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    • How giving birth can impact a women's breast cancer risk
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      How giving birth can impact a women's breast cancer risk

      Five years after giving birth mothers are 80 per cent more likely to get breast cancer than women of the same age who don’t have children.

    • Mother's difficult labour leads to three years of PTSD - 'I became worried about everything.'
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      Yahoo Style UK team

      Mother's difficult labour leads to three years of PTSD - 'I became worried about everything.'

      "I was essentially stuck at 2 cm for 40 hours."

    • Hilary Duff opens up about the placenta smoothie she had after giving birth to her daughter
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      Danielle Fowler

      Hilary Duff opens up about the placenta smoothie she had after giving birth to her daughter

      "I haven’t had a smoothie that delightful since I was 10-years-old."

    • Deaths during pregnancy and post-birth on the rise after years of decline
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Deaths during pregnancy and post-birth on the rise after years of decline

      225 women died during or just after pregnancy between 2014 and 2016

    • New research shows it's not just women who shouldn't delay parenthood
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      New research shows it's not just women who shouldn't delay parenthood

      The risks increase for dads who are over the age of 45

    • How long do you really need to wait between pregnancies?
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      Francesca Specter

      How long do you really need to wait between pregnancies?

      Thinking of having another one? Read this first.

    • New mum hangs 'no breastfeeding zone' sign to alert nurses that she's a breast cancer survivor
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      Yahoo Style UK team

      New mum hangs 'no breastfeeding zone' sign to alert nurses that she's a breast cancer survivor

      Meghan Koziel created a “No Breastfeeding Zone” sign to alert medical staff to the fact that she’s a breast cancer survivor. One new mum and breast cancer survivor decided to address the issue head-on, by posting a sign above her hospital bed before giving birth. This mom [sic] is a survivor,” Meghan Koziel said on her homemade pink sign, recently shared on Instagram.

    • Pregnant women are turning to a 'maternity salad' to bring on labour, but does it really work?
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Pregnant women are turning to a 'maternity salad' to bring on labour, but does it really work?

      "This salad is supposed to make you go into labour...@caioti_pizza don't let me down."

    • Meghan Markle, 37, experiencing a 'geriatric pregnancy': What are the health risks?
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Meghan Markle, 37, experiencing a 'geriatric pregnancy': What are the health risks?

      The Duchess will be classed as an 'older mother'

    • Instagram influencer mocked for promoting fake eyelashes in birth photo
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      Danielle Fowler

      Instagram influencer mocked for promoting fake eyelashes in birth photo

      Have #sponsored posts gone too far this time?

    • Diastasis recti: the post pregnancy belly problem you’ve probably never heard of
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Diastasis recti: the post pregnancy belly problem you’ve probably never heard of

      Around 60% of pregnant women suffer from diastasis recti.

    • Model makes history by using breast pump on the runway at London Fashion Week
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      Danielle Fowler

      Model makes history by using breast pump on the runway at London Fashion Week

      The model debuted the world's first wearable breast pump on the catwalk.

    • Is the sharing of birth stories to social media fuelling a culture of fear about childbirth?
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Is the sharing of birth stories to social media fuelling a culture of fear about childbirth?

      Or could warts-and-all accounts actually have a positive impact on mums-to-be?

    • Meet the mum planning to live stream her birth on Instagram
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Meet the mum planning to live stream her birth on Instagram

      She currently has 12.6K followers on Instagram

    • Like Jamie Oliver, would you let your older children be there at the birth of their sibling?
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Like Jamie Oliver, would you let your older children be there at the birth of their sibling?

      Should birth be a family thing?

    • Almost half of maternity units are turning new mums away, new figures reveal
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Almost half of maternity units are turning new mums away, new figures reveal

      There were at least 287 occasions when maternity units closed to new mothers in 2017.

    • Women are being denied their right to an elective caesarean, new research suggests
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Women are being denied their right to an elective caesarean, new research suggests

      Only 26 per cent of maternity trusts are sticking to guidelines surrounding elected caesareans.

    • Serena Williams opens up about being told to stop breastfeeding by her male coach
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Serena Williams opens up about being told to stop breastfeeding by her male coach

      "It’s absolutely hard to take from a guy."

    • Women are sharing their birth stories using #SoProud to show that all births are an achievement
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Women are sharing their birth stories using #SoProud to show that all births are an achievement

      "All births are an awesome achievement."

    • Would you want your mother-in-law there while you give birth?
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Would you want your mother-in-law there while you give birth?

      There are some things you don't want your mother-in-law to see!

    • What childbirth actually feels like, according to 8 women who have done it
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      Cosmo

      What childbirth actually feels like, according to 8 women who have done it

      The consensus is it feels like extreme period pain.

    • More women are having heart attacks in pregnancy and after giving birth, study reveals
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      More women are having heart attacks in pregnancy and after giving birth, study reveals

      The risk of pregnant women having a heart attack has increased by 25% in recent years.

    • Abbey Clancy's pregnancy hair loss struggle: What to do if you're suffering too
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Abbey Clancy's pregnancy hair loss struggle: What to do if you're suffering too

      Up to 50% of women suffer from hair loss post pregnancy

    • This baby's dramatic birth in the back seat of a car was captured on dash cam
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      This baby's dramatic birth in the back seat of a car was captured on dash cam

      It is believed to be the first UK birth captured on dash cam

    • Forget capsules, people are now planting placenta trees
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      Marie Claire Dorking

      Forget capsules, people are now planting placenta trees

      And it's actually quite sweet.