# childbirth - Tuesday 6 August, 2019
# What To Expect
# What To Expect
From pre-natal yoga to positive thinking, there are lots of different approaches. Here, some veterans share what worked for them.
# childbirth - Thursday 11 April, 2019
# Maternity Services
# Maternity Services
Over the last fortnight, many women have taken to the national airwaves to share their stories of childbirth.
# childbirth - Thursday 7 February, 2019
# Research
# Research
The study will explore the impact of a traumatic birth on a mother’s emotional and psychological wellbeing.
# childbirth - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
# Scare
From The42
# Scare
Serena Williams has opened up about a recent life-threatening experience.
# childbirth - Wednesday 24 January, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Niamh had a vaginal mesh operation 10 years ago and says even though she is only 58, she now feels like she is 90.
# childbirth - Friday 17 November, 2017
# childbirth - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
# Whenever Wherever
# Whenever Wherever
Turns out the things I’d learned from TV sitcoms weren’t true, writes Chrissie Russell.
# childbirth - Sunday 5 February, 2017
# Pregnancy
# Pregnancy
“Some people think it’s new age, hippy dippy. It’s anything other than that. It’s very practical, down to earth.”
# childbirth - Thursday 24 November, 2016
# Done Deal
# Done Deal
There had been a row over who would govern the new €150 million development.
# childbirth - Saturday 23 April, 2016
# Baby Boom
# Baby Boom
Mothers and babies are all doing well.
# childbirth - Thursday 17 March, 2016
# Childbirth
# Childbirth
A new report into maternity services says there are a number of reasons.
# childbirth - Saturday 6 February, 2016
# Female Genital Mutilation
# Female Genital Mutilation
There are over 140 million girls and woman across the world with cut genitals and this dangerous and painful practice continues today.
# childbirth - Thursday 22 October, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dan Oakes worked as a project manager building skyscrapers. But when the bust came along, he decided to retrain as a midwife.
# childbirth - Friday 21 August, 2015
# Take A Break
# Take A Break
To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right.
# childbirth - Monday 3 August, 2015
# Baptism Of Fire
# Baptism Of Fire
Baby Eva’s parents will have a good story to tell her when she’s older.
# childbirth - Wednesday 22 July, 2015
# Deficits In Care
# Deficits In Care
The High Court approved a €1.9 million settlement today.
# childbirth - Thursday 25 June, 2015
# Take A Break
# Take A Break
Take a moment to read her story.
# childbirth - Tuesday 9 June, 2015
# Sligo Hospital
# Sligo Hospital
Sean Rowlette has spoken of how he and his children have come to terms with his wife’s death during childbirth in 2013.
# childbirth - Sunday 24 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Maternity staff are being asked to deal with far, far more births than they can safely handle in hospitals up and down the country.
# childbirth - Monday 19 January, 2015
# London
# London
The woman initially underwent FGM in Somalia at the age of six. Her stitches tore during childbirth.
# childbirth - Wednesday 14 January, 2015
# Postnatal Depression
# Postnatal Depression
When you think of ‘depression’, feelings of sadness and anxiety might come to mind – but anger is powerful (often overlooked) emotion.
# childbirth - Wednesday 10 December, 2014
# Delivery
# Delivery
Though the presence of a skilled childbirth specialist can help.
# childbirth - Thursday 6 November, 2014
# UNCAT
# UNCAT
The government has announced a redress scheme today. Here are the victims’ stories.
# Redress
# Redress
That’s according to a survivors group SOS, which describes its time limits as “draconian”.
# childbirth - Saturday 25 October, 2014
# Family Time
# Family Time
Nowadays it’s seen as quite normal to have kids in your late 30s… but many women still want to start a family earlier.
# childbirth - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
# Motherhood
# Motherhood
The question of women who are pregnant or parenting in prison is a complex one – and their number is rising.
# childbirth - Saturday 4 October, 2014
# Medical Marvel
# Medical Marvel
The procedure was somewhat controversial because the womb was taken from a live donor.
# childbirth - Friday 26 September, 2014
# Childbirth
# Childbirth
The three deaths have occurred since the scheme was announced in July.
# childbirth - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
# Birth In Reverse
From The Daily Edge
# Birth In Reverse
Their reactions are exactly what you’d expect.
# childbirth - Wednesday 13 August, 2014
# Australia
# Australia
The 25-year-old had her passport returned to her today but she must go back to Australia for a hearing in October.
# childbirth - Thursday 24 July, 2014
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
The human rights committee also said that those who carried out the procedures without consent should be prosecuted, where possible.
# childbirth - Wednesday 2 July, 2014
# Symphysiotomy
# Symphysiotomy
There will be no closure with money – only with finding out where their child’s remains are.
# childbirth - Tuesday 1 July, 2014
# Symphysiotomy
# Symphysiotomy
The Government has said that the payments will be ex-gratia – in other words, no blame admitted.
# childbirth - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
# Take Care
# Take Care
Though little research has been done in Ireland on postpartum depression past the 12 month mark, one expert said increased resourcing for public health nurses is key to tackling the problem.
# childbirth - Saturday 10 May, 2014
# Support Needed
# Support Needed
42,000 women in Ireland are diagnosed each year with a mental health illness and emotional trauma surrounding pregnancy and childbirth.
# childbirth - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
# Fatal Foetal Abnormality
# Fatal Foetal Abnormality
I noticed the consultant becoming quieter and more serious. ‘Have you ever heard of anencephaly?’ he said.
# childbirth - Tuesday 15 April, 2014
# Mother And Baby
# Mother And Baby
Women in private hospitals are far more likely to choose to have a caesarean delivery.
# childbirth - Tuesday 25 March, 2014
# Childbirth
# Childbirth
The data was released by the HSE to AIMS Ireland, which said it has queries about the accuracy of the figures.
# childbirth - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
# UNCAT
# UNCAT
The survivors have brought their search for justice to the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
# childbirth - Monday 3 March, 2014
# Medical Scandal
# Medical Scandal
Reliance on ex gratia redress schemes should be read against a backdrop of Government reluctance to allow these victims – and others like them – to speak on their own terms about the recent past, writes Máiréad Enright.
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