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Win a Spabreaks.com voucher

We’ve teamed up with spabreaks.com to offer you the chance to win £200 worth of Spabreaks.com vouchers to spend at over 400 venues Worldwide, plus all members are able to take advantage of a special 15% discount for Mother’s Day on any spa experiences and gifts purchased online. Whether you are looking to treat someone special, relax yourself…

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Hypnotherapy for labour : A midwife’s view

Why is it that many women seem to fear their baby’s birthday rather than look forward to it? Midwife, Tania Pearce, has trained in Hypnobirthing a course that has been devised by a hypnotherapist, Marie Mongan, who could see the benefits of using it for birth. Her method is called Hypnobirthing the Mongan method. Tania descibes how she…

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Dos and don’ts for pregnant commuters

Men in suits hiding behind newspapers, and smartly dressed women pretended they can’t see your huge belly. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common experience for pregnant commuters. Whether you have to commute by car, bus or train – to work, hospitals, or anywhere – here are some things to remember. Chill out DON’T let the daily commute raise your stress levels…

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Homebirths save lives and lower caesarean rates

17th June 2005 Expectant couples across the UK have been given yet more evidence in the latest of a series of studies which support the British Medical Association and Royal College of Midwives view that home births are as safe, if not more safe, than hospital births. The study published this week in the British Medical Journal, is the…

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One birth, two stories

Rich and Tracy Vincent share their versions of their perfect birth experience, involving much groaning and grunting, hypnobirthing and a useful but not-much-used pool! I’m the luckiest man alive At 16 days overdue my partner Tracy and I started believing that the birth was just never going to happen! For over two weeks I’d been driving over every drain…

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