UK:

Burglary forces emergency birth (BBC)

Review after death of two mothers (BBC)

New baby daughter for Matt Damon (BBC)

One in five US women remain childless in life (The Guardian)

Eva Reich: infant massage guru (The Times)

Abortion has risks, whatever the research says (The Times)

Sorry, no more babies. Eco-doctor's orders... (The Times)

Childbirth carries risks as well (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Woman gives birth to septuplets (Egypt - BBC)

Drug trials in India under investigation after 49 babies die at leading hospital
(India - The Times)

Preeclampsia raises kidney failure risk (Norway - Reuters)

Baby pronounced dead lives after hours in cooler (Israel - Reuters)

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Week ending Friday 15 August 2008

UK:

Patient details in missing diary (BBC)

Bug outbreak in newborn baby unit (BBC)

Midwives struggle with baby boom (BBC)

The anti-MMR mothers who are putting us all in danger (Daily Mail)

Quality of NHS care plummeting because Government failed to predict massive rise in births among immigrant mothers (Daily Mail)

Tamzin Outhwaite is almost unrecognisable as she steps out with new baby Florence
(Daily Mail)

Why plant a placenta? It makes a great lasagne (The Guardian)

In praise of old-fashioned names (The Guardian)

David Quinn: The truth about women and babies (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Ten per cent of pregnant women victims of violence - study (New Zealand - Herald)

Doctor tells woman to shut up during labour (New Zealand - Herald)

Smoking during pregnancy bad for next child (Australia - The Australian)

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Week ending Friday 8 August 2008

UK:

Fertility treatments 'no benefit' (BBC)

Singer Presley is expecting twins (BBC)

Sent home pregnant teenager dies (BBC)

Nurse is cautioned over injection (BBC)

Mum's the business (BBC)

Village ponders baby boom cause (BBC)

Cots bought for premature babies (BBC)

Campaign targets 'missing' 3m children without MMR jab to head off measles epidemic (Daily Mail)

All children under five should get flu jab to cut infection rate by 70%, says study (Daily Mail)

NHS hospitals battling plague of vermin, Tories reveal (The Guardian)

More Irish women are delaying childbirth (The Times)

Cassandra: Mothers who breastfeed other people's babies (The Sunday Times)

The new UK umbilical cord blood bank that could save lives (The Times)

Chinese couples hoping for lucky birth on 08/08/08 (The Independent)

The baby's on the way. Now for some financial family planning (The Independent)

INTERNATIONAL:

Infant deaths linked to cold medications (US - Reuters)

Australia birth rate at 25-year high (Australia - Reuters)

Cocoa butter lotion won't prevent stretch marks (Lebanon - Reuters)

Childcare before kindergarten may promote obesity (US - Reuters)

Maternal deaths following cesarean delivery can be reduced (US - EurekAlert)

Recurrence of group B strep high in subsequent pregnancies, say UT Houston obstetricians (US - EurekAlert)

Post-partum suicide attempt risks studied (US - EurekAlert)

Likely cause of postpartum blues and depression identified (US - EurekAlert)

Mother's suicide spurs mental health review (Australia - The Australian)

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Week ending Friday 1 August 2008

UK:

Chemical clue to baby blues found (BBC)

Coping with foetal drink damage (BBC)

Immune clue to pregnancy danger (BBC)

Baby born in car on M11 shoulder (BBC)

Freebirthing: Is it madness or the ideal way to give birth? (Daily Mail)

Woman told she was too fat for IVF loses nine stone - and conceives naturally
(Daily Mail)

This mother's baby almost died for the sake of £32 test a midwife said she didn't need (Daily Mail)

Fears of complications with IVF babies dismissed in new study (The Guardian)

Why wait for children when you can fast-track with IVF? (The Guardian)

How soon after giving birth should women return to strenuous exercise?
(The Guardian)

The fertility tourists (The Guardian)

INTERNATIONAL:

