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What is your pelvic floor and how can you restore it post-birth?

A significant proportion of women experience problems linked to pelvic floor damage up to 26 years after giving birth, new research suggests – including urinary and faecal incontinence and pelvic floor prolapse. The study by Glasgow Caledonian ...

01 Aug 2024 at 11:26

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Study tracking lives of Irish babies will 'greatly benefit policy making' - O'Gorman

A new Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) birth cohort has been approved by the Irish government. The lives of a new generation of Irish children - babies yet to be born who will be nine months old in 2024 - will be tracked to determine what it is ...

30 Jun 2022 at 12:49

Lifestyle

Action needed to protect women from birth trauma – MP

More must be done to protect women from birth trauma, a Tory MP has said after a new poll revealed that traumatic births have prevented a significant proportion of women from having more children. Theo Clarke said that it was “vitally ...

15 Sept 2023 at 09:02

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Adoptees and parents in Ireland urged to register contact preferences

The Adoption Authority of Ireland has welcomed the commencement of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 and invites adopted persons, parents, and others affected by the Act to register their preferences in relation to contact ...

01 Jul 2022 at 12:13

Lifestyle

Call The Midwife ‘should come with a health warning’

19 Oct 2023 at 09:15

Lifestyle

Chrissy Teigen welcomes fourth child – how does surrogacy actually work?

Chrissy Teigen says her heart is “officially full” after welcoming her fourth child with John Legend via surrogate. The US model thanked her surrogate, Alexandra, for the “incredible gift” as she announced the news on social ...

29 Jun 2023 at 10:47

Lifestyle

10 ways to support new mums after a caesarean

Increasing numbers of babies are being delivered by caesarean – and while not having to push your baby out may sound like the easy option, a C-section is major surgery, which takes a long time to recover from. More than 25% ...

31 Mar 2023 at 07:30

Lifestyle

What is birth trauma and how can you support new mothers following a traumatic birth?

Birth trauma is in the spotlight this week, with calls for a national plan to improve maternity care following a parliamentary inquiry into the topic. According to The Times, a report by the all-party inquiry, led by ...

13 May 2024 at 21:35

Lifestyle

5 fascinating things you didn’t know about your child’s first 1,000 days

It’s long been known that childhood sets a large part of the blueprint for the rest of our lives. But new research suggests something even more specific than that – events during our first 1,000 days, from ...

25 Nov 2022 at 09:30

Lifestyle

Fertility Week: 6 myths around infertility debunked

More than 3.5 million people in the UK endure fertility problems, with many of them suffering in silence. There’s still such a taboo about infertility, that a third of people worry about others learning ...

01 Nov 2024 at 09:50

Lifestyle

5 things new mums don’t talk about but should

Being a new mum brings a wealth of urgent questions – and perhaps just as many things that are left unsaid. Because while new mums will usually need advice about standard how-tos, such as getting a ...

18 Mar 2025 at 09:54

Lifestyle

9 ways to give babies the best start in life

Parents just want the best for their baby – and there can be nothing better than a healthy start to set them up for the rest of their lives. To stress the importance of maternal and newborn health,...

03 Apr 2025 at 08:00

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