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Are mums targeted too aggressively by retailers?

Are mums targeted too aggressively by retailers?

For most mums, pregnancy triggers an endless need for knowledge and reassurance, and while you still have time on your hands it's likely you'll spend at least some of it researching everything from pregnancy complications to nappies and nipple cream. The result is that within weeks you...
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Why do we undervalue midwives? thumb

Why do we undervalue midwives?

They regularly work 12-hour shifts through weekends and bank holidays, quietly deal with...
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Countdown to maternity leave thumb

Countdown to maternity leave

10…9…8… The countdown of my final shifts until I start maternity...
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Win the perfect baby shower gift thumb

Win the perfect baby shower gift

Sparkling juice drink Shloer and Born Gifted have teamed up to offer the perfec
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It's snow fun being pregnant in 'spring' thumb

It's snow fun being pregnant in 'spring'

Before Christmas, I had visions that by this point in my pregnancy I’d be swanning...
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36 embarrassing pregnancy pictures thumb

36 embarrassing pregnancy pictures

Some the most cringeworthy pregnancy photos from Awkward Family Photos.
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Best pregnancy and baby products: editor's picks thumb

Best pregnancy and baby products: editor's picks

Shopping for pregnancy and baby products can be confusing with the huge range of options...
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Does too much pregnancy advice help or hinder? thumb

Does too much pregnancy advice help or hinder?

During pregnancy the need to know has never been stronger, but with endless guides,...
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38 ways to guess your baby's sex thumb

38 ways to guess your baby's sex

What could be more fun than trying to guess the sex of your baby-to-be? Everyone wants to...
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Best dressed celebrity bumps thumb

Best dressed celebrity bumps

For a lesson in fashionable maternity wear, there are certain celebrities to turn to for...
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Everything you need to know about vaginal birth after cesarean thumb

Everything you need to know about vaginal birth after cesarean

Just because you had a c-section doesn't mean you have to deliver that way the next...
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Royal baby traditions: will William & Kate follow them? thumb

Royal baby traditions: will William & Kate follow them?

With a new Royal baby on its way, we take a look at the traditions followed and bucked by...
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10 things our mothers put up with during pregnancy thumb

10 things our mothers put up with during pregnancy

Told to eat liver, kept in hospital and strapped to a bed for the birth – 30 years...
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10 tips for choosing a baby name thumb

10 tips for choosing a baby name

Are you looking for traditional ‘with a twist’ or thinking of something...
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Has pregnancy changed your personality? thumb

Has pregnancy changed your personality?

Having a child is a life-changing experience but how much has being pregnant changed the...
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Comical capers at The Baby Show thumb

Comical capers at The Baby Show

Compared to the previous weekend which was spent nursing my two sick boys, last weekend...
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