Articles Tagged: maternity units
'Home births should be encouraged to save NHS money'
Researchers say that home births for mums having their second and subsequent babies could save the NHS thousands of pounds.
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Home births increase baby death risk for first time mums, claims study
A study is claiming that first-time mothers are three times more likely to lose their baby if they decide to have a home birth.
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Dads to be urged to be more involved in birth and newborns' care
Dads are to be urged to become move involved in their partner's antenatal and postnatal care.
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Midwife shortage putting mums and babies at risk
The Royal College of Midwives has warned that some areas of England have such a shortage of midwives that mums and babies are at risk.
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Breastfeeding boom amongst new mums
New breastfeeding statistics from the NHS Information Centre have revealed that breastfeeding figures are up amongst new mums - but they don't reveal how many continue after the first few weeks.
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Twins born a MONTH apart
PA You know how everyone exaggerates their birth stories? How they were in labour for 'days'? Well, we have news of a ...
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Not enough hospital beds mean mums are going into labour in waiting rooms
King's College Hospital in South London has admitted that mums are 'regularly' going into labour in the hospital's maternity ...
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Hero dad delivers baby after hospital turns mum away TWICE
When heavily pregnant Emma Habens' waters broke she headed straight to her local maternity unit at the North Hampshire ...
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