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        • Infertility tests and treatments
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        • Issues with ovulation
          • Polycystic ovary syndrome
        • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
      • Genetic Testing
      • The Reproductive System
        • Understanding ovulation
          • Tracking ovulation
            • Hormones and the Menstrual Cycle
      • Pre-conception care for women who are overweight or obese
      • What to do if you think you are pregnant
      • Giving up alcohol
    • Other
      • Pregnancy Glossary
      • Pregnancy Calculator
      • Ovulation Calculator
    • Related Expert Article Uploads
  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy
      • What should I do if I think I’m pregnant?
      • Overview of maternal care
        • Keeping records – patient notes and ‘red book’
      • Overview of First Trimester
        • Week 1
          • Ovulation, pregnancy testing, assisted conception
          • Making pregnancy happen
          • Get fit for baby
          • Eat and live well as you prepare for pregnancy
        • Week 2
          • Egg plus sperm equals baby?
          • Preparing for fatherhood – get those sperm going
          • In preparation for pregnancy – Fitness
          • Nutrition for a healthy pregnancy
        • Week 3
          • Am I pregnant?
          • The amateur pregnancy detective
          • Your checklist for a safe, comfortable pregnancy workout
          • Alcohol, cigarettes, cheese? – What’s your problem?
        • Week 4
          • Pregnancy tests, bleeding and gestation
          • Be “present” and say the right things – simple!
          • Perform the perfect pregnancy pelvic tilt
          • Pregnancy signs and STI screening
        • Week 5
          • Healthy lifestyle = happy baby
          • Pregnancy and bucket list opportunities for every dad
          • Cycling safety in the first trimester
          • The importance of the neural tube and folic acid
        • Week 6
          • The good, the bad and the pregnancy symptoms
          • Newborns need lots of stuff. And we mean LOTS
          • Keep fit in your first trimester with Aqua-aerobics
          • Your pregnancy and the “human” hormone
        • Week 7
          • The Ultimate Morning Sickness Breakfast Smoothie
          • How long was the longest pregnancy ever recorded? – And other fun facts
          • Pregnancy massage could be on message for your partner
          • How to safely stretch during pregnancy
          • Your baby – getting brainier by the minute
        • Week 8
          • Morning sickness, fatigue, hormones – just the time to meet the midwife….
          • Are you a dad-to-be with morning sickness?
          • Toughen up your pelvic floor
          • Symptoms of pregnancy – The good, the bad and the ugly
        • Week 9
          • Curing myself – but protecting my baby
          • The lowdown on paternity leave
          • Weight training for a healthy pregnancy
          • Making sure your medicine is safe
        • Week 10
          • It’s all about the placenta
          • Change is afoot, so why not change yourself
          • Pilates: building a strong body and mind
          • Tiredness and vomiting – It’s all in a good cause
        • Week 11
          • Pregnancy scare at week 11
          • Pregnancy winds of change
          • Aerobic workouts in your first trimester
          • Bodily changes and choices – farting, burping and screening
        • Week 12
          • Morning sickness – Surely it will stop now
          • The 12-week scan – A dad’s window on reality
          • Relaxation is key to a healthy pregnancy
          • Keep smiling: oral health is vital during pregnancy
      • Overview of Second Trimester
        • Week 13
          • The battle of the pregnancy hormones
          • Managing the mood swings, morning sickness and the rest
          • Making strides with your exercise in pregnancy
          • Dealing with a UTI in pregnancy
        • Week 14
          • A lump has mysteriously appeared – weight gain or worry?
          • Partners keeping an eye on pregnancy health issues
          • Swimming in Pregnancy: Why you should dip more than your toe in the water
          • Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy
        • Week 15
          • Good feelings in the second trimester
          • Return of the sex drive?
