are overweight, and to give advice on healthy eating
When our children are babies we hurry to the clinic to keep tabs on their weight, we compare pounds and ounces with other new parents and we think about how we feed these new infants. However, the business of everyday life soon takes over and usually by the time our children are ...
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Storing breastmilk
By ThinkBaby on 03/08/2010 10:41:03
Storing expressed breastmilk can make you more comfortable and give you a back-up supply for your baby
uncomfortably full: expressing relieves the fullness and makes it easier for your baby to attach onto the breast• You will be spending some time away from your baby and would like someone else to give him your breastmilk, or are returning to work• Your baby
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Breastfeeding: the early days
By Laura Lee Davies on 28/12/2007 11:25:22
Statistics show that a large percentage women, even if they do try to breastfeed, give up by six weeks. What are the biggest barriers to feeding and what can you do to overcome them?
advice and understanding to women who end up bottle feeding - we believe that all new parents should be supported and no-one deserves criticism for giving up breastfeeding. However, it can be a truly wonderful experience so here are some basic pointers
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Smoking and conception
By Monica Stylli on 29/04/2010 17:39:29
Don't wait until you're pregnant to give up smoking - quitting can improve the chances of conception for women and men. Here's how it affects conception, and ways to quit.
If you’re thinking about getting pregnant and have been considering giving up smoking then now is the time to do it. Mary Kittle, in her book Stay Fertile Longer quotes a study that found that women who began smoking before they were 18 were three
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Competition page
By ThinkBaby on 24/08/2005 11:27:46
Find out here what we're giving away and how you can win
Current competitionsThink Baby has teamed up with Haven Holidays to give one lucky family the chance to win a holiday to any one of their fantastic 34 Holiday Parks across the UK!All you have to do is go here and answer a simple question. You must
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Smoking in pregnancy
By Laura Lee Davies on 02/07/2007 01:58:43
There is clear medical evidence that smoking during pregnancy increases risk of fetal ill-health and miscarriage
baby now, there is some evidence that even smoking when trying for a baby can have a harmful health effect and hamper your conception success rate.Smoking in pregnancyEven if you have found it too hard to give up smoking when you were trying for a baby
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Feeling tired after broken nights? Coffee doesn’t help, say researchers
By Kyrsty Hazell on 04/06/2010 17:12:22
Drinking coffee to beat baby fatigue will not wake you up but make you anxious instead, according to Bristol University researchers
morning routine of drinking coffee is too tempting to give up, the researchers from Bristol University also found that high caffeine consumers were also more anxious and had higher blood pressure. In the study of 379 people, the non-caffeine drinkers
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