Pregnancy & birth
Alamy
Pregnancy week by week: Week 21
Alamy Welcome to week 21 By now you'll have waved goodbye to your old waistline as you'll have a pretty good sized ...
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Rex Features
Pregnancy week by week: Week 20
Rex Features Welcome to week 20 Well done! By the end of the week you'll be halfway through your pregnancy, as dated ...
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Pregnancy week by week: Week 19
Getty Welcome to week 19 It's a good time to start making a list of equipment you'll need to buy in the coming ...
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Alamy
Pregnancy week by week: Week 18
Alamy Welcome to week 18 This could be a landmark week if you're lucky enough to feel your baby move. Some women ...
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Pregnancy week by week: Week 17
Rex Features Welcome to week 17 At this stage of pregnancy you might start to experience some unwanted aches and ...
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Autism link to closely spaced pregnancies
A report claims there is an increased risk of autism in second babies when their birth falls shortly after a mother's first ...
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New blood test for genetic disorders on the way
Scientists have created a new blood test that can predict an unborn baby's risk of genetic disorders. The test could come ...
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Mobile phone use in pregnancy linked to behaviour problems in children
Regular use of mobile phones in pregnancy may be linked to behavioural problems in children, new research suggests. The ...
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Dad delivers baby after couple stuck in traffic jam
It's every expectant couple's nightmare: getting stuck in a traffic jam when you're in labour. But mum-to-be Helen Osborne ...
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'Bloated' mum gives birth just a day after discovering she was pregnant
When health care assistant Karen Barker, 24, visited her GP with a bloated tummy, she expected to be told she had a bowel ...
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Cutting umbilical cord too soon could be damaging, says expert
A childbirth expert has called for midwives and doctors to stop clamping babies' umbilical cords immediately after birth and ...
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Smoking in pregnancy affects your unborn baby's brain and may increase cot death risk
Researchers may have discovered why babies whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have a far higher risk of cot death, or ...
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