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Tuesday 29 September 2020
Partners cannot attend scans and can only join pregnant women for the late stages of labour.
Partners cannot attend scans and can only join pregnant women for the late stages of labour.
Many teachers complain they’ve received little guidance or assurances about how pregnant staff will be looked after.
The National Maternity Strategy recommendations have been watered down or sidelined, writes Dr Krysia Lynch of AIMS Ireland.
Many neonatal units have no isolation facilities to deal with coronavirus patients.
“It is important to say that this work is at a very hypothetical stage,” Professor Christoph Lees said.
Babies may be able to contract the coronavirus via the placenta, doctors in France say.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
More than 1,000 females travelled from Northern Ireland to England or Wales for an abortion last year.
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
The HSE had initially said that pregnant staff were safe to work with Covid-19 patients.
From pregnancy to isolation, advice to staff has changed significantly since January.
The National Maternity Hospital has published advice about the coronavirus.
Natasha Perie was declared dead on 3 December but was kept on life support for four weeks.
Her baby girl is reportedly called Tianci, meaning “gift from heaven”.
Many women put their health in second place after giving birth, an expert has said.
Depression occurs in 10 to 15% of pregnant women but it’s often misdiagnosed.
The HSE said there was a lot of misleading information and confusion around alcohol and pregnancy.
The general manager was effectively demoted after returning from maternity leave.
All six babies are healthy.
The majority of visitors to the site are female, around 82%
Restrictions passed by a number of US States recently are expected to be blocked in lower courts and eventually appealed to the Supreme Court.
An external review is due to be carried out into the circumstances around the abortion.
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
How can these drugs rid me of cancer, take away my hair, blast my immune system and still allow this little life inside me to grow unharmed? writes Mary Canavan.
Jack and Emily remain the most popular names for Irish babies.
Researchers say pregnant women who hide their smoking habit don’t get the level of monitoring they require.
The woman’s P45 was left on her desk while she was on sick leave.
It is difficult going through a miscarriage with all the confused emotions that brings, without being censored too, writes Darragh Quinn.
The birth was reported by a local Phoenix news organisation.
Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment in May of this year.
There were some concerns in recent weeks that hospitals would not be ready in time.
New rule change means women will now be allowed to wear leggings or compression shorts without a skirt, dress or shorts over them.
The former first lady says women need to be open with other about their bodies.
The Health Minister also said he wants the Bill to be inclusive of members of the trans community.
The evidence is very clear and yet we are among the countries in the world that is most deficient in this mineral, writes
Teenage births have more than halved in a decade and the number of twins being born has increased significantly.
There have been calls for the drug, which can cost up to €3,000, to be made available to women with a medical card.
According to the HSE, folic acid is important because it can help the nervous system develop in the unborn.
Keep your bad jokes to yourself.
“To a mother or father, a second trimester stillbirth is no less tragic than a stillbirth at 28 weeks.”
ENGLAND HAS INTRODUCED new rules that could see people receive fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to self-isolate.
This means that anyone who has tested positive or has been a close contact of a Covid-19 case and fails to quarantine could receive a hefty penalty.
There have been some calls for a similar system here too, to prevent the spread of the virus and to stop any flouting of rules.
So today we want to know: Should people who fail to self-isolate be fined?
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