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Hungry babies can smell mother’s milk and are guided to food by their noses

It is not just grown-ups who cannot resist the smell of food.

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Pregnant cat thrown out of moving car gives birth in a barn… and then leads RSPCA man to her kittens

A pregnant cat rescued after being hurled from a moving car has stunned an RSPCA inspector by leading him from the scene of the crime to her kittens.

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Heathrow ban on baby buggies ‘to protect staff’

Parents are being forced to carry their children nearly half a mile at Heathrow airport after a baggage-handling firm refused to take baby buggies because of health and safety fears.

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Lifecoach: I am pregnant and keep getting nosebleeds

Our experts answer readers’ questions on nosebleeds during pregnancy and whether it is OK to freeze fruit.

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Blooming gorgeous: Amanda Holden shows off her growing bump in a pretty maxi as she prepares to bid farewell to Shrek

At five months pregnant, Amanda Holden would be feeling the unseasonable heat more than most of us.

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Madrid gunman kills mother-to-be in church

A gunman shot dead a pregnant woman in a Madrid church and then killed himself, but medics were able to save the victim’s baby, police say.

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I pray New Nanny won’t fall in love with Mabel

My office called to ask if I could come in for an important meeting. As I’ve decided to have regular catch-ups with the magazine during my maternity leave, this is a reasonable request; there’s no need to tip-toe round me on the career versus ‘baby holiday’ front.

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Pregnant and obese ‘most at risk’ from winter flu outbreak

Pregnant women and the obese will be hit hardest by this winter’s flu outbreak and the expected strain is “capable of causing some very nasty illnesses”, an expert warned today.

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Our £50,000 baby: New technique brings joy to couple after years of IVF treatment

After four years of trying for a baby and four failed IVF attempts, Tara Carr had almost given up hope of ever having a family. The 33-year-old and her husband Matt, 35, had been told by doctors that they would never be able to have children together naturally.

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Abortion risk warning to women pregnant with twins

Women pregnant with twins or triplets should be warned about the possible dangers of aborting one of their babies, according to an NHS watchdog.

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Man ‘stole dead baby’s name to fiddle benefits’

A man has been accused of claiming thousands of pounds in benefits by stealing a dead baby’s identity.

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NHS told to improve care of pregnant women carrying twins or triplets

Nice has issued guidance on how health professionals should manage multiple births after discovering wide variations

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‘My God, I must marry this man, he knows everything about flowers’

Pregnant Carla Bruni makes bizarre claim that Sarko’s green fingers wooed her

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Busy babies ‘being turned into mini adults’ as many have fuller schedules than their parents say childcare experts

Babies are being turned into ‘mini adults’ with busy schedules of singing, yoga, gym, swimming and salsa classes, childcare experts claim.

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‘After our ordeal at hands of squatters, we have a beautiful, healthy baby boy’

A woman whose new £1million home was invaded by squatters said today she was “overjoyed” after giving birth to a healthy boy.

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At last our beautiful babies can learn how to be sisters

Parents of miracle twins separated by British doctors reveal joy of seeing them play together

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At last our beautiful babies can learn how to be sisters

Parents of miracle twins separated by British doctors reveal joy of seeing them play together

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Baby joy for squatter victims

A woman whose £1 million home was invaded by squatters has said she is “overjoyed” after giving birth to a baby boy.

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Pregnant mother caught drink driving on the way home from her own baby shower

A pregnant woman was pulled over and found to be nearly twice the legal drink drive limit as she went home from a party celebrating the forthcoming birth.

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Melanie Stevens killed two sons and herself – inquest

Two children were unlawfully killed by their pregnant mother who then took her own life, a coroner has recorded.

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‘A gastric bypass starved my unborn daughter to death’

Mother-of-one did not know she was four weeks pregnant when she had operation

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Cuffed to a hospital bed by her hands and feet

Pregnant illegal immigrant forced to give birth in shackles wins $200k in damages

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Parents demand inquiry into death of baby daughter starved of oxygen after midwives ignored mother’s pleas

A young couple have called for an inquiry into how their newborn daughter suffered devastating injuries in hospital and died aged just nine days old.

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I can’t wait, says pregnant Carla (to have a smoke)

France’s First Lady reveals why she is desperate to give birth

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Further safety concern over baby slings as two-day-old boy is found dead

Millions of mothers use baby slings to cradle their newborns but a recent death in South Australia has sparked concern.

