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Win a Mumlin and book “Twins”

Mumlin is a stylish and practical alternative to a muslin to protect your clothes when burping baby. I got fed up with muslins when my twin boys were born, they were always on the wrong shoulder, in the wrong place, fell on the floor and looked horrid. Baby bibs had been made trendy but mum…

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Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez

Pregnancy: expecting the unexpected!

In the run up to the DVD and Blue -ray release of comedy film ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ a nationwide survey of mums has shown just how many of us found that pregnancy surprised us in many ways, and that whilst we were expecting, we should perhaps have been more prepared to expect…

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Question: Could I be having twins?

Q: “I am 35 years old and am 10 weeks pregnant with my second child. I have been assessed as having a ‘remote’ chance of having twins. During week nine I noticed that my abdomen had distended rather rapidly and I now look like I did when I was 16 weeks in my first pregnancy. I…

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Testing twin babies

You can’t test twins for Down’s syndrome or spina bifida using a blood test or chorionic villus sampling as the test will not show you which twin is affected. Your choices are to have the nuchal translucency test (a screening test) or amniocentesis (a diagnostic test). Amniocentesis for twins is a highly skilled procedure because the doctor has…

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Angelina confirms she is having twins

Angelina Jolie has confirmed the rumours that she and Brad Pitt are expecting twins – thanks to a slip of the tongue of actor Jack Black on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. Jack and Angelina were having a joint interview to promote their latest film Kung Fu Panda at the festival when…

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