          • Dance those pregnancy blues away
          • Sex During Pregnancy and in the Postpartum Period
        • Week 16
          • An aching pelvis, long commute and motherly guilt – hard times at 16 weeks
          • Helping your partner through pregnancy’s pants-centric challenges
          • Safe cardio workouts for pregnancy – hit the cross trainer today
          • Varicose veins are a bit of a pain in pregnancy
        • Week 17
          • A tiny kick breaks down the barrier
          • Resistance band exercises in the second trimester
          • Antenatal depression for dads
          • Help and support for antenatal depression
        • Week 18
          • Open spina bifida – what does this mean?
          • Preparing for the anomaly scan – scared but afraid to admit it
          • Practising tai chi in pregnancy
          • Know the risks – Smoking and pregnancy
        • Week 19
          • Facing the prospect of abnormalities
          • Get your kicks with baby
          • Bouncing balls are great for producing bouncing babies
          • Extreme itching in pregnancy – Intrahepatic cholestasis
        • Week 20
          • White or pink? Blue or yellow? Baby shopping dilemmas
          • My experience of the week 20 anomaly scan
          • The anomaly scan at around 20 weeks
          • Strengthen your core the right way
        • Week 21
          • Search out those maternity gym clothes
          • How pre-eclampsia threatened my wife’s life
          • Is your pregnancy exercise plan missing something?
          • Late miscarriage in the second trimester
        • Week 22
          • Help! I don’t like oily fish or green vegetables
          • Breastfeeding – the partner’s guide
          • Exercises you can do while working
          • Eating well with food allergies and intolerances during pregnancy
        • Week 23
          • Breaking the news to your firstborn – Oh brother!
          • Chatting through the womb
          • Strengthening your upper-body in the second trimester
          • Knowing what to do about reduced fetal movement
        • Week 24
          • Post-placenta feeding options for your baby – breast or bottle?
          • Late miscarriage, the partner’s perspective
          • The best pool workouts for pregnancy
          • Asthma in pregnancy
        • Week 25
          • Making the Kegels count – and other pregnancy exercises
          • Pregnancy, DIY and the heroic journey
          • Perfecting your pelvic floor exercise technique
          • Care of extremely premature babies born 25 to 28 weeks
        • Week 26
          • Get checked out for a GBS infection
          • Whooping cough – the vaccination debate
          • Staying fitness motivated in second trimester
          • Beating insomnia and getting a good night’s sleep
        • Week 27
          • Is my partner in denial about becoming a father?
          • Facing the reality of intimacy in the postpartum period
          • A guide to third trimester exercise
          • Experiencing a stillbirth
      • Overview of Third Trimester
        • Week 28
          • Pregnancy anaemia and an anti-vegetarian dad
          • Antenatal classes – thoughts for dads
          • Yoga poses to prepare your body for labour
          • All about antenatal classes
        • Week 29
          • Antenatal classes – making it real
          • Being prepared for labour and birth – for dads and partners
          • Squatting in the third trimester
          • Make your diet count in late pregnancy
        • Week 30
          • Pain relief in labour, a personal journey
          • The cobbler pose: essential for labour
          • The home birth headache
          • The signs of early labour
        • Week 31
          • Home birth – when your partner wants a hospital delivery
          • How to support your partner through a rapid birth
          • Get ready for labour with a few pelvic tilts
          • Labour – when to go to hospital and what to expect
        • Week 32
          • Packing a hospital bag for labour
          • Top tips for impending parenthood – dads and partners take note
          • Preparing for a multiple delivery
        • Week 33
          • SPD and preparing for labour
          • Ease her discomfort with a little (no) a lot of what she fancies
          • Looking after your joints and back for a pain-free third trimester
          • Coping with pain during labour
        • Week 34
          • Not just restless legs; I’m 100% fidgety
          • In-laws in the delivery suite
          • Sleep yourself healthy in late stage pregnancy
          • The three stages of labour and what to expect
        • Week 35
          • What’s in a name?
          • Assisted birth – why forceps or ventouse may be necessary
          • Assisting dads and partners through assisted birth
          • Comfortable, safe sex in the third trimester
          • Labour emergencies
        • Week 36
          • Twins in the third trimester
          • Stay, baby stay!
