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'Shocked and disappointed': Pressure mounts to restore funding for breastfeeding support initiative

The HSE said it plans to provide funding for a new, revised model.

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Oct 1st 2017, 6:00 AM

# THE ROYALEST BABY

12 of the quickest reactions to the royal baby announcement

Royal baby 3: RESURRECTION.

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Sep 4th 2017, 5:30 PM

# happy mammaries

12 mothers share their best (and funniest) breastfeeding stories

“In the throes of passion I suddenly realised I was spraying my boyfriend with a leaking left breast.”

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Aug 2nd 2017, 3:56 PM

# Drug Addiction

92 hospital discharges of newborns with drug withdrawal symptoms last year

Babies with drug withdrawal symptoms undergo six to eight week of rehabilitation.

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Jul 12th 2017, 12:05 AM

# like rabbits

By EU standards, Ireland is pumping out new babies

Ireland has the highest birth rate in the EU.

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Jul 10th 2017, 12:39 PM

# Mix-up

An Austrian hospital gave parents the wrong babies and nobody knew for nearly 30 years

Doris Gruenwald only found out after she took a DNA test.

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Jun 12th 2017, 2:20 PM

# Infant Deaths

HSE review of maternity complaints finds patients not treated with dignity or respect

Health Minister Simon Harris said it is ‘regretted’ that it took such a long time for families to be heard on their babies’ deaths.

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May 23rd 2017, 3:22 PM

# babycam

New wireless cameras to revolutionise care of premature babies

The skin sensors currently used to monitor vital signs in babies born prematurely generate false alarms in up to 90% of cases.

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Apr 17th 2017, 8:00 PM

# you're next

Writing "suits you" under pictures of people holding babies should be outlawed

Social media crimes 101.

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Mar 13th 2017, 4:00 PM

# tuam babies

Watch: 'We took their babies and gifted them, sold them, trafficked them and starved them'

Minister Zappone has agreed to a small scoping exercise to assess if the mother and baby home investigation can be expanded.

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Mar 7th 2017, 7:21 PM

# prenatal gender tests

Indian police find 19 female foetuses dumped in sewer

Women in India can face pressure to produce male children, who are seen as breadwinners.

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Mar 7th 2017, 12:51 PM

# tuam babies

She was right: How Catherine Corless uncovered what happened in Tuam

“So many things get covered up these days, I am just so thankful that this has come out”.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 6:09 PM

# premature babies

Ireland's breast milk bank is running very low on supply

There’s only two weeks of supply left at the island’s only milk bank.

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Mar 1st 2017, 6:10 AM

# Tragic

Canadian woman found guilty of hiding six babies she gave birth to in storage locker

Authorities are unable to determine the causes of the deaths.

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Feb 7th 2017, 1:04 PM

# Pregnancy

'I was tested to the limit': How hypnobirthing is helping women during labour

“Some people think it’s new age, hippy dippy. It’s anything other than that. It’s very practical, down to earth.”

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Feb 5th 2017, 9:30 PM

# Babies

Aoife and Saoirse, Finn and Noah - Ireland's ten most popular baby names

Girls’ names like Eabha and Shauna were not so popular while Feidhlim and Erik were on the bottom of the list of boys’ names.

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Jan 8th 2017, 7:40 AM

# welcome

Say hello to the first babies born in Ireland in 2017

Twin boys were born in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin at one second past midnight.

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Jan 1st 2017, 3:00 PM

# fertilisation error

Dutch IVF clinic says 26 women may have been fertilised with the wrong sperm

The clinic said there’s a chance the egg cells may have been fertilised by sperm other than that of the intended father.

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Dec 28th 2016, 9:55 PM

# christmas gift

Busy Coombe Hospital welcomes seven babies to the world on Christmas Day

Little Sean Kelly-Murray was the first to arrive.

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Dec 26th 2016, 11:27 AM

# Babies

Over 120 children under the age of one were in state care last Christmas

The Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty to children who are not receiving adequate care and protection.

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Dec 24th 2016, 7:00 AM

# Fertility

The first three-parent baby in the UK could be born next year

The technique would allow mothers who carry disease-causing mutations in their genes to give birth to children free of the illness.

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Dec 15th 2016, 9:27 PM

# Let's Get Digital

Going digital: Rollout begins for e-health records from babies' birth

The new system is the first national electronic patient chart for maternity anywhere in the world.

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Dec 5th 2016, 12:15 PM

# making history

Quads, triplets and twins born in quick succession at Limerick maternity hospital

The first set of quadruplets born in Limerick in 50 years arrived in October.

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Nov 9th 2016, 8:00 PM

# Babies

Relax, ignore the mess and accept help - Top tips for new parents

Put down Gina Ford, go with your gut and you’ll get through it.

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Nov 9th 2016, 11:00 AM

# Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Babies should sleep in same room as parents to reduce risk of death - doctors

Close to 3,500 infants die each year in the United States from sleep-related deaths.

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Oct 29th 2016, 7:00 AM

# get a room

This little baby starts bawling any time her parents shift in front of her

Same.

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Oct 21st 2016, 7:47 PM

# Parenting

31 questions everyone plagues you with when you've had a baby

ENDLESS QUESTIONS.

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Oct 4th 2016, 8:01 AM

# Sponsored By HSE

6 big questions about breastfeeding, answered by an expert

We speak to a breastfeeding expert from the HSE.

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Sep 30th 2016, 4:00 PM

# death at sea

Premature twins recovering after being rescued from rubber dingy: 'They were so small and so cold'

“I was expecting normal newborns but they were much smaller…I was very surprised when I saw them.”

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Sep 3rd 2016, 8:30 AM

# get s**t done

People are loving this Mam's post about 'getting s**t done' with twin babies

Ready to feel lazy?

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Sep 2nd 2016, 2:07 PM

# Mediterranean

Newborn twins among 3,000 rescued from rubber boats at sea

Nearly 6,500 people risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Monday.

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Aug 31st 2016, 12:19 PM

Voices

Is it safe to raise your child on a vegan diet?

Consultant dietitian Sarah Keogh argues children can be raised vegan, but it requires a lot of hard work from the parents.

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Aug 19th 2016, 8:30 PM

# Baghdad

At least 12 newborn babies killed in fire at maternity hospital in Iraq

Electrical fires are common in the Iraqi capital and elsewhere across the country because of shoddy maintenance and poor wiring.

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Aug 10th 2016, 9:51 AM

This Mam wrote a hilariously honest ad to sell a baby cradle she bought on a whim

“We really need to sell this lovely bassinet that I bought in a whimsical moment in early pregnancy…”

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Jul 29th 2016, 6:37 PM

# Infanticide

German mother admits killing babies, but says she can't remember how many

“It could have been two, three or four”.

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Jul 12th 2016, 2:02 PM

# mam nappy

This Mam showed a gas photo to show what the aftermath of birth is REALLY like

Shout out to giant nappies.

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Jul 8th 2016, 8:02 AM

# have a nice flight

These parents handed out sweets to plane passengers to apologise for their crying babies

Aw.

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Jul 5th 2016, 7:36 AM

# Vaccination

One year after stocks ran out, Ireland's BCG vaccine delivery is still delayed

The HSE said there are issues with the supplier that are affecting most European countries.

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Jul 4th 2016, 4:23 PM

# sponsored by Water Wipes

Have a newborn baby? This study shows how best to soothe them

New studies have shown the most effective ways to calm and soothe your baby.

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Jul 4th 2016, 12:49 PM

# daddy day care

This Dad's baby clothes fail is delighting everyone on Facebook

Missing something?

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Jun 30th 2016, 7:58 PM