Pregnancy & birth

Pregnancy week by week: Week 21

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Pregnancy week by week: Week 21

By Hilary Pereira, Apr 16, 2011

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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Pregnancy week by week: Week 20

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Pregnancy week by week: Week 20

By Hilary Pereira, Apr 16, 2011

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

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Pregnancy week by week: Week 19

By Hilary Pereira, Apr 16, 2011

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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Pregnancy week by week: Week 18

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Pregnancy week by week: Week 18

By Hilary Pereira, Apr 16, 2011

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

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Pregnancy week by week: Week 17

By Hilary Pereira, Apr 16, 2011

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

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 10, 2011

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

By Katy Holland, Dec 9, 2010

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

By Katy Holland, Dec 8, 2010

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

By Katy Holland, Dec 2, 2010

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

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 30, 2010

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

By Katy Holland, Nov 12, 2010

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

By Katy Holland, Nov 11, 2010

Researchers may have discovered why babies whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have a far higher risk of cot death, or ...

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