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March

Pregnant Women Falling Short On Nutrition
Medical News Today - 8 March 2010

Trial cuts premature birth deaths
Nursing in Practice - 8 March 2010

10 of the best for breastfeeding
Made For Mums - 3 March 2010

February

Midwives Praised For Community Work
StaffNurse.com - 26 February 2010

EU maternity law 'must not result in new costs for UK businesses'
Recruitment Today - 26 February 2010

FSA reminds parents of advice on making up infant formula
Wired-GOV (Press Release) - 26 February 2010

Businesses divided over paternity leave plans
Growing Business - 2 February 2010

How To Encourage Longer Breastfeeding?
StaffNurse.com - 1 February 2010

January

Maternity leave to be divided up with fathers
Royal College of Midwives - 29 January 2010

Got the baby blues?
OK! Magazine - Health - 22 January 2010

Rickets risk for indoor children
Nursing in Practice - 22 January 2010

December

Doulas 'complicating' birth process
Channel 4 - UK - 2 December 2009

Preterm births higher among poor mothers
Viewlondon.co.uk - 2 December 2009

Mums face challenging return to work
Recruitment Today - 1 December 2009

November

Mothers told: keep breastfeeding
Telegraph.co.uk - UK - 27 November 2009

Tories pledge maternity support
Health Service Journal - 26 November 2009

Debts trouble midwifery graduates
Channel 4 - 26 November 2009

Survey highlights gaps in post and antenatal care
Askamum - 26 November 2009

Childhood obesity "levelling off"
Nursing in Practice - 3 November 2009

First-time mothers need support most at five months
Children & Young People Now - 3 November 2009

Newborns 'could be screened for more rare genetic conditions'
Telegraph.co.uk - Health - 2 November 2009

October

Dietary tips to keep your baby safe during pregnancy
Daily Record, Scotland - Slimming & Fitness - 12 October 2009

Express milk at bedtime
Irish Independent - Health - 12 October 2009

Information sheet on breastfeeding at work
Royal College of Midwives - 9 October 2009

September

Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy highlighted
Nursing in Practice - 23 September 2009

Increase in premature babies pushes NHS to breaking point
Irish Sun - Editorial - 23 September 2009

Spending on maternity 'now increasing'
Health Service Journal - 17 September 2009

Paternity leave
The Guardian - Life & Style - 16 September 2009

Vitamin C Deficiency Impairs Early Brain Development
Medical News Today - 3 September 2009

What Is Colic? What Causes Colic?
Medical News Today - 3 September 2009

Anti-bleeding drugs linked to reduced breastfeeding - 02 Sep 09
NetDoctor.co.uk - 2 September 2009

August

Safety concerns over chronic shortage of NHS health visitors
Guardian Unlimited - News - Top Headlines - 24 August 2009

Fewer pregnant women quitting smoking
Nursing Times - 21 August 2009

Breastfeed with pride, mothers to be urged
Yorkshire Post - News - 21 August 2009

Breastfeeding' cuts chance of breast cancer'
Telegraph.co.uk - UK - 11 August 2009

Breast is best, young mums are told
Halifax Courier - Local News - 10 August 2009

July

Swine flu alert for pregnant women
Nursing Times - 20 July 2009

Exposing the myths of breastfeeding
The Times - Life & Style - 20 July 2009

Breastfeeding may not protect babies mothers told
Telegraph.co.uk - UK News - 20 July 2009

Bottle-feeding with formula milk 'may risk baby's health'
Telegraph.co.uk - Health - 14 July 2009

Ask the expert: Maternity leave job changes
HRZone - 7 July 2009

Britain failing breastfeeding mothers
Askamum - 7 July 2009

Employers concerned about childcare voucher costs
Personnel Today - 6 July 2009

Warning over lack of information on multiple pregnancies
Nursing Times - 6 July 2009

June

Bliss premature baby charity launches going home pack parents
Nursing Times - 11 June 2009

Pregnancy grant delay
Telegraph.co.uk - Finance - 5 June 2009

Health visitors reject call for MMR to be made compulsory
Unite the Union - 4 June 2009

More premature babies surviving
BBCi - Science/Nature - 4 June 2009

May

Women who can't quit smoking during pregnancy can blame their genes
The Daily Mail - Health - 15 May 2009

'Hospitals don't teach mothers to breastfeed'
The Times - Health - 11 May 2009

Government Celebrates The Opening Of 3,000 Sure Start ChildrenÔÇÖs Centres
Department for Education and Skills (Press Release) - 8 May 2009

UK adopts new growth charts based on breast-fed babies
Midwives Information and Resource Service - 7 May 2009

April

Telling pregnant women not to drink is 'sexist'
Telegraph.co.uk - Health - 30 April 2009

Commission on nursing's future holds first meeting
Nursing in Practice - 29 April 2009

Pregnant women facing stress at work 'more likely to have underweight babies'
Telegraph.co.uk - News - 29 April 2009

Parents warned that sharing a bed with babies puts their lives at risk
Telegraph.co.uk - UK News - 29 April 2009

Breast milk battle
BBCi - Health - 28 April 2009

February

Maternity support workers to become members of the RCM
Royal College of Midwives - 27 February 2009

RCN urges responses to DoH neonatal consultation
GP - 25 February 2009

January

Student midwife rewarded for work on natural childbirth
Nursing Times - 28 January 2009

COMMENT: The formula for feeding is truly mind-boggling
The Times - News - 28 January 2009

Help for mothers-to-be smokers
BBCi - Norfolk - 22 January 2009

Campaign for more midwives
The Sun - Women - 22 January 2009

Community-based internet forums are great for new mothers, but could marginalise fathers
Innovations Report - 22 January 2009

Prenatal autism screening 'may be possible'
Telegraph.co.uk - Health - 12 January 2009

New Clues To Mystery Childhood Illness: Kawasaki Disease
Medical News Today - 9 January 2009

Elective C-Sections Before 39 Weeks Associated With Increased Risks To Infants, Study Says
Medical News Today - 9 January 2009

December

Weight gain before five 'leads to obesity'
Guardian Unlimited - Politics - This Week - 17 December 2008

Publican forced at gunpoint to burn out own car
Irish Examiner - 12 December 2008

November

Maternity Services Must Improve, Report Urges
StaffNurse.com - 25 November 2008

October

'Friendly' Bacteria Can Benefit Health Throughout The Lifecycle
Medical News Today - 7 October 2008

New blood tests for Down's syndrome
Daily and Sunday Express - 7 October 2008

September

Wet-nursing is a valid choice for new mums
Edinburgh Evening News, Scotland - Opinion - 8 September 2008

Natural births 'create a closer bond with the baby'
The Daily Mail - Health - 4 September 2008

August

ULRIKA JONSSON: Let another woman breast-feed my baby? No way!
The Daily Mail - Femail - 27 August 2008

Pregorexia: does this bump look big on me?
The Times - Life & Style - 18 August 2008

Breastfeeding: Why doctors are so wrong about solids
What Doctors Don't Tell You - 14 August 2008

Midwives struggle with baby boom
Nursing in Practice - 13 August 2008