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Royal Hooter Sparks Plastic Surgery Trend: Nation Synchronises Wombs AND Noses With Duchess Kate

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK
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The Duchess of Cambridge's "straight, cute" nose has inspired a plastic surgery trend - with the number of "Kate" requests trebling since 2011. Ye...

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Duchess Of Cambridge Pregnancy Sparks Boom In Sales Of Fertility Products

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK
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Sales of home fertility monitors and pregnancy tests have soared by 60 per cent since the Duchess of Cambridge announced her baby news. As Kate an...

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Is the Government Waking up to Midwife Shortage?

Cathy Warwick | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Maternity, Midwives, Midwife, Royal College of Midwives, Maternity Care, Baby Boom, UK Health, Midwifery, Childbirth, UK Politics News
Cathy Warwick

Our number-crunching, for the year 2011, suggests that England is short of as many as 5,000 midwives. Progress on midwife numbers since the turn of the century reminds me of the tortoise and the hare. I just hope that, as in the case of that fable, the tortoise ends up winning.

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Biggest Baby Boom In 40 Years Due..

PA | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK
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The biggest baby boom in 40 years is expected just as maternity cutbacks hit hospitals. New figures suggest more than 700,000 babies will be born i...

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Primary Schools To Feel The Pressure As Pupil Numbers Soar By 18%

PA | Posted 26.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education
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The number of children in England's primary and nursery schools is set to soar by 18% in the next eight years, official figures show. By 2020, the ...

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Mini Baby Boom Fuels Need For 2,000 More Primary Schools

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Department for Education, UK News, UK Politics, The Budget, Baby Boom Generation, UK Students, Academies, Baby Boom, Free Schools, UK Schools, Stephen Twigg, UK Universities & Education News

Around 2,000 primary schools need to be built to provide children born during a 'mini baby boom' with an education, Labour claims. Shadow education...

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Baby Boom Puts Pressure On Primaries

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 24.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Population, School Places, UK Students, Primary Schools, Baby Boom, UK Schools, Education Policy, Overpopulation, Stephen Twigg, UK Universities & Education News

The numbers of children at primary school are expected to rise by a fifth over the coming decade, official figures suggest, putting huge pressure on p...

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Mums and Midwives Get Older as Births Keep Booming

Cathy Warwick | Posted 22.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: State of Maternity Services, Maternity Care, Older Mums, Baby Boom, Teenage Pregnancy, Royal College of Midwives, UK Lifestyle News
Cathy Warwick

Mums are getting older. The number of births to women (and girls) under 20 is down in all four parts of the UK. In Scotland there are now fewer births to teenage mums than in any year since 1952.

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Subliminal Pressure Tips Baby Boom

Sonja Lewis | Posted 02.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Motherhood, Pregnancy, Fulfilment, Childless Women, Birth Rate, Tipping Point, Pressure, Baby Boom, UK Lifestyle News
Sonja Lewis

The bottom line is that whether we like it or not, our decision-making, even if it does feel natural, is influenced by pressure.

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Baby Boom is the Real Story, Not Teenage Mums

Cathy Warwick | Posted 03.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Teenage Mums, Children, Midwives, Youngest Grandparents, Tabloid Journalism, Baby Boom, UK News
Cathy Warwick

If the tabloids are looking for the real story here, it is not about teenage mums or even twentysomething grandparents, it is the baby boom, and the extreme pressure that is now placing on midwives and the care they provide.

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