Parents Panel: How did you prepare your child for a new little brother or...
From bringing them to scans to letting them announce it.
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Representatives from the Irish Family Planning Association and the HSE appeared before the Eighth Amendment Committee today.
View ArticleAs it happened: '70% of Irish women who have abortions in the UK are in...
Representatives from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and support group One Day More addressed the Eighth Amendment Committee today.
View ArticleAs it happened: 'A woman is responsible for her own choice, ultimately she...
The Eighth Amendment Committee today focused on obstetric medicine in the Netherlands.
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Just call us The Mythbusters.
View ArticleAs it happened: 'Only seven maternity hospitals offer all women access to...
The Eighth Amendment Committee today discussed access to scans, counselling and other services.
View ArticleSenator says folic acid should be added to bread to stave off potential birth...
Senator Catherine Noone said this could drastically reduce the number of babies born with nervous system problems.
View ArticleMost people want Ireland's abortion law changed, according to new poll
A referendum is set to be held on the issue next year.
View ArticleAs it happened: TDs and Senators vote in favour of repealing the Eighth...
A referendum on the issue will be held next year.
View ArticlePregnant woman wants seat on Tokyo metro - there's an app for that
The service allows a pregnant woman to send a message when she wants a seat.
View ArticleLong queues at Rotunda Hospital partly caused by new IT system
The hospital has received two complaints in relation to yesterday’s long waiting times.
View ArticleHotel worker told her pregnancy was 'a problem' awarded €15,000 in compensation
Two months after informing her boss that she was pregnant, she was transferred from her cafe work to setting up tables at the weddings venue.
View ArticleBetter sex education and conversations with parents: Why the teen pregnancy...
The number of teenage pregnancies in Ireland has fallen by 64% in 15 years.
View ArticleMother on miscarriage: 'I felt like a failure. I didn’t protect my babies. My...
Holding the tiny body in the palm of my hands, counting perfectly formed fingers, looking into eyes that would never see, my heart broke into a million pieces, writes Ethna Quirke.
View ArticleIbuprofen during pregnancy could harm fertility of unborn baby girls - study
One in three women are estimated to use ibuprofen in the first three months of pregnancy.
View ArticleNew system will monitor newborns to detect brain injury
Researchers based in Cork have been awarded €570,000 to develop the system.
View ArticleDoctors want to bring in alcohol tests for pregnant women
The aim of the tests would be to reduce instances of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Ireland.
View ArticlePro-life doctor says no woman has died because of the Eighth Amendment
Professor Eamon McGuinness’ comments are at odds with previous remarks made by Dr Peter Boylan.
View Article'Mothers are afraid to say they're struggling because they're afraid they'll...
The Paint Your Bump campaign is running next week to encourage women to speak about the difficulties of motherhood.
View ArticleQ & A: What do you want to know before voting in the Eighth Amendment...
The vote is four weeks away.
View ArticleHow are abortions carried out?
It depends on a number of factors, including how far along the pregnancy is.
View ArticleQ&A: Why has the government chosen 12 weeks as the general time limit for...
The use of abortion pills and pregnancy as a result of rape impacted the decision.
View Article'The nurses asked how we planned to keep him cold. This wasn't something we...
Things need to change in Ireland though; I don’t want any other people to have to go through what we did.
View ArticleWomen who eat fast food and little or no fruit take longer to become...
Women who consumed fast food four or more times a week took nearly a month longer to become pregnant than those who didn’t.
View ArticlePregnancy timeline: When does the heart, brain, and face form?
We don’t know where life begins – but here’s what we do know about what develops when during a pregnancy.
View Article'I couldn't believe the injustice': Irish grandparents explain why they're...
Parents of women who had received a fatal foetal diagnosis and travelled to the UK for a termination shared their stories today.
View ArticleQ&A: Can pregnant women receive cancer treatment?
Women are advised against getting pregnant while receiving cancer treatment.
View ArticleMale depression may lower pregnancy chances among infertile couples
The findings come from a study by the American National Institute of Health that looked at couples being treated for infertility.
View Article'I was in pain all the time': Pregnant woman denied treatment for 'gangrenous...
Kate Campbell had to have her ovary, fallopian tube and part of her abdominal wall removed.
View Article'Don't let what happened to us happen to other families': Savita's parents...
Savita Halappanavar died on 28 October 2012 at University Hospital Galway.
View ArticleSo many people are dying from alcohol-related deaths it's like 'planes going...
Despite three people dying in Ireland every day due to alcohol, one expert said there’s “very little outcry”.
View Article'We need maternity care providers who respect women and who listen to women'
There needs to be a change in narrative around maternity care in Ireland.
View Article'It's a postcode lottery': Anomaly scans not available to pregnant women...
A number of elements of maternity care are not available to all mothers because they are not offered in their local maternity unit.
View ArticleSmoking, vaping or even having nicotine patches during pregnancy may increase...
New research shows that babies can be at an increased risk of cot death if exposed to cigarettes or e-cigarette smoke while in the womb.
View ArticleFears raised after Ebola reemerges in woman one year after all-clear
Her husband and sons may have been infected with the virus as a result.
View ArticleC-section guilt and not being "there": Why do mums feel such pressure to have...
An emergency C-section kept my daughter safe, but it certainly wasn’t on my birthing plan, writes Sheena McGinley.
View ArticleWoman, sacked same day she told employer she had to attend pregnancy...
The woman had been working at the company for a little over a month.
View ArticleChanging the drug used during labour could halve the number of women needing...
Pethidine is the most widely used drug but new research suggests remifentanil may work better.
View ArticleCost of rolling out abortion services in Ireland will be 'significant', says...
The abortion legislation will be introduced in the Dáil next week
View ArticleAbout one in three stillbirths occur before 28 weeks but are not officially...
“To a mother or father, a second trimester stillbirth is no less tragic than a stillbirth at 28 weeks.”
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