to having an ultrasound scan and an internal examination on each monthly visit to her! I was recommended a hospital by a couple of other expat mums, and had a tour when I was around eight months pregnant. I was really impressed: the facilities seemed

born at private international hospitals. A lot of the maternity care is similar to the UK, but there can be some interesting cultural differences! The female doctor I saw during my second pregnancy, for example, told me I had gained too much weight

Sharon Convery Walsh, 37, is originally from County Down, Northern Ireland. She now lives in Boston, USA, with her husband David and children Dylan, three, and Quinn, 16 months. Now 22 weeks pregnant, she is experienced in the way they do things on the other side of the pond ...

to bring their babies to sessions during the week. The Italian MEP brought her toddler daughter Victoria to a session in Strasbourg on International Women’s Day.But it’s not the first time little Victoria has dabbled in politics. She attended a session

Chris Evans has revealed that his wife Natasha Shishmanian suffered a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy earlier this year. The DJ, who has a 19-month-old son Noah with Natasha, has spoken out about how his wife’s early pregnancy stomach cramps which were actually a sign of an ec...

Your baby is now over 14 centimetres from crown to rump and weighs 140-160 grammes. She already has the protective covering of lanugo on her delicate skin and now begins to produce vernix, a white waxy covering, to coat her skin and keep it moisturised in her watery environment....

The number of mums-to-be developing diabetes is twice as great as doctors previously believed, a new study has suggested.Before now, doctors thought 5% to 8% of women developed diabetes in pregnancy. However a study involving 23,000 women in nine countries indicates the figure is...

Even though it's common knowledge that smoking during pregnancy harms your child, some mums continue to do so. Why? Because they think smoking leads to a smaller baby and a smaller baby leads to an easier birth.This shocking news came at a the annual meeting of the European Socie...

with celeb babies), they have shops in new York and Los Angeles, but they also sell online and will ship internationally.The prices aren't ultra cheap, but converting them into pounds from dollars, you can certainly get something stylish and different for a

Junior magazine. Alongside parenting news, advice and features, the magazine's fashion shoots with babies and young children are internationally renowned. And now, like all self-respecting style leaders, they've got a blog.For the latest news, insider