It is estimated at least one in four pregnancies end in loss during pregnancy or birth. It’s a sad reality that most women – if they do not experience baby loss themselves – will know someone affected by the tragedy. Yet, the silence around baby loss remains disproportionately high compared to the number of families affected by the ordeal. Superstition…
Good quality childcare is a bonanza for parents – but it also comes at a premium price. There are those who pick and choose their hours at work during term time to enable them to be at home when their children are at home from school. There are others who rely on relatives to plug the gaps in a bid…
Molly-Mae Hague has confessed she was unprepared for just how difficult she would find motherhood while chatting to some of her 7.5m Instagram followers. As the most successful Love Island contestant, she can charge more than £10,000 for each sponsored post she shares on the social media platform – up from the meagre £25 she used to earn per post. And…
The release of baby names from 2022 have revealed just how embedded Kim Kardashian has become in popular culture. Less than a decade after the queen of social media welcomed daughter North into the world with ex-husband Kanye West, the unusual moniker has been chosen for a baby girl in Northern Ireland. The name raised eyebrows at the time –…
From the minute you find out you’re pregnant, your thoughts turn to the new life growing inside you. The experiences you’ll share, the milestone moments from the first word to the first day at school. But for Helen Breet, the future is uncertain. Her only child, Violet, was born more than two months early by crash Caesarean section after Helen…
Being a mum is the toughest and most important job in the world. Unfortunately, the pay is lousy. In today’s world, particularly in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, many households need two incomes to cover basic bills. Even if finances don’t dictate a return to work after starting a family, a lot of women don’t want to walk away…
Since revealing she is pregnant, Kate Ferdinand has been updating her social media with images of her growing bump. However, while she is clearly delighted at welcoming a new baby, she has also spoken of the anxiety that comes with pregnancy after miscarriage. The television personality suffered a miscarriage last year, shortly after discovering she was expecting a second child. …
St Patrick’s Day is for everyone and Dunnes Stores has produced a fantastic range of clothing for your little ones to celebrate the big day. Whether it’s a bib for your first St Patrick’s together or an Ireland inspired top for your aspiring Brian O’Driscoll to wear while cheering on the mighty greens during the Six Nations, Dunnes has got…
We’ve all heard about the first, second and third trimesters in pregnancy. The first 12-weeks, when every day can become a blur of dry heaving and exhaustion, the second trimester when the sweaty glow from non-stop retching is replaced by that incredible pregnancy glow. Then there are the final 12-weeks, when your body no longer feels like your own, where socks are no…