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New research has found that testing protein levels in pregnant women before 35 weeks is highly accurate in identifying those at risk of developing pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is a severe type of high blood pressure in pregnancy that can be fatal. Currently, high blood pressure and the presence of protein in the urine are used to diagnose it but the test is unreliable and can take days to confirm...
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Last updated: 07/11/2013
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Hi there Mums, we would like mums who are interested in taking part in a short online survey for a new child safety product. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. We are aiming to improve child safety for all children in and around the home. http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=8kzdikj 8fdocv3p233682
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Last updated: 06/11/2013
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A recent study found that music lessons in childhood can help with your child’s hearing later in life. Playing an instrument can also help keep the brain active in adulthood, and even though we usually associate deafness in the ears, the brain is important to ensure we hear clearly. If the brain processes sound more slowly, it can be more difficult, to say, hear clearly while chatting on the...
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Last updated: 06/11/2013
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As Mum-in-Residence for MummyPages, I was really excited when IKEA asked me to check out their new “Bring the Family Together” range of ideas. With family life sometimes feeling like it’s running on a timetable of eating, sleeping, drop-offs and pick-ups, that we have no time to just simply ‘be’. Be a family, have fun, get creative, make a mess...and not worry about the clean-up, or...
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Last updated: 05/11/2013
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MumInResidence
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The latest Growing Up in Ireland report has recommended greater support for parents suffering with depression or stress. The report, based on the study of 11,000 children from the age of nine months since 2006, also found a need for more help for women at risk of giving birth to premature or low birth-weight babies. “Even from a very young age, the sensitivity that parents show when interacting...
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Last updated: 04/11/2013
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As Mum-in-Residence for MummyPages, I was really excited when IKEA asked me to check out their new “Bring the Family Together” range of ideas. With family life sometimes feeling like it’s running on a timetable of eating, sleeping, drop-offs and pick-ups, that we have no time to just simply ‘be’. Be a family, have fun, get creative, make a mess...and not worry about the clean-up, or...
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Last updated: 02/11/2013
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Health campaigners are criticising Simon Cowell for smoking around his pregnant girlfriend. The X Factor judge was pictured lighting up in the back of a car while sitting next to Lauren Silverman, who is due to give birth in February. It’s not the first time Cowell has been snapped around his girlfriend with a cigarette in his hand. The couple were pictured out for dinner last month and also...
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Last updated: 01/11/2013
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This really is a bittersweet story that is sure to warm your heart. After 13-year-old Devin was told he was no longer responding to treatment for aggressive brain cancer, members of his small Ohio town came together to make the young teen’s wish come true. On receiving the news from doctors, Devin said all he wanted was to spend time at home with his family and friends and get the chance to...
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Last updated: 31/10/2013
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MollyMumofTwo
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While swaddling babies has become increasingly popular since Prince George first appeared in public, doctors are now saying it can cause hip problems as they grow. Swaddling involves wrapping your little one in blankets with their arms pinned and legs straightened so that they can’t move. Parents have been turning to the old-fashioned method in order to induce sleep and soothe crying and colic...
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Last updated: 30/10/2013
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We often talk about the magic of childhood. That time when everything is a mystery, full of wonder and amazement. Why do we let that go? That feeling of magic… What about the magic of motherhood? Sure, life can certainly feel like a treadmill once we become mothers, but surely these are the moments sprinked with pure magic? There is mystery in motherhood from the time you fall pregnant. This...
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Last updated: 30/10/2013
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