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Kourtney Kardashian gives birth its a baby boy

cheekychums wrote 1 day ago: Kourtney Kardashian has given birth to a baby boy.He weighed in at a healthy 7lb 6 oz.(Today) He wil … more →

Tags: 1, Baby Birth, baby birth weights, baby births in december, Birth and Delivery, birth of a baby, birth weights of babies, celebrities pregnant, Celebrity Babies

Doulas - a help for mums

nctwatch wrote 5 days ago: Commenting on BMJ.com, a doctor today says that the presence of doulas during labour may alter the d … more →

Tags: Early parenthood, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Improvements to care for sick and premature babies in Wales

nctwatch wrote 5 days ago: Health Minister Edwina Hart today [Monday, 7 December] accepted the recommendations of an expert gro … more →

Tags: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Neonatal Managed Clinical Network for Wales, neonatal services, NHS Wales

Home birth figures remain static across UK

nctwatch wrote 5 days ago: Across the UK in 2008, 21, 211 (2.7%) of all births (787,032) took place at home, compared with 20,5 … more →

Tags: Early parenthood, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, home births

Secret history8 comments

blue milk wrote 6 days ago: There are four of us sitting talking. We are all mothers and the conversation winds about and around … more →

Tags: Feminism, Miscarriage

Pregnant Women Should Beware of Taking Harmful Medications

growingyourbaby wrote 2 weeks ago: A recent study conducted by Dr. Anick Berard at the Université de Montréal found that many pregnant … more →

Tags: Parenting, Pregnancy Health, International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anick Bérard

HATE MUM3 comments

blue milk wrote 2 weeks ago: This article, Everybody hates mommy by Lynn Harris is essential reading as it says  pretty much ever … more →

Tags: child hatred bigotry, Feminism, Feminist Motherhood, Motherhood, motherhood sux, Yummy Mummy

New guide to improve neonatal care

nctwatch wrote 3 weeks ago:   The Department of Health is today publishing new guidance to help the NHS improve the care pr … more →

Tags: Early parenthood, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Department of Health, Neonatal Taskforce, NHS

Baby By Me | 50 Cent | Need is hot

brokeharvardgrad wrote 4 weeks ago: Image via Wikipedia There is nothing hotter in a man than naked need. I thought that this was anothe … more →

Tags: sexual conventions, music critique, Music Mondays, Pregnancy, health, Shopping, 50Cent, Reproductive Health, Fantasy

Do mothers want to be at home?4 comments

blue milk wrote 4 weeks ago: Leave a draft post long enough and the discussion will move on entirely from your half-completed tho … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, work and family (im)balance, Daycare, Feminist Motherhood, babies, motherhood bliss, maternity leave

Slinky links1 comment

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: The trouble with Disney princesses, in a nutshell. See them nicely deconstructed over at love isn … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, Book Review, Feminist Motherhood, babies, motherhood bliss, preschoolers, Kindergarten

What does one wear to a protest rally?10 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: Lauca put together this outfit for today’s “Save Homebirth” rally and I admired he … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, lauca, Feminist Motherhood, Politics

Woman Livestreaming Child Birth1 comment

madhavgopalkrish wrote 1 month ago: Categories: Social Networking Tags: livestreaming, video Live shows from U2 and the Foo Fighters wer … more →

Tags: Lifescape, health, Childbirth, Pregnancy, Minnesota, Reproductive Health, Social network service, Services

In the news: New mother with swine flu has died

21stcenturymum wrote 1 month ago: A woman who contracted swine flu died just weeks after giving birth to her first child, a health aut … more →

Tags: Children, babies, News, swine flu, swine flu vaccine, Susan Ford, David Salisbury, mumsnet

Premature Births: Death

nctwatch wrote 1 month ago: Commons Written Answers – House of Commons – Health Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secreta … more →

Tags: Early parenthood, England, Maternity Services, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Secretary of State for Health Ann Keen

NCT reveals crucial choice guarantee set to be missed by a mile

nctwatch wrote 1 month ago: Over 95% of women in the UK are not able to choose where to give birth, a new report released today … more →

Tags: Early parenthood, England, Maternity Services, Nct in the news, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Chioce of place of birth, Home Birth

Norman Lamb: Number of caesareans deeply worrying

nctwatch wrote 1 month ago: Commenting on figures showing that one in four babies in England is delivered by caesarean section, … more →

Tags: England, Maternity Services, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, caesarean rate, World Health Organisation

NHS Maternity Statistics, England: 2008/09

nctwatch wrote 1 month ago: The new NHS maternity statistics for England 2008-9 were released today. Belinda Phipps, Chief Execu … more →

Tags: Early parenthood, England, Maternity Services, Nct in the news, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, caesarean rate, location, location, location

Should dads be at the birth?3 comments

nctwatch wrote 1 month ago: Leading obstetrician, Michel Odent, says the father’s presence at the birth can lead to his partner … more →

Tags: Early parenthood, England, Nct in the news, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, fathers at birth, Michael Odent


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