Flour power: fortifying with folic acid to help prevent birth defects
UK health officials are calling for flour to be fortified with folic acid to help prevent birth defects. Will Ireland follow suit?
Do you really need to take supplements during pregnancy?
Research says ‘multivitamin and mineral preparations promoted for use during pregnancy are unlikely to be needed’
Starting a family: “Just as the ambulance crew arrived, I had a huge urge to push”
“My first child made me a mother but my second made me a warrior”
Doula: ‘Somebody on the journey who is there for you no matter what’
Hospitals are becoming more open to women bringing in an assistant as well as a partner as evidence of benefits mounts
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