Diabetes triples women's risk for birth defects (US - Reuters)

Prenatal cell phone exposure tied to behavior (US - Reuters)

Preemie lung problems may linger into adulthood (Australia - Reuters)

Enriched milk trial to cut child sickness (New Zealand - Herald)

Mothers from affluent neighborhoods near highways increase odds of low weight babies by 81 percent (Canada - EurekAlert)

Preterm birth contributes to growing number of infant deaths (US - EurekAlert)

IVF bundles of joy, 30 years later (Australia - The Australian)

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Week ending Friday 25 July 2008

UK:

Birth weight 'sets future health' (BBC)

Mother's diet taints breast milk (BBC)

Closure plan for maternity units (BBC)

Jolie leaves hospital with twins (BBC)

Maternity unit plans after deaths (BBC)

Fears for hospital baby care unit (BBC)

Mother of 13 pregnant with number 14 just seven months after she last gave birth
(Daily Mail)

'I did not deliberately kill my baby' says accused British holiday mother (Daily Mail)

Why a vegetarian diet may leave a man less fertile (Daily Mail)

Epilepsy drug link to birth defects found (The Guardian)

Badly trained doctors linked to baby deaths (The Observer)

Caesarean section -- no consensus on best technique (EurekAlert)

INTERNATIONAL:

Pregnancy hope for women cancer patients (New Zealand - Herald)

Amniotic fluid measurements: Single deepest pocket is best test of fetus at risk
(Egypt - EurekAlert)

Placenta removal -- a safer method after Caesareans (Nigeria - EurekAlert)

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Week ending Friday 11 July 2008

UK:

'Four midwives for 26 women' (BBC)

Watchdog urges maternity action (BBC)

Mother in labour on waxing table (BBC)

Wedding gowns for pregnant brides (BBC)

Coffee 'worsens poor fertility' (BBC)

Male biological clock 'ticks too' (BBC)

Father delivers son at roundabout (BBC)

First phone birth for 999 woman (BBC)

A chair to aid breastfeeding in public (BBC)

Parents helped to bond with baby (BBC)

'We know the reality of childbirth' (The Guardian)

NHS maternity care: the top and bottom of it (The Guardian)

Guardian Daily podcast: Call for better maternity care (The Guardian)

Separated at birth (The Guardian)

Maternity: Delayed childbirth linked to big increase in caesarean sections
(The Guardian)

Mothers at risk in care crisis (The Independent)

'Miscarriage rate rises with age of father' (The Independent)

Leading article: Birth and death (The Independent)

Rise of the 'freebirthers': the mothers defying their doctors (The Independent)

From here to (better) maternity: a long road (The Times)

Poor Delivery (The Times)

Shunted from bed to bed (The Times)

Acupuncture has 'no effect' on pregnancy rates following IVF, say experts (The Times)

Frozen embryos 'make healthier babies than fresh ones' (The Times)

No child should ever be orphaned at birth (The Times)

Nicole Kidman gives birth to baby girl, Sunday Rose (The Times)

Is my baby at risk? (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Special infant formulas cut long-term allergy risk (Germany - Reuters)

Minor surgery helps tongue tied infants breastfeed (Australia - Reuters)

Newest fertility treatment may be a diet (Spain - Reuters)

Parenting style reflected in how children are fed (US - Reuters)

Low birthweight adults leave nest later (Finland - Reuters)

Prenatal vitamin D linked to kids' dental health (Canada - Reuters)

Baby, you light up my world (New Zealand - Herald)

Motherhood is good for the brain (Australia - The Australian)

Intervention needed for Asian mothers & babies (Australia - EurekAlert)

Size of a woman's uterus can predict whether she is at risk of having very premature twins after IVF (Spain - EurekAlert)

Research highlights problems of predicting birthweights in obese mothers
(US - EurekAlert)

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Week ending Friday 27 June 2008

 

UK:

Baby death reduction meeting held (BBC)

