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High-calorie diet and gender
By Monica Stylli on 21/04/2008 in Pregnancy diet and nutrition
Can your diet at the time of conception influence the gender of your baby?
breakfasts might increase the odds of conceiving a boy. 740 first-time pregnant women in the UK were asked to provide records of their eating habits during the early stages of pregnancy.56% of mothers-to-be with the highest energy intake at the time
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50% off on Natal Hypnotherapy
By Monica Stylli on 11/04/2008 in Products
Half-price antenatal courses offered throughout the UK
a caesarean. Women can also benefit from feeling more in control during birth and reduced likelihood of post-natal depression.Taking a different approach to the standard NHS/NCT antenatal classes, the course focuses on learning the basics of birth
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Cow & Gate Writing your birth plan
By Gavin Day on 21/11/2011 in Advertorial
Prgnancy advice from Cow & Gate
.write(''); Birth plans are well worth writing. They let midwives, doctors and birth partners know how you want to be treated during labour – things like your preferred pain relief and position during childbirth. Thinking about all this beforehand is really
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Why music is so important when you're giving birth
By Rachel Beckett on 21/09/2011 in Labour & birth
iPod at the ready! Plan your soundtrack for delivering your baby and you could have a smoother birth
that music ‘got them through’. In the same way it’s worth thinking about the benefits that music can bring to labour and birth and the ways in which it can help you on your big day.Listening to music during labour and birth is not a new idea, however
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Can labour be too fast?
By ThinkBaby on 19/08/2010 in Labour & birth
Fast labour may be every pregnant woman's dream but can labour be too quick?
you have. However, in the early stages of your contractions, you may even be able still to busy yourself with ironing, cooking or another activity to take your mind off the aches and pains you are feeling. To imagine that 'labour' is 18 hours
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Fasting for Ramadan during pregnancy affects baby
By Kimberley Smith on 25/06/2010 in Pregnancy diet and nutrition
Muslim mums-to-be warned that religious fasting during Ramadan could be harmful to their unborn babies
to give birth to boys and this trend increased if the fasting was done in the early stages of pregnancy. This could be related to the different ways male and female babies cope with stress in the womb.“We generally find the largest effects on adults when
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Could feeding a newborns cow’s milk avoid allergy?
By Kimberley Smith on 15/07/2010 in Breast and bottle feeding
Drinking cow’s milk in the first 15 days could prevent babies developing an allergy to it when they’re older, claims study
Giving newborn babies cow’s milk regularly for the first 15 days after birth eliminates the chances of developing a cow milk allergy later in life, a study in Tel Aviv has found.Despite guidelines that recommend waiting until your baby turns 1
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Robert Downey Jnr to become a dad again
By Lara Brunt on 01/09/2011 in Celebrity
The Hollywood star's wife is pregnant with their first child together
There's a baby on the way for former Hollywood hellraiser Robert Downey Jnr and his wife of six years.Susan Levin's due to give birth to the couple's first child together early next year, making the 46-year-old Iron Man actor a dad for the second
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Dad to 4 million gets Nobel Prize
By Matt Fricker on 05/10/2010 in IVF & fertility treatments
British IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his life-changing fertility work
Professor Robert Edwards, one of the pioneers of IVF treatment, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.Professor Robert, 85, developed the fertility treatment alongside Dr Patrick Steptoe (who died in 1988) which led to the birth of Louise
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Mum gives birth to two sets of twins in one year
By Sarah McKenzie on 13/04/2010 in Twins & more
Hazel Bowden is the only woman in the UK to have two double deliveries within 12 months
he could help me.” On 16 September 2006, Hazel began her second double delivery, giving birth to Sarah and Connor five weeks early. “At one point, Andy and I were preparing 24 bottles, getting through 35 nappies and doing four loads of washing every
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