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Perfect in every way, so why did this happen to my baby?

Perfect in every way, so why did this happen to my baby?

Ten little fingers, ten little toes, chubby cheeks and rosebud lips; Sophie Mules was perfect in every way. But, at 40 weeks and six days, sweet Sophie was born still. Stillborn babes are sometimes referred to as ‘born sleeping’, but do these words make the reality harder to bear? Is it...
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I was a breastfeeding snob thumb

I was a breastfeeding snob

I was never very good at pregnancy. Sure, I guess it all turned out all right. The...
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Dad confesses: I'm scared I won't love my baby thumb

Dad confesses: I'm scared I won't love my baby

“I just don’t think I could love him as much,” I told my wife. That was...
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Controlled crying is safe for babies thumb

Controlled crying is safe for babies

It’s the reassurance millions of parents have been wanting to hear. A study...
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The funniest vasectomy story EVER thumb

The funniest vasectomy story EVER

During the second trimester of my final pregnancy, I began the pitch. “This really...
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What this hero mum did blows us away thumb

What this hero mum did blows us away

"I'm not going to let you go" vowed hero mum Lynette Hales as she delivered...
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The new dad's guide to surviving your wife thumb

The new dad's guide to surviving your wife

I was going to write about what dads could do during delivery but decided that was too...
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Amazing photos: mum gives birth outside hospital thumb

Amazing photos: mum gives birth outside hospital

Image courtesy of Emilyrobinsonphoto.com Baby Sienna was waiting for nobody! Amy Beth and...
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This baby has the sweetest dreams thumb

This baby has the sweetest dreams

Who ever thought you could have so much fun with your baby, while they are sleeping?...
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There's nothing wrong with you if you don't want to do THIS with your husband thumb

There's nothing wrong with you if you don't want to do THIS with your husband

After I gave birth to my daughter, while I was learning how to be a mother and make the...
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I breast-fed my friend's baby and loved it thumb

I breast-fed my friend's baby and loved it

A breastfeeding mother, Lisa C. Baker, has confessed to Mommyish that she recently "...
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Mums share: the moment I met my baby thumb

Mums share: the moment I met my baby

We call this "the moment". It's when you hold your new baby and the world...
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10 Mother's Day photos to melt your heart thumb

10 Mother's Day photos to melt your heart

World Vision has released a photography book called Vision of Hope: Mother & Child....
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You won't believe what happened when this mum tried to pump on a plane thumb

You won't believe what happened when this mum tried to pump on a plane

This mum was on an American Airlines flight from Chicago to San Diego on her way home...
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Study reveals difficult births are traumatic for men thumb

Study reveals difficult births are traumatic for men

Have you ever endured a difficult or life-threatening birth?  Be sure to spare a...
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Would you buy this breastfeeding souvenir? thumb

Would you buy this breastfeeding souvenir?

  We're divided in the iVillage office about whether this is a really sweet idea...
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