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Nominate your local NCT Star 2012
Have you had great support from a special volunteer at your local NCT branch? The UK’s largest charity for parents, is inviting anyone who has benefited from support or services through their local branch network to nominate an NCT volunteer for a prestigious award. The annual NCT Stars Awards, sponsored by Pampers, recognise and celebrate…
MIDIRS and NCT merge to create improved maternity services in UK
Two leading UK charities dedicated to improving maternity care announced their official merger. MIDIRS, a key provider of innovative and evidence-based information resources for maternity health care professionals and students, and NCT, the UK’s foremost charity for parents which champions user involvement in both maternity services and maternity research, have long since shared similar values and…
NHS and NCT antenatal classes
NHS Classes These may be run by your local midwife, or at the hospital. They may cover labour and birth in detail, or they may cover skills for labour in just one or two sessions and devote more time to handling your baby and what to expect after the birth. Advantages they are free they tend to be…
Posted in Antenatal Care
Tagged antenatal class, labour and birth, Midwife, National Childbirth Trust, NCT, Postnatal
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I had my baby at home
Tori gave birth to a healthy 10lb, 2oz girl. It was a three and a half hour labour, and the only pain relief was a tens machine. She immediately fed her new daughter and her husband Paul cut the cord. Then they relaxed on the sofa while the midwives tidied up the living room and…
Posted in Community, Home birth, Labour and Birth
Tagged Childbirth, Conor, Finnlay, Home birth, Keavie, Midwife, National Childbirth Trust, Next Magazine, Paul, Tori
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Is a home birth right for you?
Home birth offers you the chance to have more control over your labour in a familiar environment but is it safe? We take a look at what’s involved… Home birth – the facts Most of us choose to go to hospital to have our baby without even considering the option of a home birth. Yet the…
Breastfeeding : organisations that can help
If you have a breastfeeding problem, get help as soon as possible. The longer you leave it, the more painful it may become, and a simply resolved problem may make all the difference. You can get help from: Below is a list of UK organisations which provide breastfeeding help. National Breastfeeding Helpline 0300 100 0212 Bengali /…
Support Groups
Below are is an alphabetical list of the support groups dealing with organisations for babies, children, pregnant women, pregnancy, alternative therapies, breastfeeding mothers and so many more. A – B – C – D -E – F – G – H – I – J – K -L – M – N – O –…
Posted in Parenting styles, Pregnancy Health, Safety and homeproofing, Support group
Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, Association for Postnatal Illness, Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Baby Life Support Systems, Breastfeeding, British Epilepsy Association, Childhood, Childhood Trust, Coeliac Society, Continence Foundation, Fertility Awareness and Natural Family Planning Service, Foundation for Study of Infant Deaths, Health visitor, Holistic Association, Independent Midwives Association, International Association, International Federation, International Society, Lip and Palate Association, Midwife, National Association, National Association for Colitis and Crohn, National Association for Mental Health, National Association of Parents, National Centre for Play, National Childbirth Trust, National Childminding Association, National Council, National Eczema Society, Nutritional Advisory Service, Osteopathic Centre, Parenting, Population, Pregnancy, Professional Association, Reach Association, Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre Association, Reproductive health, Resource Service, Royal College of Midwives, Royal National Institute, Royal National Institute for the Deaf, Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society, the Council for Awards, Twins and Multiple Birth Association, UK Association, UK Chapter
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The Baby Show London 2004
A Must See Event For Parents and Parents-To-Be Being pregnant has never been so chic. A-list personalities Liv Tyler, Julia Roberts and Claudia Schiffer are expecting and the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Sophie Ellis Bextor are proud new mums rarely seen without their offspring in tow. The Baby Show London, in association with Practical…
Mothers Told To Keep On Breastfeeding
Experts are telling mothers to continue breastfeeding despite research suggesting it could cause an increased risk of heart disease for babies in later life. A study in the British Medical Journal suggested prolonged breastfeeding was linked to stiffening of the artery walls in early adulthood. Professor Alan Lucas, author of the Medical Research Council report,…
News archive
Doctor delivers wife’s twins on motorway hard shoulder 28 February, 2001 A doctor delivered his wife’s premature twins on the hard shoulder of a US motorway. read full story >> Family Tax Credit problems costing jobs 27 February, 2001 plans to end child poverty by making work pay will have limited success unless problems…
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Tagged artificial chemicals, asthma, Autism, Breastfeeding, Childhood, counsellor, Family, household products, Infant feeding, Meningitis Trust, Miscarriage, Mums' army, National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, National Childbirth Trust, Parenting, the British Medical Journal
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