This is one for the mum-to-be who has everything! The Ritmo music belt works like headphones for your bump. It fixes onto your belly with an elasticated belt that grows as you do, and has four speakers that play music to reach your baby’s ears through the amniotic fluid.Experts a...

At just 18 weeks into her pregnancy, mum Claire’s growing baby saved her life by dislodging a tumour growing in her womb. Initially Claire feared a miscarriage, but baby Harry had actually kicked a tumour in her womb. This alerted doctors to the cancer which had been growing for ...

Babies who are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke in the womb are at a similar risk of cancers and genetic mutations as those whose mums smoked during pregnancy.Researchers in the US have investigated genetic abnormalities found in children born to mums who were subject to lo...

, just to check that her unborn baby was OK after the fall.In fact baby-to-be Keira was very ill, and was being starved as Shona's placenta was failing - unconnected to the fall.Shona had an emergency caesarean the next day and baby Keira was born 13

In a bid to boost language development, mums-to-be are being taught to sing to their unborn babies in new classes at Chelsea and Westminster NHS foundation trust.“Singing is a very early form of communication and expression. The baby’s auditory

David Cameron has been talking about his worries that the family’s new baby could be born with celebral palsy and the rare form of epilepsy that affected son Ivan, who died last year, aged 6. “Obviously I’m worried. What he had you can’t test for, so there’s always a worry,” the ...

Sympathy and condolences have flooded into Britain’s Got Talent star Amanda Holden, who lost her unborn baby last week, seven months into her pregnancy.Amanda’s agent revealed the news over the weekend. "They are utterly devastated. Amanda has been

Scientists have warned that high levels of anti-bacterial agent Triclosan, commonly used in household items such as toothpaste and handwash, could be harmful to unborn babies.Triclosan is used in everything from toothpaste to anti-bacterial chopping

An unborn baby responds to a mum-to-be’s mood while she’s watching a film, scientists have discovered.In the experiment, when pregnant women watched a 5-minute feel-good film clip from The Sound of Music, their unborn babies moved their arms about

Your bump looks after your babyIf you’re reading this with a growing baby bump, your body will be working overtime to produce your unborn baby within. But what’s going on in there? From keeping her warm at night, to developing millions of brain