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Actress Natalie Cassidy Pregnant with First Child
March 16, 2010 by tiffanyb
Filed under Celebrity Baby News
The former EastEnders actress announced that she is currently 12 weeks pregnant.
Natalie and her boyfriend Adam Cottrell are thrilled by the news even though the couple only started dating last summer and haven’t really gone public with their relationship. “e haven’t really gone public with our relationship, so I guess this will seem a bit [...]
Coronation Street Star Supports Midwife-Led Care
February 16, 2010 by Rob Allen
Filed under Celebrity Baby News, Pregnancy
More used to delivering lines than delivering babies, Coronation Street actor Julie Hesmondhalgh bumped into a familiar face when a group of midwives from across Greater Manchester called at the Rovers Return.
Gisele Bundchen: Childbirth “Didn’t Hurt In the Slightest”
February 1, 2010 by tiffanyb
Filed under Celebrity Baby News
Two months after giving birth to her son Benjamin the supermodel, who had a home birth in a bathtub says giving birth “didn’t hurt in the slightest.”
The model gave birth in her home in Boston with her husband Tom Brady, her mom, and a midwife by her side. “My delivery was in a bath tub, [...]
Father forced to deliver own baby at hospital
February 1, 2010 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under News
A father was forced to deliver his own child when the one of the hospital’s midwives disappeared.
Thomas Howard had seen his wife give birth four times, but he never expected that he’d have to use what he had observed to personally deliver the couple’s fifth child.
After Emily Baron, 26, went into labor last Tuesday, she [...]
Christmas Baby Delivered on Birthing Center Porch
December 27, 2009 by Cathy Ribble
Filed under News
Katherine and Scott Clayton celebrated Christmas by delivering baby girl Harmony at 8 pound, 8.5 ounces, at 8:08 p.m. on the wooden porch at the Allen Birthing Center.
The family was gathered at Katherine’s parents’ home in Allen, Texas, for an early evening dinner. The dessert course brought something very special!!
The Claytons had decided months earlier [...]
Snowbound mother gives birth in back of mountain rescue vehicle
December 23, 2009 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under News
A mother who was snowed in was picked up by a mountain rescue team to be taken to the hospital, giving birth upon arrival.
Jenny and Curtis Kenyon Walsh, of Hyde in Greater Manchester, weren’t expecting their baby for another month. But the baby had other plans.
Jenny Walsh felt contractions and called an ambulance to their [...]
Father delivers baby using instructions found with Google
December 11, 2009 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under News
Father Leroy Smith was forced to help his wife give birth at home and resorted to using Google to find guidance.
Leroy Smith, of Leytonstone, East London, was home alone with his wife, Emma when she started having contractions. Leroy franticly called the midwife, who had been to their home earlier that day. But before the [...]
Welsh discuss creation of pregnancy parking bays
December 9, 2009 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under News
Welsh assembly members will soon vote on a scheme to extend extra parking bays to women in their last three months of pregnancy.
In a scheme proposed by Welsh assembly member Darren Millar, heavily pregnant women would receive a temporary pink badge — similar to the blue badge used by the disabled — to place in their vehicles, [...]
Doctor receives speeding ticket after rushing to save a hemorrhaged woman after c-section
November 9, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News, Weird
Doctor Sherif Abdel-Fattah, 47, was captured on camera speeding at 36mph in a 30mph zone as he rushed to hospital to save the life of a woman suffering from “massive bleeding” following a cesarean section.
Upon receiving the ticket, two days later from the police, Dr Abdel-Fattah sent a letter explaining in writing that he had [...]
More than 90 percent of pregnant women not given choice of birth location
October 26, 2009 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under News, Pregnancy
Pregnant women are still not offered choices according to a recent NCT report, but the Department of Health disputes the findings.
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) recently released a report stating that only 4.2 percent of pregnant women were given all the available options for their upcoming birth.
In 2007, the government issued a report titled “Maternity [...]