          • Deep breathing in labour
          • Caesarean section – why, when and how
        • Week 37
          • Being pregnant does not mean you become public property
          • So, your partner wants an elective caesarean?
          • The partner’s role during labour
          • Healing hands – soothing massage in late pregnancy
        • Week 38
          • Massaging Your Partner Through Labour
          • Induction or spontaneous labour – which is best?
          • Relieving labour pains with movement, massage and vocalisation
          • Induced labour – the process and the reasons
        • Week 39
          • Chantus interruptus or “get outta my way, I’m giving birth!”
          • Return of the pregnancy mood swings
          • What if labour starts during exercise?
          • What will happen immediately after the birth?
        • Week 40+
          • Check the shopping list, she’s nesting
          • Dad’s guide to induction
          • Getting active again after giving birth
          • Caring for your newborn baby
      • Smoking in pregnancy
        • E-cigarette risks in pregnancy
        • Cessation of smoking in pregnancy
      • Nutrition in Pregnancy
        • Alcohol
        • Pregnancy care for women who are overweight or obese
        • Sources of Vitamin B3
        • Supplements
          • Folic acid supplementation in pregnancy
      • Twin pregnancy
      • Other Pregnancy Concerns
        • Medication in pregnancy
        • Air Travel in Pregnancy
      • Overview of common complaints
        • Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
        • Memory function in pregnancy
        • Anaemia in pregnancy
        • Venous blood clots in pregnancy
        • Postnatal Depression
        • Urinary tract infections
        • Asumptomatic Bacteriuria
        • Large for gestational age (LGA) babies and macrosomia
        • Small for gestational age (SGA) babies and intrauterine growth restriction
        • Gestational diabetes
          • The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for gestational diabetes
          • Treatment for gestational diabetes
        • Tiredness and Sleep Problems in Pregnancy
        • Thrush in pregnancy
        • Chickenpox in pregnancy
        • Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy
        • Backache & PPGP
        • Indigestion in Pregnancy
        • Consent and Communication
      • Pre-eclampsia
        • HELLP Syndrome
      • Breech Babies
    • Other
      • Pregnancy Glossary
      • Pregnancy Calculator
      • Ovulation Calculator
    • Related Expert Article Uploads
  • Childbirth
    • Child Birth
      • Making a birth plan
      • Complications
        • Breech Babies
          • External cephalic version (ECV) for breech babies
        • Instrumental delivery
        • Episiotomy and perineal tears during childbirth
        • Passing meconium before birth
      • Emergencies in labour
        • Postpartum Haemorrhage
        • Shoulder Dystocia
      • The stages of labour
        • The third stage of labour
          • Retained Placenta
      • Induction of labour
      • Why is there a paediatrician at my delivery?
      • Pain relief in childbirth
      • Sepsis in newborns – what does it mean for your baby?
      • Vitamin K and the newborn baby
      • Jaundice in newborn babies
      • Epidural pain relief during labour
      • Fetal monitoring during labour
    • Early Days
      • Day 1
      • Day 2
      • Day 3
      • Day 4
      • Day 5
      • Day 6
      • Day 7
    • Related Expert Article Uploads
  • You & Your Baby
    • Early Years
      • Days 1-7
        • Boosting your Milk Supply when Breastfeeding
        • When and How to Change a Nappy
        • Choosing the Right Nappy – Disposable or Reusable and Other Options
        • Day 1
        • Day 2
        • Day 3
        • Day 4
        • Day 5
        • Day 6
        • Day 7
      • Early Weeks
        • Week 2
          • Washing Your New Baby
        • Week 3
        • Week 4
        • Week 5
        • Week 6
        • Week 7
        • Week 8
        • Week 9
        • Week 10
        • Week 11
        • Week 12
      • Months 4-24
        • Using a Breast Pump for Expressing Milk
        • Which Formula Should You Buy?