First baby for Tamzin Outhwaite (BBC)

Ethnic infant mortality 'higher' (BBC)

Church wants her own 'rugby' team (BBC)

Pain 'missed' in premature babies (BBC)

India baby girl deaths 'increase' (BBC)

City top for teenage pregnancies (BBC)

Cash boost for maternity services (BBC)

Baby birth on hospital floor (BBC)

Heel prick blood tests DO hurt your baby, says study (Daily Mail)

Real mum: Glowing Ulrika's not ashamed of her baby weight (Daily Mail)

A risk-free blood test for Down's syndrome in pregnancy (The Times)

Disability dolls become more popular (The Times)

Mum’s the word (The Times)

We're a nation of interfering traffic wardens (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Pregnancy pounds may affect kids' weight (US - Reuters)

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Week ending Friday 20 June 2008

UK:

Statins 'may cut C-section risk' (BBC)

Cannabis 'can harm foetal brain' (BBC)

Teenage parents feel 'isolated' (BBC)

Birth defect test guru knighted (BBC)

MP demands hospital deaths probe (BBC)

Mothers could get months off work (BBC)

I'm pregnant AGAIN reveals 'thrilled' Charlotte Church... just nine months after giving birth (Daily Mail)

Is it possible to train for the perfect birth? (Daily Mail)

Her friends are horrified, but the woman who still suckles her five-year-old insists: I'll breastfeed till they're EIGHT! (Daily Mail)

Premature babies 'at risk' from NHS staff shortages (The Independent)

Mothers win right to breast-feed (The Times)

Vegan babies (The Times)

David Cameron’s masterplan to get Britain playing happy families (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Health leaders aim to cut premature birth rate (US - Reuters)

C-section may complicate next pregnancies (Norway - Reuters)

Episiotomy raises tear risk in next delivery (US - Reuters)

Self-help may ease back pain from pregnancy (Holland - Reuters)

Better drugs needed for pregnant women in tropics (Hong Kong - Reuters)

Bowel disease flare-ups affect pregnancy outcomes (US - Reuters)

Caesarean sections associated with risk of asthma
(Norway - Norweigan Institute of Public Health)

Mothers' high-fat eating affects babies - scientists (New Zealand - Herald)

Rush back to work 'not to blame' for low rate of breastfeeding (Australia - The Australian)

Kidman weeps over ultrasound (Australia - The Australian)

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Week ending Friday 13 June 2008

UK:

Mum died after op complications (BBC)

Bumble-bee woman in shock birth (BBC)

Womb surgery 'saves baby's leg' (BBC)

'No stillbirth link' to Caesarean (BBC)

Incubator shaped like egg on show (BBC)

The moment a human egg emerged from its ovary (Daily Mail)

'Curdled' baby milk recalled after infants are violently sick (Daily Mail)

'Mummy milk': The mother who insists on breastfeeding her children aged FIVE and THREE (Daily Mail)

How babies are more likely to die in Britain than most European countries (Daily Mail)

Still in the gym: Eight months' pregnant Nicole Kidman and her teeny bump hit the gym for another workout (Daily Mail)

It's another boy! Ulrika gives birth to her fourth child - and second son - by a fourth father (Daily Mail)

Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman doing well after safely giving birth to son Rudy (Daily Mail)

Expectant mothers get mosquito nets (The Times)

Rise of the sumo baby (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Baby in infected unit died (New Zealand - Herald)

21 babies hit by deadly bug in hospital (New Zealand - Herald)

Mum's death preventable: hospital (New Zealand - Herald)

Some hospitals getting in way of breast-feeding (US - Reuters)

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Week ending Friday 6 June 2008

UK:

Stillbirth: how can we put an end to this tragedy? (The Times)

Sick to the stomach (The Guardian)

'I half-hoped that I might miscarry' (The Guardian)

Chlorine warning to pregnant women (The Mirror)

Dirty hospital practices revealed (BBC)

