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Births outside normal weekday working hours and at weekends are riskier, say experts More...

Early exposure to cow’s milk could reduce chances of later allergies, say researchers More...

Marathon runner, 36, and her mother Pat joined other mums of Olympians at they launched a new sponsorship venture for the 2012 games. More...

a helpful (ish) guide to newborn babies More...

Parents of new babies miss out on six months worth of sleep in the first two years of their child's life, according to a study. More...

Blog post in reaction to the media's vision of women who have had c-sections as being 'too posh to push'. More...

The advertising watchdog said the advert for advice on abortion services had broken no rules, despite 5,000 complaints. By Mark Sweney More...

Women who experience pregnancy complications or a difficult labour have a higher risk of experiencing post-natal depression, scientists will say today. More...

The 25-year-old singer said: 'It goes without saying that we are both absolutely delighted,' after revealing she was three months pregnant. More...

Women who put on too much weight during pregnancy are risking the lifelong health of their baby, research has shown. More...

Lily Allen is expecting her first baby with boyfriend Sam Cooper. More...

Women who have had a miscarriage do not need to wait before trying to get pregnant again, say doctors. More...

Five months into her pregnancy, it appears as though the pop star has got her maternity wardrobe figured out. More...

Efforts under way to better understand the impact of brain injuries in newborns More...

Experts have found eight-year-olds who were exposed to liquorice in the womb had levels of the hormone cortisol up to a third higher than those whose mothers never ate it. More...

Jennifer Aniston says women no longer need a man in order to have a child. More...

Rod Stewart is to become a father again - with the baby due just weeks after the rocker's 66th birthday, it was announced today. More...

If there’s one thing I hate dressing the boys in it’s boring clothes. I steer away from pastels and plain colours and head straight for the bright and bold. More...

Donated breast milk More...

I felt like a right fraud the other morning. There I was turning up to a blogger/press briefing for Nurofen, Bonjela and Karvol’s new website, Mumschool, with Little Mister – the poster child for perfect management of teething, colds and post-immunisation fever. So what was I doing there? I’m still not entirely sure but I’m glad I went. More...

To highchair or not to high chair, that is the question. Or at least one of the many that I'm pondering right now. We don't have one. It's not that we didn't intend to get a highchair, more that we hadn't got that far and then suddenly weaning was upon us. So we should get a highchair. Right? More...

Training health visitors to help mothers after childbirth can reduce post-natal depression rates, a study suggests. More...

Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that the rate of cot deaths falls with the age of the mother More...

The CDC has reported that circumcision rates in the US have fallen sharply over the last decade—from 56% of newborn boys circumcised in 2006, to 33% in 2009. Declines are being attributed to the American Academy of Pediatrics statement in 1999 More...

Love, Craft and BakingSearch .About meaStoreBlog .Knitted Hats24 Aug After a little hiatus from my knitting needles and yarn, I felt a sudden desire to get back into knitting last week. Either I’m pregnant (my knitting frenzies have only occured whilst ‘with child’, but if I am….well, help me it’s mad enough with my two!) or perhaps, and more likely, it’s a preparing for winter thing. Let’s hope it’s the latter – I don’t get enough sleep as it is! More...

The 37-year-old actress, who is expecting twins with partner Steve White, showed off her huge bump in a flowered maxi dress and matching blue cardigan as she arrived at the TV studios in Manchester. More...

After weeks of speculation Miranda Kerr has finally admitted that she is, in fact, pregnant with her first child with her new husband. More...

The first of a nine-part series exploring safe and natural formula possibilities. More...

Further to Me, The Man & The Baby's recent submission re the media's coverage of assumed risks in home births, I thought this might be of interest. Being seven months pregnant with my first child and planning a "left luxury"* home birth, sensible, well balanced (and yes, being pregnant I also found it tear-jerking) articles such as this are hugely encouraging. *Sali Hughes, author of the Guardian piece cites one Twitter user's opinion of home births More...

Back in April and May, as a newly pregnant prospective first-time mother, I was offered the screening tests for Down's syndrome. All was well. Due to an NHS error, however, further tests were carried out, this time with less reassuring results, and my husband and I were suddenly confronted with choices we felt too ill-informed to consider... More...

'Giving up the prospect of your own children is like a bereavement.' Caroline Van Den Heever tells YOU how surrogacy made her parenting dreams come true. More...

More than 700 children are born with genetic diseases every year as a result of cousin marriages, an investigation has found. More...

Panorama reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates the case of a couple wrongly accused of hurting their child and their battle to be able to name witnesses in the family courts. More...

A manager at a McDonald's in Glendale, AZ, recently asked a woman to leave the building after she began nursing her baby in the restaurant. That manager is obviously not a reader of Consumerist, or else they would have been prepared for the inevitable backlash, which came this weekend in the form of dozens of moms staging a More...

Having received "concerning" results following a triple blood test in the 15th week of pregnancy, we returned to the hospital for an anomaly scan. With our fingers crossed, we watched as the doctor measured various limbs and features and attempted to reassure us everything would be "okay"... More...

Elisabetta, 30, donned a sequinned bandeau top and khaki bikini bottoms, as well as a pair of huge sunglasses, and waved to onlookers as she posed on the beach. More...