        • Nannies – Pros, Cons and Tips for Hiring
        • Months 4, 5 and 6
        • Months 7, 8 and 9
          • Choosing to stop breastfeeding
          • Choosing a Babysitter
        • Months 10, 11 and 12
          • When Can You Put Your Baby Into Nursery?
        • Months 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
          • Childminders – the Pros and Cons
          • Helping your Child Settle Into Childcare
          • Grandparents and Childcare – the Pros and Cons
          • Day Nursery – Finding the Right Nursery
        • Months 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24
      • Age 2 & 3
        • Age 2
          • Ten Top Tips for Potty Training
          • When is the Right Time to Begin Potty Training?
        • Age 3
      • Understanding reflux in babies and newborns
      • Vitamin K and the newborn baby
      • Pain relief medication while breastfeeding: What’s safe?
      • Taking your child’s temperature
        • Treating a fever in babies and children at home
      • Baby eczema: understanding the condition
      • Colic (excessive crying)
      • What is Croup?
      • New Mother
        • Your diet and your cardiometabolic health
        • Postnatal Depression
        • The First Seven Days with Your Newborn
    • New Mother
      • Postpartum Contraception – Information and Guidance
      • News
      • Your diet and your cardiometabolic health
      • Postnatal Depression
      • The First Seven Days with Your Newborn
    • Related Expert Article Uploads
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  • Home
  • Getting Pregnant
    • Getting Pregnant
      • Infertility
        • Infertility tests and treatments
        • Sperm production and male fertility
        • Issues with ovulation
          • Polycystic ovary syndrome
        • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
      • Genetic Testing
      • The Reproductive System
        • Understanding ovulation
          • Tracking ovulation
            • Hormones and the Menstrual Cycle
      • Pre-conception care for women who are overweight or obese
      • What to do if you think you are pregnant
      • Giving up alcohol
    • Other
      • Pregnancy Glossary
      • Pregnancy Calculator
      • Ovulation Calculator
    • Related Expert Article Uploads

  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy
      • What should I do if I think I’m pregnant?
      • Overview of maternal care
        • Keeping records – patient notes and ‘red book’
      • Overview of First Trimester
        • Week 1
          • Ovulation, pregnancy testing, assisted conception
          • Making pregnancy happen
          • Get fit for baby
          • Eat and live well as you prepare for pregnancy
        • Week 2
          • Egg plus sperm equals baby?
          • Preparing for fatherhood – get those sperm going
          • In preparation for pregnancy – Fitness
          • Nutrition for a healthy pregnancy
        • Week 3
          • Am I pregnant?
          • The amateur pregnancy detective
          • Your checklist for a safe, comfortable pregnancy workout
          • Alcohol, cigarettes, cheese? – What’s your problem?
        • Week 4
          • Pregnancy tests, bleeding and gestation
          • Be “present” and say the right things – simple!
          • Perform the perfect pregnancy pelvic tilt
          • Pregnancy signs and STI screening
        • Week 5
          • Healthy lifestyle = happy baby
          • Pregnancy and bucket list opportunities for every dad
          • Cycling safety in the first trimester
          • The importance of the neural tube and folic acid
        • Week 6
          • The good, the bad and the pregnancy symptoms
          • Newborns need lots of stuff. And we mean LOTS
          • Keep fit in your first trimester with Aqua-aerobics
          • Your pregnancy and the “human” hormone
        • Week 7
          • The Ultimate Morning Sickness Breakfast Smoothie
          • How long was the longest pregnancy ever recorded? – And other fun facts
          • Pregnancy massage could be on message for your partner
          • How to safely stretch during pregnancy
          • Your baby – getting brainier by the minute
        • Week 8
          • Morning sickness, fatigue, hormones – just the time to meet the midwife….
          • Are you a dad-to-be with morning sickness?