Foetal screening 'misses defects' (BBC)

Ovary baby survives against odds (BBC)

'I had to fight for my babies' (BBC)

Concern over Scottish maternity death rate (BBC)

Two-year-old toddler helps mum deliver premature twins (The Mirror)

INTERNATIONAL:

Fatty acids improve preterm infants' mental abilities (Norway - Reuters)

Study finds reliving trauma can help ward off PTSD (Australia - Reuters)

Girls get more boost from breast-feeding than boys (US - Reuters)

Hospital rethink after mother bleeds to death (New Zealand - Herald)

Prenatal biochemical screening only detects half of chromosomal abnormalities
(Italy - EurekAlert)

Greater awareness of genetic testing for impaired fetal movement can save babies' lives (Germany - EurekAlert)

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Week ending Friday 30 May 2008

UK:
All quiet on the UK front this week.......

Neglect led to new mother's death (BBC)

Hospital kept stillborn baby in jar for four years (The Mirror)

The mother who gave birth after a nine-month ectopic pregnancy (Daily Mail)

Pregnancy stress 'almost doubles risk of stillbirth' (Daily Mail)

The next generation of baby pictures (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Pregnancy asthma flare-ups tied to birth defects (Canada - Reuters)

C-sections increasing U.S. premature births: study (US - Reuters)

Outlook poor for babies needing brain drainage (US - Reuters)

Drinking water can be harmful to smallest babies (US - Reuters)

Omega-3 may ease depression during pregnancy (Taiwan - Reuters)

Prenatal fish intake benefits kids' brains (US - Reuters)

FDA says nipple cream could harm infants (US - Reuters)

Babies to receive new vaccine from Sunday (New Zealand - Herald)

Doula Support During Labor Reduces Cesarean Rates and Epidurals
(US - Blackwell Publishing)

Stretching exercises may reduce risk of pre-eclampsia during pregnancy
(US - EurekAlert)

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Week ending Friday 23 May 2008

UK:

Pregnancy stress linked to asthma & allergies (Daily Mail)

Chemicals in plastic feeding bottles could lead to obesity in babies, say scientists
(Daily Mail)

My euphoric home birth: Top writer tells how she turned her back on hospital for her second child (Daily Mail)

How the NHS 'sold' my PLACENTA to a luxury cosmetics firm instead of using it for medical research (Daily Mail)

New mothers in HIV hospital alert (BBC)

Baby boy for X-Factor's Thornton (BBC)

Allergy risk 'may be set in womb' (BBC)

Urgent action on maternity units (BBC)

NHS criticised over pregnancy jab (BBC)

Health board offers free vitamins (BBC)

INTERNATIONAL:

Drinking water can be harmful to smallest babies (US - Reuters)

Sleep apnea in toddlers hard on the heart (US - Reuters)

Birth defect risk doubles in U.S. pre-term babies (US - Reuters)

Analysis of millions of US births shows association between birth defects and preterm birth (US - EurekAlert)

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Week ending Friday 16 May 2008

UK:

Hospital's birthing unit reopens (BBC)

Clue to early pre-eclampsia test (BBC)

Mother died after birth problems (BBC)

Midwives fear service 'collapse' (BBC)

Jolie 'considers birth in France' (BBC)

Breastfeeding 'cafes' for mothers (BBC)

Doctors deny misconduct charges (BBC)

Breastfeeding boost in Lothians (BBC)

Prem mothers 'need feeding help' (BBC)

Charlotte Church backs breastfeeding drive (BBC)

'Cuddle hormone' oxytocin to be turned into pill to combat shyness, depression and autism (Daily Mail)

Baby-bottle chemicals 'could make children obese for life', say scientists (Daily Mail)

Five-day-old baby survives having pacemaker fitted... only to catch MRSA in hospital
(Daily Mail)

Now Labour plans to ban children from school unless they have an MMR jab (Daily Mail)

