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Serve up tasty, nutritious meals for your little one with OXO Tot’s innovative range of feeding and weaning equipment.
Competition ends 31st May 2012Groups
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When to stop contraception
Doctors vary in their views on this. Some doctors recommend allowing a month or two for your body to adjust itself to its natural cycle before conception. Others point out that the hormones are eliminated from your system as soon as you have your next menstrual period, and believe there’s no point in waiting. You may want to…
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Tagged conception, contraception, Hormonal contraception, preparing your body
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Preparing your body for pregnancy
A healthy lifestyle is just as important for prospective fathers too, so if there are things you need to do, for example giving up smoking, doing it together will give you some valuable moral support. Weight and exercise Check your weight: any woman who is very over- or under-weight may find her fertility levels are affected. If…
Contraception after child birth
One of the first questions you will be asked in the first 48 hours after having your baby is: have you thought about contraception? After what you’ve just gone through, having sex is likely to be the last thing on your mind, but a lot of unplanned pregnancies happen in the first few months after…
breastfeeding as contraceptive
‘You won’t get pregnant if you’re breastfeeding’ is no old wives’ tale, say researchers at the World Health Organisation. They examined the risk of pregnancy for over 4,000 women from seven different countries worldwide, all of whom were breastfeeding and whose periods had stopped. During ‘full breastfeeding’ for the first six months, pregnancy rates were as low as…
Folic acid could prevent thousands of premature births
1st February 2008 Thousands of premature births could be prevented if the mothers took folic acid for at least a year before getting pregnant, doctors have found. A major study has shown that extra supplies of the B vitamin cut the risk of premature babies by 50 to 70 per cent. Doctors are now advising young women…
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Tagged brain injury, contraception, Dietary supplements, Fertility, Fetus, Folic acid, Nutrition, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy, premature birth, Radek Bukowski, Texas, University of Texas
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Baby Squad : Patsy Palmer
If your baby or toddler is driving you round the bend, the latest parenting programme may give you some reassurance, if not the solution to your particular problem! Sam Pope spoke to Patsy Palmer, Baby Squad’s presenter, to see how her programme differs from all the other parenting shows around. The new kid on the block Bringing up…
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Tagged Breastfeeding, Childhood, contraception, Family, Parenting, Patsy Palmer, Squad
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