family health

Pregnant Women With High Gluten Diets 'Could Increase Their Children's Risk Of Diabetes'

But don’t go changing your diet just yet, reassured the researchers.
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Air Pollution Can Impact Babies In The Womb, Evidence Shows

Scientists discovered sooty particles in pregnant women's placentas
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Social Media Isn't Causing Fear Of Childbirth - We Need To Find Out Why So Many Women Are Still Having Traumatic Experiences

So many women do wonder why no one told them the 'truth' about childbirth. The truth is that women should be in control and understand their options fully
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Women Must Keep Talking About Their Experiences Of Childbirth - For Everyone's Sake

We shouldn't be blaming Mumsnet for a rise in fear of childbirth. Cuts to services, lack of research and a push on natural birth all factor in
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Pregnant Women Need To Be Aware That Labour Rarely Goes To Plan - I Wish I Had Known

There is a culture of not wanting to frighten expectant mothers but how can they be in control of their experience unless they are aware things can - and do - go wrong?
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Pope Faces Pressure Over Tuam Babies In Mass Grave

Amid protests over clerical sex abuse, another scandal was addressed during the Pope’s visit to Ireland. An estimated 800 babies were buried between 1925 and 1961, in a mass grave on the grounds of a Catholic “mother and baby” home in Tuam. Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has released a letter she gave to the Pope requesting help with the excavation.
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My Family Was Complete But I Wanted To Birth Another Child, So I Became A Surrogate

I felt hugely responsible, I felt like I needed to do everything right
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'They Were Expecting Me To Miscarry In My Own Home': Why This Mother Is Voting Yes To Abortion In Ireland

Warning: this report contains distressing content.
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Infertility Ignorance Is Not An Excuse Anymore - It Won't Be Fixed If We 'Just Relax'

Why do people believe that all infertility warriors are just anxious women who need to calm the hell down and they’d get preggers?
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I Found Out I Was Pregnant 10 Days After My Cancer Diagnosis

We had been planning for a second baby and what should have been a moment of joy and happiness for us, was overshadowed by my diagnosis
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