food is quite safe during pregnancy, incorrect storage or prep can be high risk and you’re better off sticking to safer foods like potatoes, safe cheeses, pre-packed cooked meats and breads.Finally, in the unlikely event you do fall ill, make sure you

Congratulations on your new pregnancy! There's an endless amount for your to consider over the next few months, but here are our essential pointers to get your pregnancy off to a healthy start.DosTake a pregnancy vitamin supplement every day. Most

the vaccine having weighed up the risks associated with contracting swine flu during pregnancy with the safety of the vaccine, Pandemrix. The World Health Organisation (WHO) have also reviewed the safety of some of the ingredients in the vaccine and found

in pregnant women. Licensed vaccines, including influenza vaccines, are held to a very high standard of safety and the vaccines would not be licensed if they were thought to be unsafe."Why are pregnant women being encouraged to have the vaccine?Pregnant women

' dangerous, and if so, what can you do about them?Additives to avoidThe first thing to say is that there's no need to fly into a mad panic about food additives in pregnancy, most women don't change their diet that much during pregnancy and most have perfectly

of the advice still stands from when we first reported about swine flu in pregnancy in the spring, but due to the recent cases where pregnant women have died of swine flu, after giving birth, it is worth reviewing the current advice. The NHS is also widening its

A Norwegian company hopes to save the lives of mums in developing countries by providing a strap-on birthing simulator to teach birth attendants how to deal with complications.In many developing countries around half of mums give birth without a midwife or skilled attendant prese...

Pre-eclampsia, or toxemia, is a blood pressure condition that only occurs during pregnancy or very soon after birth. It almost always begins after week 20 and more often after week 30. Its main characteristics are high blood pressure and protein

Pregnant Amanda Holden has celebrated the end of her season on Shrek: The Musical, which she cut short to ensure the health of her unborn baby. The actress and Britain’s Got Talent star has been extra cautious during her pregnancy, after tragically

Pregnancy might not seem like the perfect time to get fit but actually, there’s no reason you can’t up your fitness levels as a mum-to-be. Plus, with the physical challenges of labour just around the corner, those hours you’re putting in now could