          • Toughen up your pelvic floor
          • Symptoms of pregnancy – The good, the bad and the ugly
        • Week 9
          • Curing myself – but protecting my baby
          • The lowdown on paternity leave
          • Weight training for a healthy pregnancy
          • Making sure your medicine is safe
        • Week 10
          • It’s all about the placenta
          • Change is afoot, so why not change yourself
          • Pilates: building a strong body and mind
          • Tiredness and vomiting – It’s all in a good cause
        • Week 11
          • Pregnancy scare at week 11
          • Pregnancy winds of change
          • Aerobic workouts in your first trimester
          • Bodily changes and choices – farting, burping and screening
        • Week 12
          • Morning sickness – Surely it will stop now
          • The 12-week scan – A dad’s window on reality
          • Relaxation is key to a healthy pregnancy
          • Keep smiling: oral health is vital during pregnancy
      • Overview of Second Trimester
        • Week 13
          • The battle of the pregnancy hormones
          • Managing the mood swings, morning sickness and the rest
          • Making strides with your exercise in pregnancy
          • Dealing with a UTI in pregnancy
        • Week 14
          • A lump has mysteriously appeared – weight gain or worry?
          • Partners keeping an eye on pregnancy health issues
          • Swimming in Pregnancy: Why you should dip more than your toe in the water
          • Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy
        • Week 15
          • Good feelings in the second trimester
          • Return of the sex drive?
          • Dance those pregnancy blues away
          • Sex During Pregnancy and in the Postpartum Period
        • Week 16
          • An aching pelvis, long commute and motherly guilt – hard times at 16 weeks
          • Helping your partner through pregnancy’s pants-centric challenges
          • Safe cardio workouts for pregnancy – hit the cross trainer today
          • Varicose veins are a bit of a pain in pregnancy
        • Week 17
          • A tiny kick breaks down the barrier
          • Resistance band exercises in the second trimester
          • Antenatal depression for dads
          • Help and support for antenatal depression
        • Week 18
          • Open spina bifida – what does this mean?
          • Preparing for the anomaly scan – scared but afraid to admit it
          • Practising tai chi in pregnancy
          • Know the risks – Smoking and pregnancy
        • Week 19
          • Facing the prospect of abnormalities
          • Get your kicks with baby
          • Bouncing balls are great for producing bouncing babies
          • Extreme itching in pregnancy – Intrahepatic cholestasis
        • Week 20
          • White or pink? Blue or yellow? Baby shopping dilemmas
          • My experience of the week 20 anomaly scan
          • The anomaly scan at around 20 weeks
          • Strengthen your core the right way
        • Week 21
          • Search out those maternity gym clothes
          • How pre-eclampsia threatened my wife’s life
          • Is your pregnancy exercise plan missing something?
          • Late miscarriage in the second trimester
        • Week 22
          • Help! I don’t like oily fish or green vegetables
          • Breastfeeding – the partner’s guide
          • Exercises you can do while working
          • Eating well with food allergies and intolerances during pregnancy
        • Week 23
          • Breaking the news to your firstborn – Oh brother!
          • Chatting through the womb
          • Strengthening your upper-body in the second trimester
          • Knowing what to do about reduced fetal movement
        • Week 24
          • Post-placenta feeding options for your baby – breast or bottle?
          • Late miscarriage, the partner’s perspective
          • The best pool workouts for pregnancy
          • Asthma in pregnancy
        • Week 25
          • Making the Kegels count – and other pregnancy exercises
          • Pregnancy, DIY and the heroic journey
          • Perfecting your pelvic floor exercise technique
          • Care of extremely premature babies born 25 to 28 weeks
        • Week 26
          • Get checked out for a GBS infection
          • Whooping cough – the vaccination debate
          • Staying fitness motivated in second trimester
          • Beating insomnia and getting a good night’s sleep
        • Week 27
          • Is my partner in denial about becoming a father?
