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Giving birth to a premature baby is difficult no matter what, but in a developing nation where resources and training are severely limited it is even harder for both the mother and her baby. Recognising this challenge, UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund) launched a project four years ago in Malawi called Kangaroo Care. Today […]

  Halloween is just over two weeks away and we’re starting to get that tingly excited feeling that we always do at this time of year. Crazy costumes, yummy treats, spooky decorations, scary stories and thrilling games. It’s all just too much to handle and we can’t contain our excitement! Unfortunately, some pregnant women and […]

With celebrities like Miranda Kerr, Victoria Beckham and Gisele Bündchen maintaining slim figures during their pregnancies and shedding their baby weight in a few short weeks, it’s no surprise the pressure to be skinny while pregnant is increasing everyday. And now Tracy Anderson has launched The Pregnancy Project, a diet and exercise programme for pregnant […]

In April Malaysia Airlines announced the launch of child-free zones on the upper-decks of its Airbus A380 planes and now Air Asia has said that as of February 2013 the first seven rows of its economy cabin will be offered as child-free zones at no additional cost. Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia have taken this […]

A new £10 million programme which will ensure that 650,000 pregnant women are vaccinated against whooping cough has been launched in the U.K after 10 infants under 10 weeks old became victims of the bacterial infection and countless more were hospitalised. What is whooping cough? Whooping cough is a bacterial infection, which as the name […]

Elective C-sections are a growing trend among mothers with 67% more first time mums in the U.S. choosing to have an elective C-section between 1991 and 2001. This is mostly because of our demanding careers and our constant need to be in control of every aspect of our lives, not to mention our insane fear […]

One in every 100 women in the U.K. experiences more than three miscarriagesin their lifetime, which causes many women to question their ability to have children and to fear the worst. However, a recent study conducted by doctors at the University of Southampton in the UK and Utrecht in the Netherlands has revealed that there […]

Women’s healthcare has certainly taken a prominent position in America’s 2012 election, especially if you’re considering a woman’s right to both birth control and abortion. We at the-pregnancy.net thought an issue like this would interest our followers so here’s the 411 on where each presidential candidate stands on this matter. Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate […]

Induced labour is not a new medical practice and when there are complications during the later stages of pregnancy it is often the best option for the health of both the mother and her baby. However, over the last decade inducing labour has become more common, though not for medical reasons, but as a matter […]