Mum To Be

  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    Mum-to-be turns to Internet for sympathy after her baby shower invite was shunned, doesn't get the response she expected

    A mum-to-be who took to the Internet in search of comfort and support after many of her friends turned down an invite to her baby shower, actually didn’t get the response she might have expected. “My sister kindly offered to throw me a baby shower at the end of Jan. I gave her a list of people to invite in early Dec,” she wrote.

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    Divisive new birth trend involves mums delivering their own babies via caesarean

    You’d be forgiven for thinking that Sarah, from Queensland, Australia had given birth naturally, for how else could she have pulled her own baby out of her body, but in fact she’d had a caesarean section. For Sarah is one of a rising number of mums-to-be who are forgoing the protective screen, scrubbing up with the surgical team and taking a more hands-on role during their caesarean births. Maternal assisted caesarean sections are becoming increasingly popular, particularly for Australian and

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    Would You Sign A Parenting Pre-Nup?

    Fast forward six years and Leah says her parenting situation couldn’t have turned out better. In an article for The Guardian, Leah explained that she and the father of her daughter, Cecelia, spent four and a half months drawing up a 16-page legal and philosophical agreement about how to raise their daughter together. According to Leah, the pre-nup enabled her and Cecilia’s dad to have “the best of both worlds” when it comes to co-parenting.

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    Are Multivitamin Supplements For Pregnant Women A Waste of Money?

    Forget forking out on fancy beauty products, the health of you and your bubba just took the priority top spot. Instead mums-to-be are being encouraged to follow NHS recommendations by taking 5mg of folic acid per day for the first trimester (12 weeks) of pregnancy and vitamin D, both of which can be bought at a fraction of the cost.

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    Mum-To-Be’s Bumpie Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons

    This mum’s bump picture went viral for all the wrong reasons [Photo: Facebook/The Shutup Meg Blog]

  • NewsSabrina Carder

    Woman Flaunts Baby Bump On Catwalk - And She’s Not The Only Pregnant Model To Do It

    Having a baby bump on the catwalk has proven to be the ultimate accessory.  Indian supermodel Carol Gracias stole the show as she took to the catwalk heavily pregnant in Gaurang Shah’s show last week. Being a model with a baby bump does seem to break convention. Furthermore, she’s not the only model to be a working mum-to-be.  Many other famous models have debuted their baby bumps on the catwalk.