          • Facing the reality of intimacy in the postpartum period
          • A guide to third trimester exercise
          • Experiencing a stillbirth
      • Overview of Third Trimester
        • Week 28
          • Pregnancy anaemia and an anti-vegetarian dad
          • Antenatal classes – thoughts for dads
          • Yoga poses to prepare your body for labour
          • All about antenatal classes
        • Week 29
          • Antenatal classes – making it real
          • Being prepared for labour and birth – for dads and partners
          • Squatting in the third trimester
          • Make your diet count in late pregnancy
        • Week 30
          • Pain relief in labour, a personal journey
          • The cobbler pose: essential for labour
          • The home birth headache
          • The signs of early labour
        • Week 31
          • Home birth – when your partner wants a hospital delivery
          • How to support your partner through a rapid birth
          • Get ready for labour with a few pelvic tilts
          • Labour – when to go to hospital and what to expect
        • Week 32
          • Packing a hospital bag for labour
          • Top tips for impending parenthood – dads and partners take note
          • Preparing for a multiple delivery
        • Week 33
          • SPD and preparing for labour
          • Ease her discomfort with a little (no) a lot of what she fancies
          • Looking after your joints and back for a pain-free third trimester
          • Coping with pain during labour
        • Week 34
          • Not just restless legs; I’m 100% fidgety
          • In-laws in the delivery suite
          • Sleep yourself healthy in late stage pregnancy
          • The three stages of labour and what to expect
        • Week 35
          • What’s in a name?
          • Assisted birth – why forceps or ventouse may be necessary
          • Assisting dads and partners through assisted birth
          • Comfortable, safe sex in the third trimester
          • Labour emergencies
        • Week 36
          • Twins in the third trimester
          • Stay, baby stay!
          • Deep breathing in labour
          • Caesarean section – why, when and how
        • Week 37
          • Being pregnant does not mean you become public property
          • So, your partner wants an elective caesarean?
          • The partner’s role during labour
          • Healing hands – soothing massage in late pregnancy
        • Week 38
          • Massaging Your Partner Through Labour
          • Induction or spontaneous labour – which is best?
          • Relieving labour pains with movement, massage and vocalisation
          • Induced labour – the process and the reasons
        • Week 39
          • Chantus interruptus or “get outta my way, I’m giving birth!”
          • Return of the pregnancy mood swings
          • What if labour starts during exercise?
          • What will happen immediately after the birth?
        • Week 40+
          • Check the shopping list, she’s nesting
          • Dad’s guide to induction
          • Getting active again after giving birth
          • Caring for your newborn baby
      • Smoking in pregnancy
        • E-cigarette risks in pregnancy
        • Cessation of smoking in pregnancy
      • Nutrition in Pregnancy
        • Alcohol
        • Pregnancy care for women who are overweight or obese
        • Sources of Vitamin B3
        • Supplements
          • Folic acid supplementation in pregnancy
      • Twin pregnancy
      • Other Pregnancy Concerns
        • Medication in pregnancy
        • Air Travel in Pregnancy
      • Overview of common complaints
        • Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
        • Memory function in pregnancy
        • Anaemia in pregnancy
        • Venous blood clots in pregnancy
        • Postnatal Depression
        • Urinary tract infections
        • Asumptomatic Bacteriuria
        • Large for gestational age (LGA) babies and macrosomia
        • Small for gestational age (SGA) babies and intrauterine growth restriction
        • Gestational diabetes
          • The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for gestational diabetes
          • Treatment for gestational diabetes
        • Tiredness and Sleep Problems in Pregnancy
        • Thrush in pregnancy
        • Chickenpox in pregnancy
        • Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy
        • Backache & PPGP
        • Indigestion in Pregnancy
        • Consent and Communication
      • Pre-eclampsia
        • HELLP Syndrome
      • Breech Babies
    • Other
      • Pregnancy Glossary
      • Pregnancy Calculator
      • Ovulation Calculator
    • Related Expert Article Uploads

  • Childbirth
    • Child Birth
      • Making a birth plan
      • Complications
        • Breech Babies
          • External cephalic version (ECV) for breech babies
        • Instrumental delivery
        • Episiotomy and perineal tears during childbirth
        • Passing meconium before birth
      • Emergencies in labour
        • Postpartum Haemorrhage
        • Shoulder Dystocia
      • The stages of labour
        • The third stage of labour
          • Retained Placenta
      • Induction of labour
      • Why is there a paediatrician at my delivery?