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Low-fat yoghurt ‘child asthma risk’ during pregnancy

Pregnant women who eat low-fat yoghurt can increase the risk of their child developing asthma and hay fever, a study says.

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Experience: I delivered a baby on a bus

‘I’d noticed the woman as I got on – late 20s, dark hair, heavily pregnant. Very heavily pregnant, it turned out’

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Millions of birth control pills recalled after error leaves women at risk of pregnancy

A pharmaceutical company is recalling over 1.4 million packs of birth control pill after a packaging error left women taking the pill open to ‘a serious risk’ of getting pregnant.

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Phil & Teds: the people’s pushchair

Kate Carter reports on the growth of the parents’ favourite pushchair company, Phil & Teds

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Doctor and his pregnant wife can’t clear away squatters’ possessions

A doctor and his heavily pregnant wife whose house was invaded by squatters have been told they must look after their unwelcome guests’ possessions.

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Pregnant model who attacked female police officer grins and waves as she turns up to court

Smiling and waving both hands as she arrived at court – an hour late – this is the pregnant model who was today found guilty of assaulting a female police officer as a student protest exploded into violence.

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Dead Preston baby Ollie McBride ‘suffocated’

A six-month-old boy, who was found with his dead father in Lancashire, died of suffocation, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

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Britsol Palin got pregnant ‘out of anger over Sarah Palin’s new child’

Levi Johnston writes in his upcoming book that his ex-girlfriend Bristol Palin was so angry about her mother’s pregnancy with son Trig that she wanted to get pregnant, too.

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Baby Zephyr, Julia Bradbury’s little breath of fresh air… the boy she never thought she would have

Cradling the child she thought she would never have, this is Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury with newborn son Zephyr.

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In the pink: How girls develop a taste for the colour at the age of two

Girls favour pink objects from the age of two, despite the fact they are not born with a preference for colour, a study has found.

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Having my daughter gave me breast cancer – but I would willingly go through it all again

A young mother has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 19 – because she was pregnant.

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Police investigate Furness General Hospital baby deaths

Police are probing the deaths of a number of babies at a Cumbria hospital.

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Premature baby brains can’t tell pain from touch

Fetuses can tell the difference between pain and touch in only the last two weeks before birth, which could help to explain why babies born prematurely often have abnormal pain responses.

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Baby, you are BIG! Heaviest girl ever born in Britain weighs a hefty 12lb 9oz (and her mum is only 5ft 2in)

A first-time mother is delighted to discover that her daughter is Britain’s biggest baby girl – at a staggering 12lb 9oz.

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Baby P effect puts record number of ‘at risk’ children in care

Growth in care orders attributed to greater alertness by social workers and lower risk threshold after high-profile Haringey case

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I was petrified, says pregnant mother who woke to face fox

A pregnant woman told how she woke up to find a fox face-to-face with her in bed.

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Pregnant Amanda Holden left ‘shaken’ after car accident but she and unborn baby are ‘fine’

Two weeks after announcing that she is pregnant again, Amanda Holden was taken to hospital yesterday following a road crash.

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Inspiring or irresponsible?

Melanie has terminal cancer yet determined to start a family she chose to get pregnant

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Victory over the squatters

Doctor and his heavily pregnant wife celebrate after spongers are ordered out of their home

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Ibuprofen warning to pregnant women

New research shows that taking certain painkillers in first 20 weeks increases risk of miscarriage by 2.4 times

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Pregnant Amanda Holden is walking tall

Shrek actress isn’t letting baby bump get in the way of glamour

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All aboard the mothership! Pregnant Beyonce invites best friend Gwyneth Paltrow on luxury yacht

She was front row and centre to watch her perform at Glastonbury back in June.

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Harper Seven is in retail heaven

Baby Harper Seven had her first taste of the Beckhams’ Los Angeles lifestyle as she was taken shopping by her mother and big brothers.

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From Susan to Olivia, John to James

The most popular baby names of the past 100 years

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Mum-to-be stranded on remote road after ‘Good Samaritans’ change the flat tyre on her Porsche… then speed off in it

A heavily pregnant woman was left stranded on a quiet country road after two opportunistic thieves posed as Good Samaritans to steal her sports car.

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