pregnancy and birth
Fat pregnant mums and birth complications — study decoding
Junkfood Science, 11 March 2009
By Sandy Szwarc.
Who’s the IVF daddy? Anyone you care to name
Sunday Times, 1 March 2009
New laws will mean single women undergoing fertility treatment will be able to name anyone as their child's second parent.
Mothers face crackdown on epidural births
Sunday Times, 1 March 2009
Hospitals plan to stop women having epidural painkillers during childbirth in order to promote ‘normal’ delivery.
Rule change allows overweight smokers IVF
The Times (London), 20 February 2009
Lifestyle factors will no longer be allowed to exclude couples from fertility treatment under revised guidelines.
Health warning for ‘embryo tourists’
Sunday Times, 8 February 2009
British women are going overseas to circumvent rules on multiple IVF births and some return expecting triplets or quadruplets.
Maternity units ‘shut to mothers’
BBC News, 8 February 2009
More hospitals in England had to turn away women in labour last year because they were full, figures suggest.
An act of extreme, wilful fecundity?
spiked, 2 February 2009
Why the birth of octuplets in California so speedily turned from a good news story into a finger-wagging morality tale.
Cuts cause new mothers to flock to GPs
The Times (London), 2 February 2009
Cost-cutting has led to a shortage of health visitors in London, causing GPs to be swamped by new mothers seeking advice.
An ugly quest for perfect embryos
Sunday Times, 18 January 2009
The day when women sit around at home screening themselves for imperfections doesn’t seem far off. By India Knight.
Fears over risk of an epidural exaggerated
The Times (London), 12 January 2009
Epidurals and spinal anaesthetics are much safer than previously realised, researchers have concluded.
Down’s Syndrome numbers don’t add up
Reuters, 24 November 2008
Are more women choosing to have a Down’s Syndrome baby despite learning from a prenatal scan they are carrying a child with the condition? Research data published in response by the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register (NDSCR) in London suggests otherwise.
Down’s births increase in a caring Britain
The Times (London), 24 November 2008
More babies are being born with Down’s syndrome as parents appear to be more willing to bring up children with the condition.
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