A handy guide for pregnant women when dealing with idiots
Ever had a stranger manhandle your bump? Did a random person at a party decide to monitor your alcohol intake? Here’s how to cope with such behaviour
My hot tips for parents with a fat kid: feed them fun, kindness and dignity
Parents may not be able to recognise that their child is obese, according to a new study. Well that’s two fewer people making their offspring feel like a failure
Female embryos more likely to die in pregnancy than males, study claims
Analysis of 140,000 embryos contradicts belief that male babies are more vulnerable and suggests mortality rate for females is higher overall
The pains and gains of breastfeeding
We’re all told that breastfeeding is the best start you can give your baby, but it can also be bloody agony – both physically and emotionally. So give new mothers a break
Pregnant migrants ‘deterred from seeking antenatal care by potential cost’
Report by Doctors of the World UK says deterrent can lead to complex problems in childbirth which may have been avoided if treatment had been sought earlier
I’m not a ‘Nipple Nazi’, I’m a breastfeeding counsellor
My role is to support women who want to breastfeed, and respecting a woman’s choice not to. Because they’re her breasts
For-profit breast milk? It’s her body, and it must be her choice
But selling breast milk is the inevitable result of telling women they’re creating ‘liquid gold’ with every pump.
The longer babies breastfeed, the more they achieve in life – major study
Brazilian study of 6,000 babies from all backgrounds since 1982 finds those who breastfed were more intelligent, spent longer in education and earned more
The cult of natural childbirth has gone too far
A report condemning midwife ‘musketeers’ of Morecambe Bay brought back memories of my own emergency caesarean. Being bullied into a natural birth is not what I call feminism
Natural superfood: is it time to regulate the sale of breast milk?
If bodybuilders and others are turning to it as a natural supplement and superfood, is it time to start regulating the sale of breast milk?