Search your local site:

Archive | Babies

E.coli concerns for third baby

A third baby at a hospital where two babies died in an E.coli outbreak is suspected of having the potentially fatal infection.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Safe to give birth? I should jolly well think so

I was looking forward to having my baby at hospital and ended up at home.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Party time for children born free of gene disorders

More than 100 children who conquered family gene disorders have celebrated their births at a party.
All were conceived at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS trust following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, which tests embryos for serious inherited conditions such as cystic fibrosis.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Rebekah Brooks ‘overjoyed’ she is to have baby girl through surrogate

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, is expecting a baby girl through a surrogate mother.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Fathered a fan’s baby? Never! We brought Justin Bieber up to have old-fashioned British principles, says English family who rescued teen idol from his troubled parents

His 16 million adoring female fans are on tenterhooks.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Veteran mother delivers boy at 11:11am on 11-11-11 on Veterans Day saying she was ‘too distracted to think about the time’

Jacob Anthony Saydeh won’t have any trouble remembering precisely when he was born.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Heavy drinking in pregnancy can alter unborn babies’ brains, study shows

People born to alcoholic mothers at risk of problems ranging from poor brain development to loss of hearing and vision

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

‘Role model’ mother ‘starved her newborn infant to death and hid mummified remains at a school’

A mother has been accused of deliberately starving her newborn baby to death.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

The heartwarming result of our recent cold winters?

Baby boom pushes birth rates to highest for 40 years

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Only one in 40 women gives birth at home, figures show

Just one in 40 women now gives birth at home, down from one in three 50 years ago, according to figures which also show that the average mother has two children – the highest rate in decades.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

‘The individuals they were born to be!’ Conjoined twins successfully separated after 20-hour surgery in Virginia hospital

Conjoined twin girls from the Dominican Republic were recovering Tuesday at a Virginia hospital after undergoing complicated, nearly daylong surgical procedures to separate them.

Read the full story

Posted in BabiesComments Off

Summer v autumn babies: Your stories

The Magazine’s recent piece on summer versus autumn babies prompted lots of you to email stories of your own experiences. Here is a selection.

Read the full story

Posted in BabiesComments Off

So you want to design your baby?

Bart Fauser and Paul Devroey provide an authoritative tour of the intricacies, pitfalls and ethical labyrinths of assisted conception in Baby-Making

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

I’m a lucky August baby – I hope my daughter will be as well

A study byt the Institute for Fiscal Studies caused controversy for saying that those born in August have a hard time academically and socially. Alice Fisher weighs the personal and satistical evidence

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

China hospital disposes of live baby: report

A hospital in south China has suspended four medical workers for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive, Chinese state media said on Friday.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

China baby-trafficking ring is shut down

Police in Shandong province rescue 13 infants that were sold to Chinese buyers

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Baby’s pram shoved over by robbers for bag

Police have issued CCTV of the moment a pram carrying a three-month-old baby was shoved to the ground as robbers stole his grandmother’s handbag.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Only one in seven pregnant women have had a flu jab figures show

Flu vaccination rates amongst pregnant women and those with long-term illnesses are low, officials have warned.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Childhood illnesses, Health, Pregnancy and Childbirth, VaccinationsComments Off

JENNI MURRAY: The madness of Caesareans on demand

So, it seems the ‘too posh to push’ brigade has won itself something of a triumph, as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence reveals plans to make elective Caesarean sections available to any woman who chooses one, regardless of whether she needs it.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Parents ‘shook four-month-old Jayden Wray to death’

A four-month-old boy died after being shaken by his parents, a court has heard.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Indian baby picked as world’s ‘seven billionth’ person

A baby born in India has been declared the world’s seven billionth person by child rights group Plan International.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, World NewsComments Off

School odds stacked against summer babies, says IFS

Children born in the summer in England are at an academic disadvantage throughout school, says a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pre-schoolersComments Off

Maxine Carr gives birth to her first child – but baby will never know true identity of its mother

Anonymity order will extend to Carr’s child

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Pregnant women ‘time births to avoid Halloween’

Pregnant women time their births to avoid Halloween because of its negative connotations, research suggests.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Pregnant woman killed in hit and run gave birth to her child before she died

A 22-year-old pregnant woman who was struck by a hit-and-run driver while walking home from work gave birth to a healthy baby girl before she died.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

All women to be given right to caesarean

Pregnant women will soon be given the right to elect to have a caesarean section, even where they is no medical need.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Eight-month-old baby survived three days in cupboard drawer after falling in during Turkish earthquake