How morning sickness made me lose three stone - and nearly killed our unborn daughter (Daily Mail)

Leo: my miracle baby at 45 (and yes, he did have the MMR jab) (The Times)

Breast Vs Bottle: the new battle ground (The Independent)

Incubators may be linked to higher risk of cot death (The Independent)

INTERNATIONAL:

One-third of pregnant women drink alcohol (Australia - The Australian)

Dennis Quaid backs drugmaker liability suits (US - Reuters)

Mother's mental health tied to child's development (Canada - Reuters)

FDA defends safety of baby bottle chemical (US - Reuters)

Sitting too long may be dangerous for young infants (Canada - Reuters)

28 million women at risk of unwanted pregnancy (US - Reuters)

Slow-growing infants may become hostile adults (Finland - Reuters)

Being breast-fed may lower breast cancer risk (US - Reuters)

Child safety seats should be centered in back seat (US - Reuters)

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Week ending Friday 9 May 2008

UK:

Ectopic pregnancy test which could save women's fertility 'within a year' (Daily Mail)

Born at just 22 weeks - Amillia is not yet allowed home (Daily Mail)

Babies in danger on overstretched maternity wards - while midwives cannot find jobs (Daily Mail)

Millions of mothers lost (The Guardian)

Breastfed children are brainier (The Guardian)

Stillbirth rates 'fail to improve' (The Telegraph)

Save the Independent Midwife (The Times)

Is our zeal for cleanliness making us ill? (The Times)

Mother's little helpers (The Times)

Obese mums-to-be have longer pregnancies (Reuters)

INTERNATIONAL:

Pelvic floor maladies can impact women's sex life (US - Reuters)

Mom's high normal blood sugar risky (US - Reuters)

C-Section not tied to subsequent stillbirth (Canada - Reuters)

Gum disease & inflammation risky for pregnant women (US - Reuters)

U.S. parents' baby knowledge lacking, study finds (US - Reuters)

Fertility test may lead to maternal panic (New Zealand - Herald)

Lenders delivers for the baby boom (Australia - The Australian)

Too much or too little weight gain poses risks to pregnant mothers & babies
(US - EurekAlert)

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UK:

Use of DIY stem cell blood kits curbed (The Independent)

Halle Berry shows she's a REAL mum as skimpy dress reveals post-baby tummy
(Daily Mail)

Disabled boy awarded £3m payout (BBC)

Rules for cord blood collection (BBC)

Eating chocolate in pregnancy 'can protect against pre-eclampsia' (Daily Mail)

Fathers can get baby blues too (Daily Mail)

Sunlamps help unborn babies beat osteoporosis (The Times)

Nappies: are you quite ready to dispose of them completely? (The Times)

Midwife shortage hits home births (The Telegraph)

One third of baby rice has arsenic (The Telegraph)

The posters that celebrate cool multi-tasking breasts (The Independent)

Baby died after guidelines broken (BBC)

Mother & Baby contract superbug (BBC)

Registrar on the run struck off (BBC)

Chained pregnant prisoner to sue (BBC)

Pregnancy cravings on the rise (BBC)

Birth size linked to weight gain and inflammation (Reuters)

Study shows day care may protect children from leukaemia (Reuters)

INTERNATIONAL:

Death in childbirth: A health scourge for Afghanistan (Afghanistan - Reuters)

Late-pregnancy depression predicts postnatal woes (Australia - Reuters)

Quarter of kids don't meet vaccine schedule (US - Reuters)

Chronic pain common with c-section incision (Holland - Reuters)

More babies born to diabetic mothers (US - Reuters)

Family history places women at risk of pelvic organ collapse (US - EurekAlert)

Intensive training for medical staff reduces serious complication of pregnancy
(Argentina - EurekAlert)

Factors affecting survival & disability of extremely premature infants identified
(US - EurekAlert)

Extreme nausea and vomiting varies among pregnant women from different countries (Norway - Norweigan Institute of Public Health)