Don't tell anyone, but maternity leave is a wonderful way to spend your time at someone else's expense, writes Jemima Lewis. More...

Formula feeding support for moms More...

What a tawdry transaction it would be - for wannabe parents to fork out a fortune for donor services, insisting on a blue- eyed girl or athletic boy or a donor with a PhD. More...

Reading to twins can be extremely difficult! Here are a few tips, be more suggestions welcome... More...

Rachel Stevens was out and about in central London today showing off her bump in another stylish ensemble. More...

By Teresa Conrick A long and hard fight for compensation due to a vaccine injury has been won -- finally. You can read about it HERE. This is an historic event in that this is the first UK MMR case... More...

(Otherwise known as ‘how the hell do I explain BLW to my Nan?’) More...

Having had a rather unsuccessful relationship with my first midwife, I went in search of another and, in the process, confirmed my wish for a home birth... More...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with congenital heart disease need to be cautious about pregnancy and birth control choices because some options can increase heart risks, but many are unaware of the More...

An interesting article on how formula feeding mothers can share some of the benefits that breastfeeding mothers and babies share. More...

Leader of Britain's midwives disputes survey's claims that home birth is riskier than hospital delivery More...

A workout that uses your own body weight. More...

The National Patient Safety Agency issues alert following death of baby girl given too high amount of dextrose More...

Study Links Fluoride to Pre-term Birth and Anemia in Pregnancy. More...

Mothers who smoke early in pregnancy may sow the seeds of infertility in their unborn sons by arresting the development of sperm cells, research suggests. More...

Trendy maternity clothes experts Yummy Mummy Fashion helps you find the perfect maternity cardigan More...

Visit the Yummy Mummy Fashion's blog for the latest style tips! Get a fashionable wardrobe update with our adice on how to pull off this Autumns hottest trends. More...

“Exclusive breastfeeding for six months wards off baby infections,” reported the BBC. “Regardless of other factors, such as good healthcare and vaccination programmes, breastfeeding still gives babies a boost,” More...

UNICEF backing for efforts to raise breastfeeding levels - NHS Doncaster has received an award from UNICEF for its work on improving breastfeeding rates in the borough.
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Research shows using formula can cause health problems in later life, as children can develop unnaturally large appetites More...

When you're formula feeding your baby, there are many potential problems you may encounter. To ensure proper baby nutrition, watch this! Baby ... More...

Visit Glowstars Reviews before midnight Saturday to find out how you can win a Playskool Explore N Grow Chase Me Critter More...

The birth of your baby should be the happiest time of your life, but for Emma Portogallo the birth of her son Xavier was the 'worst nightmare imaginable'. More...

Article about how attachment parenting works for us. More...

Article about how attachment parenting works for us. More...

The trials and tribulations of pregnancy. (33wk+) More...

With no major advances in safer childbirth for 50 years, doctors are calling for more properly funded research. By Carol Davis More...

There’s something about classic toys, the ones made of wood, not brightly coloured plastic, the sort of toys that we would have played with as kids. If I’m honest, while there are some great, modern kids toys out there, I’d much prefer to give the kids something that bit more old school. More...

Natural birth and breastfeeding after sexual abuse. More...

Li'l Mister loves splashing in the bath. I was lucky when I bought his baby bath that I managed to find quite a large one. Which was fine at first, but that kid doesn't stop growing! Soon he'd outgrown the bath but not splashing and was alternating between managing to splash (and soak me in the process) or kicking the end of the bath. So I needed a solution. More...

Li’l Mister loves splashing in the bath. I was lucky when I bought his baby bath that I managed to find quite a large one. Which was fine at first, but that kid doesn’t stop growing! Soon he’d outgrown the bath but not splashing and was alternating between managing to splash (and soak me in the process) or kicking the end of the bath. So I needed a solution. One that came in the form of the original BabyDam bathwater barrier. More...

The supermodel tells of the terrifying - yet common - complication that struck after her first baby was born ... and why she is fighting to save the thousands of women it kills every year. More...

Another take on the when to wean debate. More...

Another take on the when to wean debate. More...

It's been a year since Li'l Mister was born... More...

The model and her footballer fiance share their excitement over five-week-old son Harry James O’Hara More...

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IT’S MOST likely not a testimony to the nanny-hiring resources of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter that Glory, the obligatory musical tribute to he and Beyoncé Knowles’ new daughter Blue Ivy, appeared online less than 48 hours after the child arrived on Saturday night. More...

A mother says she was left shocked after being thrown out of a Scarborough coffee shop for breastfeeding - prompting an apology from the shop owner. More...

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z have bought a $600,000 rocking horse for their new baby daughter. More...

So, I did it, I’ve returned to the work force. Maternity leave is behind me and now I’m back in the world of work and frighteningly it’s like I’ve never been away! More...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Don't just assume a baby's sleep problems are normal and will soon pass, suggests a new study that finds babies with sleep issues are several times more likely to still have More...

We've all had mommy fail moments. Come on, even you. It's because that despite our best efforts, we aren't perfect. Though our husbands... More...