An eight-month-old baby survived for three days following the Turkish earthquake – by falling into a cupboard drawer.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

‘Oh my gawd, I’m pregnant!’ Stacey Solomon expecting second child with boyfriend Aaron

Reality TV star Stacey Solomon is expecting her second child.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Time OutComments Off

Patients still at risk in hospital where pregnant women died

Patients remain at risk of poor care in an NHS trust which has faced serious concerns after the deaths of two pregnant women, according to a report published today.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Baby cot fears: Which? voices safety concerns over Mothercare’s cribs

For many parents, the only time your newborn is out of sight is when you are both fast asleep.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, PregnancyComments Off

Eating for two? Jessica Simpson shows off her bump while dining with friends as expert predicts she’s at least six months pregnant

To even the least observant eye, Jessica Simpson looks like a woman with child.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Toddler finds lump of cannabis in KFC and sticks it in her mouth as mother changes her nappy

Manager offers her Fruit Shoot to rinse infant’s mouth
KFC offers full apology and considering compensation

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, ToddlersComments Off

When is an older mother TOO old? Meet the women becoming first-time parents in their fifties

John Travolta’s wife Kelly Preston was thrilled when she became pregnant again last year at the age of 47.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Just Mums, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Who’s a big boy? Mother has to resort to caesarean to give birth to 14lb baby

When Miriam Pearman found out she was pregnant for the second time, all she wanted was a natural birth after she had to have her first son by caesarean section.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Family Health, Health, Just Mums, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

My teenage daughter is pregnant – I feel so ashamed

When Kate Walker found out her daughter was expecting a baby at just 18, she was devastated – she’d been pregnant herself at the same age

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Family matters, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Pregnant women ‘can control when they give birth’

Pregnant women are able to exert a degree of control over when they give birth, according to a study.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Pregnant women urged to get flu jab

Pregnant women were urged to get their annual flu jab yesterday as research showed they have a five times greater risk of a stillbirth if they are admitted to hospital with swine flu.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Baby deaths five times higher among pregnant women who caught swine flu

Women infected with the 2009 strain of the virus five times more likely to have babies with birth defects

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Midwife ‘didn’t know how to use heart equipment’

A pregnant woman’s mother had to plug in a heart monitor because the midwife did not know how to use the equipment, a tribunal heard.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Revealed: how NHS cuts are really affecting the young, old and infirm

Services slashed affect patients on frontline such as pregnant women and elderly despite assurances they would be protected

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Family Health, Health, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Mother who took newborn baby to pub with her for five-hour drinking binge avoids jail

A disgraced mother went on a five-hour binge at her local pub – with her new-born baby.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Family matters, Just Mums1 Comment

‘I’m going to be a daddy’

Jack Osbourne reveals new fiancée Lisa Stelly is pregnant

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Time Out, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off

Tilda Swinton: ‘Pregnant women fear they are carrying spawn of devil’

Tilda Swinton has claimed that all pregnant women worry that their unborn children will turn out to be “the spawn of the devil”.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Time Out, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off

Woman ‘beat pregnant mother to death and cut out child from womb in C-section she had seen on Discovery Channel’

Annette Morales-Rodriguez accused in savage murder of Maritza Ramirez-Cruz

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Just Mums, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Pregnant artist to give birth ‘on stage’

An American performance artist will give birth to her first child this month in front of an audience at a New York gallery to create her latest “work”.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Doctors told me I had miscarried – now I fear womb-clearing drugs may have damaged my baby

A mother-to-be fears for her baby after medics told her she had miscarried and gave her drugs to flush out her womb – only to find out the next day she was still pregnant.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Miscarriage and stillbirth, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Woman ‘beat pregnant mother to death and cut out child from womb in C-section she had seen on Discovery Channel’

Annette Morales-Rodriguez accused in savage murder of Maritza Ramirez-Cruz

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

‘It was the longest day of my life’

Pregnant woman runs a marathon… and then gives birth

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Thousands of women who lose babies put in wards with new mothers

Thousands of women suffering a miscarriage are treated alongside pregnant women or new mothers in hospital, a survey has revealed.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Miscarriage and stillbirth, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

It’s a labour of love: Pregnant woman who will give birth on stage

It is perhaps not one for the traditionalists.

Read the full story

Posted in Babies, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off

Click today’s date to read all latest news

February 2012
M T W T F S S
« Jan    
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
272829  

Select articles by month

Support our site by advertising here

Blog WebMastered by All in One Webmaster.