Motherhood

Posted at 14:34 13 Jan
Perinatal mental health service receives funding
Northern Ireland's five health trusts will be provided with multi-disciplinary mental health teams.
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Posted at 11:12 26 Dec 2020
Reflux babies 'in agony' and parents 'ignored'
By Carys Betteley
BBC News
Parents say they are often not taken seriously with infants left to suffer.
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Posted at 22:38 16 Dec 2020
NHS staff sickness closes maternity services
One health board has closed two birth centres temporarily and another issues a call for help.
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Posted at 5:45 18 Nov 2020
Combatting loneliness with poetry
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Video caption: Lockdown loneliness: How writing poetry helped a new mum cope
Samantha had her son just before the pandemic hit. Writing poetry helped her connect with others.
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Posted at 0:43 17 Nov 2020
The Attenborough spoof about the 'wild life' of mums
By Ian Youngs
Entertainment & arts reporter
Comedian Sophie McCartney has won an award for her Attenborough-style videos about motherhood.
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Posted at 22:11 27 Oct 2020
Chrissy Teigen posts moving blog about losing baby
"I cannot express how little I care that you hate the photos," she writes in a blog post.
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Posted at 6:00 26 Oct 2020
'It's our job to keep mothers and babies safe'
By Anna Collinson
Health correspondent
Units for new mothers and women with serious mental health issues are facing unique challenges.
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Posted at 23:21 20 Oct 2020
'I was left all on my own after I gave birth'
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Video caption: Coronavirus: Poole mum has no visitors after giving birth
A couple from Poole couldn't see each other after having a baby because of coronavirus hospital visiting restrictions.
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Posted at 12:58 20 Oct 2020
Why I Don't Want Kids
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Video caption: "Having kids just isn't for me. 9 times out of 10, people will not accept my decision"
"Having kids just isn't for me. 9 times out of 10, people will not accept my decision"
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Posted at 0:25 10 Oct 2020
'I was led by terror and fear after giving birth'
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Video caption: Postnatal mental health: 'I was led by terror and fear'
A mum explains how she suffered with obsessive compulsive disorder after the birth of her daughters.
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Posted at 8:57 5 Oct 2020
'How lockdown stopped me from breastfeeding'
By Peter Shuttleworth
BBC Wales News
One in three mums quit breastfeeding in lockdown due to a lack of face-to-face help, a study finds.
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Posted at 23:23 16 Sep 2020
Grieving parents call for group B strep screening
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Video caption: Couple call for routine strep b screening in new mums
A couple from Berkshire whose baby was stillborn are calling for more screening for group B streptococcus.
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Posted at 13:52 11 Sep 2020
'We've been forgotten, abandoned'
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Video caption: Coronavirus: New families campaigning for maternity extension
Families are campaigning for an extension to maternity leave to compensate for months lost to the pandemic.
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Posted at 19:42 9 Sep 2020
Maternity extension petition rejection 'a mockery'
Mum Kirsty Pearce criticises a government decision not to extend maternity leave by three months.
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Posted at 8:18 3 Sep 2020
Being a mother in prison
Photographer Jadwiga Bronte uses portraits to document the experiences of mothers in prison.
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Posted at 12:04 27 Aug 2020
The Other Mother
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Video caption: Claire Lynch describes how she navigated motherhood.
Claire Lynch describes how she navigated motherhood.
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Posted at 13:06 24 Aug 2020
All About Breastfeeding
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Video caption: It amazes me every day how clever breastfeeding actually is
It amazes me every day how clever breastfeeding actually is
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Posted at 0:20 18 Aug 2020
'It's not how I thought maternity leave would be'
By Laura Devlin and Charlie Jones
BBC News
New parents call on the government for extra support and extended leave due to the pandemic.
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Posted at 6:02 6 Aug 2020
More training for ultrasound experts
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Video caption: Sonographers: Training to give expectant mums bad news
New training is being provided for sonographers, who carry out ultrasound scans, to ensure they can communicate potentially bad news in the best way possible.
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Posted at 18:51 3 Aug 2020
Is the risk from Covid-19 higher during pregnancy?
By Philippa Roxby
Health reporter
What are the chances of passing the virus to the baby in the womb, or of premature birth?
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