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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
A breastfeeding help hotline has begun trials in Cornwall this month with the view to rolling out a peer support programme nationwide. Organised by Real Baby Milk, a social enterprise run by mums, the telephone helpline offers advice to new mums
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Pregnant women benefit from strong community
By Kimberley Smith on 03/08/2010 13:27:11
Mums-to-be from strong communities have lower stress and better health, finds study
A strong community around a mum-to-be helps keep you healthy, a study has found. Regardless of social background, pregnant women who come from tight-knit communities tend to be less stressed and have lower blood pressure than those who don’t feel
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Children conceived via IVF just as mentally healthy
By Kimberley Smith on 05/07/2010 14:14:57
IVF children found to have levels of mental health in line with their non-IVF counterparts
, emotional and social problems” they had faced in the last 6 months. Half were conceived via IVF while the other half acted as a control group. Answers from the two groups were then compared showing that the issues faced by the two groups were dealt
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Pregnant smokers quit for NHS cash incentives
By Kimberley Smith on 30/04/2010 13:45:53
Mums-to-be in Scotland respond well to NHS scheme offering cash rewards for staying off cigarettes
with the money that may otherwise be spent on cigarettes.Smoking while pregnant causes low birth weights and has been linked to a number of illnesses. As well as cash, women were offered social support and nicotine replacement therapy which saw 18% still smoke
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Baby sleep problems and smoking in pregnancy connected?
By Kimberley Smith on 12/05/2010 14:25:50
Mums-to-be who smoke may find their babies have increased chances of sleep problems throughout childhood
were found to be more likely to have trouble falling asleep and were less likely to stay asleep through the night.These findings remained the same for different ages, from 1 month up to 12 years. The link remained even when social and economic factors
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'How do I get pregnant?' is biggest question in India
By Kimberley Smith on 15/12/2010 13:01:11
Despite a population of over a billion, wannabe parents in India are bombarding Google for conception tips
personal, social and health related questions.“People search queries that they can’t ask anyone. This also points out that even today Indians have doubts regarding pregnancy,” said an IT expert, analysing the results.The second most search question was “how
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Unborn babies threatened by passive smoking
By Kimberley Smith on 02/07/2010 14:22:01
Passive smoking found to be almost as damaging to developing babies as mum-to-be smoking
smoke from other family members, work and social situations,” said Dr Stephen Grant, who lead the research. The study was published in the Open Paediatric Medicine Journal.Find out how you can avoid passive smoking with our tips.
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10% of new dads suffer postnatal depression
By Kimberley Smith on 19/05/2010 16:31:02
While 1 in 10 men suffer PND they are ‘often missed’, finds survey
, hormone surges or birth, modern men are under other strains. “It is no longer good enough to just be the bread-winner,” explained Ellis Lee, a lecturer in social policy at Kent University."They have to be engaged and involved. They are expected to abstain
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IVF children do better in exams?
By Kimberley Smith on 23/09/2010 14:08:02
Being conceived via IVF doesn’t harm academic achievement, finds new study
of IVF had no effect on the scores.Bradley has suggested that the differences could be related to social and economic factors. Those children whose parents conceived by IVF may be older or have a higher standard of education.
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Does smoking in pregnancy create criminals?
By Kimberley Smith on 16/11/2010 17:13:54
Mums-to-be who smoked heavily during their pregnancy found to be more likely to have babies who grow up committing crimes
to have a criminal record. The link remained even when social and economic factors were accounted for.Though the researchers could not say definitively that smoking in pregnancy led to criminality, they have put forward suggestions that nicotine may affect
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