New article on weight management in pregnancy in Nursing Practice magazine: It highlights some interesting points: UK data suggests that between 40-65% of women gain too much weight in pregnancy. International research suggests that women who gain too much weight in pregnancy irrespective of pre-pregnancy BMI, have an increased risk of pre-eclampsia, caesarean section, and
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If you’re considering buying or using a spa-type pool for your water birth, you might want to read this article: Water Birthing Pools and Legionnaire’s Risk about the risk of Legionnaire’s disease (a very serious type of pneumonia) when pools are filled in advance of labour and the temperature maintained with a heater and pump.
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Hi all, sorry it’s been a while, life with two kids and a job is so hectic! Been doing some much needed updating today. Hopefully I will be able to keep up with things a bit more as the kids get a bit older! I also have some news to report – EB Maternity have
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Article Originally posted here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rita-templeton/why-i-want-my-sons-to-see-me-naked_b_5797920.html “I live with a houseful of boys: four, to be exact. But they’re still relatively young — so there are no nudie mags stashed between mattresses, no stealthily-accessed porn sites that someone forgot to erase out of the Internet history, nothing like that. As much as I’d love to think
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