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Week ending Friday 25 April 2008

UK:

Birth of a revolution (The Guardian)

Can you influence a baby's sex? (BBC)

High-calorie diet linked to boys (BBC)

Bosses 'weigh up pregnancy risk' (BBC)

£2.4 million for brain damage at birth (BBC)

Death Doctor used excessive force (BBC)
+ Mother's heartbreak: How 30 blunders by hospital killed my newborn baby
(Daily Mail)

Midwife mum's identical baby triplet girls are a 200 million-to-one miracle (Daily Mail)

The twins who were born 15 weeks early and given just a 17% chance of survival celebrate their first birthday (Daily Mail)

As teenage pregnancies soar, meet the thirtysomething grandmothers (Daily Mail)

Six months pregnant Nicole Kidman finally has a bump (and isn't she keen to show it off?) (Daly Mail)

Could eating chocolate save your baby's life? (Daily Mail)

Vaccination campaign halts most lethal strain of meningitis (The Independent)

Women who drink when pregnant 'have violent children' (The Independent)

INTERNATIONAL:

Obesity & low birthweight mar health of kids (US - Reuters)

Pregnant women not always truthful about alcohol (Sweden - Reuters)

Cuddling helps preemies bear pain: study (Canada - Reuters)

Babies of heavy mothers have more fat, less muscle (US - Reuters)

Pregnancy is possible after cancer treatment (Germany - EurekAlert)

Black women have urinary incontinence less than half as often as white women
(US - EurekAlert)

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Week ending Friday 18 April 2008

UK:

Midwife Crisis (The Times)

Labour Pains - maternity care should be a far higher priority for the NHS (The Times)

Increase in severe pneumonia in children may be caused by a vaccine
(The Independent)

Michel Odent on why men should NEVER be at the birth of their child (Daily Mail)

Parents are tougher on first borns 'for the good of the family' (Daily Mail)

Midwives study domestic violence (BBC)

I'm terrified of going into hospital to have my baby because the last visit almost left me maimed - Holby City's Tina Hobley (Daily Mail)

Probe into new maternity deaths (BBC)

Fathers are 'shut out of birth' (BBC)

Cate Blanchet gives birth to son (BBC)

Reality star Katona give birth (BBC)

INTERNATIONAL:

Premature babies' fate depends on more than age (US - Reuters)

Motherhood linked to fewer eating problems (Norway - Reuters)

Fortified breast milk may aid preemies growth (Canada - Reuters)

Unhealthy start to life 'costly' (New Zealand - Herald)

Pregnant patients lose out in breast cancer treatment; a new approach is needed
(Germany, EurekAlert)

Health risks & benefits come with delayed umbilical cord clamping (US - EurekAlert)

Possible link between baby swimming & breathing problems in children
(Norway - Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

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Week ending Friday 4 April 2008

UK:

Female hormones & mental health (The Times)

Tempus: Baby Boon (The Times)

Five suffers a pregnant pause with star presenter Natasha Kaplinsky (The Times)

How men cope with miscarriage (The Times)

From: Sir Alan Sugar
To: Natasha Kaplinsky
Subject: Your pregnancy (The Times)

Home birth to ward increased risk (BBC)

Pandemic warning over hospital bug that resists safe antibiotics (Daily Mail)

How a stressful pregnancy can cause problems for future generations (Daily Mail)

The Big Question: What are the risks of home birth & are they greater than in hospital? (The Independent)

Baby rice warning: study finds high levels of carcinogenic arsenic
(The Independent)

Vets at risk from miscarriage (BBC)

Foetal test rules out rhesus jab (BBC)

INTERNATIONAL:

Premature babies at higher risk of autism (Canada - Reuters)

Seatbelts protect unborn babies (US - Reuters)

Mom's fish intake may boost child's brain power (US - Reuters)

Babies' soft skull due to Mom's lack of Vitamin D (Japan - Reuters)

