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Win PhotoDirector4 Ultra for your baby photo editing
PhotoDirector4 Ultra is a comprehensive, powerful, and intuitive solution to create professional looking photos.
Competition ends 31st May 2013Groups
No co-sleeping with your newborn baby for the first 6 months
The headlines are dealing with another report on the factors and risks associated with co-sleeping with your baby. This topic is never one that parents care to consider in detail but being fully informed of the latest research can only be a positive thing to help reduce any incidences of cot death. Despite the advice…
Linda Robson launches Overactive Bladder campaign
It affects around 7 million people, can leave sufferers feeling depressed, and is more prevalent that diabetes, angina and osteoarthritis. OAB (Overactive Bladder) can leave its’ sufferers feeling trapped in their own homes, but it remains a condition that can be simply swept under the carpet, or even laughed at. With 80% of people agreeing…
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Hair loss and thinning – the common condition that women don’t talk about
It will happen to half of all women at some point in their lives, but now a new poll of more than 4,000 people in the UK* suggests hair loss and thinning is the ultimate taboo. To mark hair loss awareness month, the research by Viviscal hair supplements, reveals the lengths men and women will…
Posted in Pregnancy, Pregnancy Health Tagged Hair care, hair loss, Pregnancy, pregnancy health Leave a comment
Nevasic® proven assistance with pregnancy sickness in a downloadable App
It is an accepted fact that over 70% of pregnancies bring with them the undesirable symptoms of pregnancy sickness or “morning sickness” – also known as nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP). If you suffer, what do you carry to help you? Is it proven, convenient, drug free and safe for all? We’d like to…
Drug-free allergy relief for hay fever sufferers
Parents with children who suffer from hay fever… Hay fever is very common and can strike at any time from early spring to late summer. It often first develops in early childhood, with more than a third of youngsters suffering by the time they reach their teen years. For school-age children, symptoms such as itchy…
Posted in Baby Health, Pregnancy Health Tagged a-z pregnancy complications-h, allergies, allergy, blocked noses, hay fever, Hayfever, Nose, Pregnancy Leave a comment
The Antenatal Group
Mel’s greatest fear on arriving at her first antenatal class involved dealing with judgemental midwives and sweaty maternity tights. The last thing that she expected was to be dumped abruptly by her boyfriend Leo and left seven months pregnant, facing the daunting prospect of birth and parenthood entirely alone. Shocked and dazed, she finds the…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Pregnancy Tagged antenatal class, Antenatal Club, The Antenatal Group Leave a comment
“Life-saver” MumStuff sends out the 10,000th Group B Strep Testing Pack
MumStuff, a website wholly dedicated to the needs of expectant and new mums, has just despatched its 10,000th group B Strep private testing pack to a pregnant mother. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the commonest cause of life-threatening infections in newborn babies in the UK and although normally harmless, it can be passed to newborn babies…
Light drinking of alcohol in pregnancy
A recent study suggests that light drinking of up to two units a week during pregnancy is not linked to adverse behavioural or cognitive outcomes in childhood. Previous research has linked heavy alcohol consumption during pregnancy with health and developmental problems in children, however, the effects of low level alcohol consumption was unclear. This new…
Posted in Ask our Midwife, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Health Tagged Alcohol, Homepage - Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy, pregnancy health Leave a comment
The healthy way to lose your post pregancy weight
Wouldn’t it be lovely if having a baby was like it is on the TV, movies and even on the cover of ‘OK’ magazine?! Within a couple of weeks of having your baby, your body snapped straight back into its pre pregnancy shape and you were back in your skinny jeans before your little one’s…
Posted in News, Post natal-pregnancy Tagged Exercise, healthy diet, News - Pregnancy, Postnatal, postnatal exercise, Weight gain, Weight loss Leave a comment
Pregnant feet and reflexology
Are you suffering with your pregnancy feet and in need of some Reflexology? With pregnancy comes about a whole host of changes to the woman’s body, including changes in her stance and gait. The force exerted across some joints in the body during pregnancy can be two-fold! How does pregnancy affect the stance and gait…
Posted in Pregnancy, Pregnancy Health Tagged feet, Foot care, Foot Reflexology, Homepage - Pregnancy, ligaments, oedema, Pelvic girdle pain, Pregnancy, reflexology, Relaxin, sciatica Leave a comment
