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Hi Everyone I could really do with your help. I had a baby last year and i had an awful labour. Do you know if it is possible to meet with any of the consultants in the maternity hospitals before getting pregnant to discuss options like being induced at the same time as my first baby was born (38 weeks) or C-section etc... I'd love to hear your views or experiences with the same Thanks in advance...

hi, we are at our wits end. over the last while we have noticed things going missing, mostly food. now over the last couple of weeks our childminder has been stealing small change from my husbands wallet. a few times just before going to bed we would both count whats there and the following morning some of it would be gone. there is no one else around. the kids are to small. we been advised by a...

When Irina Popova started her assignment to photograph “feelings,” she didn’t realise it was going to spark outrage. At the time, Popova was a 21-year-old journalism student who ran into a young woman named Lilya, near St. Petersburg, Russia. Lilya was pushing her daughter Anfisa in a buggie and after taking some photographs of the two, Popova was invited back to their home, where she...

We all know that children are very good at making observations. This is particularly true when it comes to pointing out people’s flaws. But, is it possible that they can also make character judgements by simply looking at someone’s face? Researchers found that this might just be the case and that children as young as three can judge a person’s characters traits –like trustworthiness and...

A mother who had her finger bitten off by a foster dog in her care had no means to ring the paramedics. Luckily, her two-year-old is a bit techy when it comes to using FaceTime, so he used his know-how to call for help.

After cellotaping students together to highlight the importance of remaining chaste, Catholic group Pure in Heart is now telling students that condoms fail one in six times. Youngsters who were spoken to by this Catholic group were recently introduced to another game to do with sex. They were asked to roll a dice and then told that the number six symbolised having a baby because “condoms fail...

The officers who were called to the scene of a shoplifting arrest in WalMart, were very surprised by what they found at the scene of the crime. The suspects left the scene without their two little tots and when the policemen saw the babies’ desperately needed a diaper change, their instinct kicked in. Here’s how the story unfolds:

Since its establishment over ten years ago, National Pyjama Day has raised over €1.73 million for children’s charity across Ireland. This year, Early Childhood Ireland hopes to raise an additional €250,000 for the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) Hospice Care for Children Programme. The annual fundraising event is now in its eleventh year and is still going strong as Early Childhood Ireland...

After the tragic death of fourteen-year-old allergy sufferer Emma Sload, the Minister for Health wants to look at different ways to make adrenaline pen injectors more available for people with allergies. Over 2,300 of these adrenaline pens have been recalled by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) because of the potential quality defect that could lead to the injection not working as it should. Used by...

After he felt guilty about missing the birth of his first two children, mechanic Steve Denyer, 37, had no choice but to help his wife deliver their third. During the birth of his first child, Steve had appendicitis, which meant he missed the birth of little Mason, who is five now. During the delivery of their second child, the dad-of-two fainted at the sight of blood. Luckily, he was able to make...