Playful Mums - it's all that testosterone (New Zealand - Herald)

Home birth lobby 'using Butcher case' (Australia - The Australian)

Fewer babies born after caesarean delivery
(Norway - Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

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Week ending Friday 28 March 2008

UK:

Epidurals: time to stop labouring of 'natural childbirth' (The Times)

Breech birth parents 'carry gene' (BBC)

C-sections linked to cervix length (Reuters)

Pro-life outrage as hundreds of babies survive after being born within the legal abortion time (Daily Mail)

Alcohol ban advised for pregnancy (BBC)

Long-term risk of premature birth (BBC)

Katona 'fine' after health scare (BBC)

Girl's birth fails to wake father (BBC)

Maternity crisis splits triplets (BBC)

Nearly 60% of parents know nothing about first aid, so could you save your child's life? (Daily Mail)

Professor Norman Norris - Obit (The Times)

Drinking while pregnant risks autism in babies (The Times)

Sarah Brown to make her debut with televised speech about deaths in pregnancy & childbirth (The Times)

Six baby cough medicines pulled (BBC)

American man claims to be 5 months pregnant with baby girl (Daily Mail)

INTERNATIONAL:

Breastfed babies not iron-deficient at 6 months (India - Reuters)

Death more common in baby boys than girls (US - Reuters)

Pre-natal omega 3 may aid baby's brain development (US - Reuters)

No pain no gain - giving birth dutch style (Netherlands - Reuters)

Maternal antibodies may contribute to autism (US - Reuters)

Low birth weight linked to kidney disease in men (US - Reuters)

Drug use in men unaltered by partner's pregnancy (US - Reuters)

Babies born premature could face a lifetime of health problems
(New Zealand - Herald)

Health warning on premature birth (Australia - The Australian)

Women's health-related scientific findings presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers (US - EurekAlert)

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UK:

Male fertility 'set in the womb' (BBC)

Tories vow more health visitors (BBC)

Baby Joy for Halle Berry as she gives birth to a daughter (Daily Mail)

Anti-abortion doctors have to inform pregnant patients of their beliefs (Daily Mail)

How educated parents have snubbed the MMR jab (Daily Mail)

Huge rise in number of home births (The Independent on Sunday)

Baby Units visits scrapped for pregnant women (Sunday Mirror)

Royal college warns abortions can lead to mental illness (The Sunday Times)

Mumsnet parenting advice expands to books (The Sunday Times)

Why is our sex life a disaster after having children? (The Times)

INTERNATIONAL:

Alcohol main cause of teen pregnancies (Australia - The Australian)

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Week ending Friday 14 March 2008

Women 'unprepared for childbirth' (BBC)

Medics escape baby death charges (BBC)

Stillbirth Midwife is struck-off (BBC)

Research into diabetic baby risk (BBC)

Baby ward reopens after infection outbreak (BBC)

Birth rate reaches 10 year high (BBC Scotland)

Baby boy for Radio 1's Sara Cox (BBC)

Pregnant woman's death 'natural' (BBC)

NMC 'dysfunctional' (BBC)

Pregnant Singer Presley sues over article (BBC)

Give up smoking & you'll have a healthier happier baby (Daily Mail)

Safety in maternity care is not up to par (The Times)

After six years, £50,000 and two lost babies ..not even a hurricane could stop Alicia from becoming a mum (The Mirror)

Revise guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy, says St Louis University obstetrician (US - EurekAlert)

Baby Doctor made serious slip says court (New Zealand - Herald)

Are fat Moms to blame for fat kids? (US - Reuters)

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UK:

Prem babies need long-term care (BBC)

Mums-to-be given priority on the tube (BBC)

Expectant Mum caught in rush hour (BBC)

MPs issue maternal deaths warning (BBC)

How military conflict helped save babies (BBC)

Hospital plans given green light (BBC Scotland)

Record number of babies for over-40s (The Independent)

INTERNATIONAL: