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Establishing a relationship with your midwife

Meeting your midwife and establishing a relationship

A good relationship between a midwife and a woman can have a hugely beneficial effect on the progress and normality of labour. It can also affect the woman’s sense of achievement and her satisfaction with her pregnancy and birth experience. Relationship building should ideally begin during the antenatal period. Becoming familiar with your midwife and…

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Access to children after divorce

Shared parenting under the spotlight

Shared parenting is under the spotlight, with researchers from the University of Portsmouth looking to examine shared parenting and contact orders for children whose parents separate. The research comes in the wake of fathers’ rights groups campaigning for more time with their children after divorce, and a mooted change in the law in favour of…

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International Friendship Day

A Girl’s Best Friend is forever! 30th July is International Friendship Day, and also marks the start of ‘Blue Nose Friends Friendship Week’ – BFF Week for short – with mini friendship events running for kids up and down the country at Entertainer stores during the week. Most of us have a BFF that we’ve…

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Charity Refuge “Don’t cover it up” campaign

With 1 in 4 women suffering from domestic violence the charity Refuge and make-up artist Lauren Luke are launching a powerful online campaign telling victims of domestic violence, and wider society, ‘Don’t cover it up’. The online film takes a brave and disarming approach to the issue of domestic violence, encouraging women to break down…

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When a baby makes three

Having a baby changes your life forever – but how do you deal with the stress it puts on your relationship? Relationship expert, Suzanne Drew-Edwards, show you how to baby-proof your partnership. One of the happy by-products of having a baby is that it can bring you and your partner closer together. Yet even though this might be…

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Dealing with stepchildren

When Kate met Mark she couldn’t have been happier. However, his step children made her life a misery … and threatened her relationshipwith their father. She told us what it was like adjusting to life as a step mum and how things are now she has a child of her own. How we got together…

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Sexual difficulties during pregnancy

Low libidos and other sexual difficulties can become an issue during pregnancy… and beyond. The Baby Gurus expert midwife Emma Thomson and babyworlders give their frank advice on sex and relationship problems. Help! I’m sick and tired and don’t want sex! Question: As of late pregnancy sickness and tiredness leave me less than ready! Plus after all that…

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Women do twice as many home chores

Who does the housework in your home? Chances are it’s the women because, despite talk of the new age man, statistically women still do twice as many chores around the home than men. A woman’s work is never done Women’s lives are busy but even so, it might come as a surprise to discover that…

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How a baby changes your life

Having a baby changes every important relationship you have in some way. With the help of Dr Sandra Wheatley, we look at how your new arrival could strengthen your bonds even further. A tremendous transformation “Having a baby is a natural period of transformation in a woman’s life, particularly if it is her first,” says…

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Happy relationships for parents

Maternity therapy expert, gentle birth practitioner of 13 years, Rachel Foux, helps parents through one main obstacle most relationships encounter at some point – communication. Here she explains the three simple rules of communication: when, where and how to speak to each other. The 3 rules of communication for new parents If I could give one piece of advice…

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