      • Pain relief in childbirth
      • Sepsis in newborns – what does it mean for your baby?
      • Vitamin K and the newborn baby
      • Jaundice in newborn babies
      • Epidural pain relief during labour
      • Fetal monitoring during labour
    • Early Days
      • Day 1
      • Day 2
      • Day 3
      • Day 4
      • Day 5
      • Day 6
      • Day 7
    • Related Expert Article Uploads
  • You & Your Baby
    • Early Years
      • Days 1-7
        • Boosting your Milk Supply when Breastfeeding
        • When and How to Change a Nappy
        • Choosing the Right Nappy – Disposable or Reusable and Other Options
        • Day 1
        • Day 2
        • Day 3
        • Day 4
        • Day 5
        • Day 6
        • Day 7
      • Early Weeks
        • Week 2
          • Washing Your New Baby
        • Week 3
        • Week 4
        • Week 5
        • Week 6
        • Week 7
        • Week 8
        • Week 9
        • Week 10
        • Week 11
        • Week 12
      • Months 4-24
        • Using a Breast Pump for Expressing Milk
        • Which Formula Should You Buy?
        • Nannies – Pros, Cons and Tips for Hiring
        • Months 4, 5 and 6
        • Months 7, 8 and 9
          • Choosing to stop breastfeeding
          • Choosing a Babysitter
        • Months 10, 11 and 12
          • When Can You Put Your Baby Into Nursery?
        • Months 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
          • Childminders – the Pros and Cons
          • Helping your Child Settle Into Childcare
          • Grandparents and Childcare – the Pros and Cons
          • Day Nursery – Finding the Right Nursery
        • Months 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24
      • Age 2 & 3
        • Age 2
          • Ten Top Tips for Potty Training
          • When is the Right Time to Begin Potty Training?
        • Age 3
      • Understanding reflux in babies and newborns
      • Vitamin K and the newborn baby
      • Pain relief medication while breastfeeding: What’s safe?
      • Taking your child’s temperature
        • Treating a fever in babies and children at home
      • Baby eczema: understanding the condition
      • Colic (excessive crying)
      • What is Croup?
      • New Mother
        • Your diet and your cardiometabolic health
        • Postnatal Depression
        • The First Seven Days with Your Newborn
    • New Mother
      • Postpartum Contraception – Information and Guidance
      • News
      • Your diet and your cardiometabolic health
      • Postnatal Depression
      • The First Seven Days with Your Newborn
    • Related Expert Article Uploads
  • About
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    • Contact
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  • Pregnancy
    • Getting Pregnant
    • Trimester 1
      • Week 1
      • Week 2
      • Week 3
      • Week 4
      • Week 5
      • Week 6
      • Week 7
      • Week 8
      • Week 9
      • Week 10
      • Week 11
      • Week 12
    • Trimester 2
      • Week 13
      • Week 14
      • Week 15
      • Week 16
      • Week 17
      • Week 18
      • Week 19
      • Week 20
      • Week 21
      • Week 22
      • Week 23
      • Week 24
      • Week 25
      • Week 26
      • Week 27
    • Trimester 3
      • Week 28
      • Week 29
      • Week 30
      • Week 31
      • Week 32
      • Week 33
      • Week 34
      • Week 35
      • Week 36
      • Week 37
      • Week 38
      • Week 39
      • Week 40+
    • Early Years
      • Days 1-7
        • 1
        • 2
        • 3
        • 4
        • 5
        • 6
        • 7
      • Weeks 2-12
        • 2
        • 3
        • 4
        • 5
        • 6
        • 7
        • 8
        • 9
        • 10
        • 11
        • 12
      • Months 4-24
        • 4 5 6
        • 7 8 9
        • 10 11 12
        • 13 14 15 16 17 18
        • 19 20 21 22 23 24
      • Age 2 & 3
        • 2
        • 3

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