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# pregnancy - Yesterday’s News
Mother passed Covid-19 on to baby in the womb, study suggests
Babies may be able to contract the coronavirus via the placenta, doctors in France say.
# pregnancy - Thursday 11 June, 2020
375 women travelled from Ireland to UK for abortions in 2019 - an 87% decrease on 2018
More than 1,000 females travelled from Northern Ireland to England or Wales for an abortion last year.
# pregnancy - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
Trainee hairdresser awarded €5,600 after claiming she was dismissed because of her pregnancy
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
# pregnancy - Thursday 30 April, 2020
HSE reverses position on pregnant staff following trade union pressure
The HSE had initially said that pregnant staff were safe to work with Covid-19 patients.
# pregnancy - Sunday 12 April, 2020
Tracked: How HSE advice to healthcare workers has shifted during the Covid-19 crisis
From pregnancy to isolation, advice to staff has changed significantly since January.
# pregnancy - Thursday 19 March, 2020
Pregnant women who have Covid-19 advised to stay away from hospital unless they need urgent care
The National Maternity Hospital has published advice about the coronavirus.
# pregnancy - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
HSE apologises to family of pregnant woman kept on life support due to Eighth Amendment concerns
Natasha Perie was declared dead on 3 December but was kept on life support for four weeks.
# pregnancy - Monday 28 October, 2019
67-year-old woman becomes China's 'oldest new mother'
Her baby girl is reportedly called Tianci, meaning “gift from heaven”.
# pregnancy - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
'I felt lonely and stupid': New mothers' health problems often 'ignored or dismissed'
Many women put their health in second place after giving birth, an expert has said.
# pregnancy - Sunday 6 October, 2019
'Depression in pregnancy is common - it's a condition, not a weakness'
Depression occurs in 10 to 15% of pregnant women but it’s often misdiagnosed.
# pregnancy - Monday 9 September, 2019
'No amount of alcohol at any stage of pregnancy is safe for your baby'
The HSE said there was a lot of misleading information and confusion around alcohol and pregnancy.
# pregnancy - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
Company ordered to pay €61,000 to woman who was 'discriminated against due to pregnancy'
The general manager was effectively demoted after returning from maternity leave.
# pregnancy - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
Two sets of triplets born in 24 hours in Co Down hospital
All six babies are healthy.
# pregnancy - Friday 21 June, 2019
My Options website has over 170,000 visits since last December
The majority of visitors to the site are female, around 82%
# pregnancy - Thursday 30 May, 2019
Louisiana lawmakers pass controversial 'heartbeat' abortion ban
Restrictions passed by a number of US States recently are expected to be blocked in lower courts and eventually appealed to the Supreme Court.
# pregnancy - Saturday 18 May, 2019
Couple at centre of Holles Street abortion case 'utterly, utterly devastated'
An external review is due to be carried out into the circumstances around the abortion.
# pregnancy - Thursday 4 April, 2019
Woman awarded €15k after claiming she was dismissed because of her pregnancy
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
# pregnancy - Friday 22 March, 2019
Opinion: I had a tumour growing in my breast but I also had a life growing inside me
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.
# pregnancy - Thursday 28 February, 2019
These are the most popular baby names for boys and girls in 2018
Jack and Emily remain the most popular names for Irish babies.
# pregnancy - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
Poll: Should hospitals breath-test pregnant women to check if they smoke?
Researchers say pregnant women who hide their smoking habit don’t get the level of monitoring they require.
# pregnancy - Friday 15 February, 2019
Packaging firm ordered to pay €12,500 to unfairly dismissed pregnant worker
The woman’s P45 was left on her desk while she was on sick leave.
# pregnancy - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
Opinion: Miscarriages are part of nature - so why is the subject still such a taboo?
It is difficult going through a miscarriage with all the confused emotions that brings, without being censored too, writes Darragh Quinn.
# pregnancy - Sunday 6 January, 2019
Police investigation launched in Arizona after reports woman in coma for 10 years gave birth
The birth was reported by a local Phoenix news organisation.
# pregnancy - Sunday 30 December, 2018
Timeline: The history of abortion in Ireland
Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment in May of this year.
# pregnancy - Friday 28 December, 2018
National Maternity Hospital to begin abortion services on 7 January
There were some concerns in recent weeks that hospitals would not be ready in time.
# pregnancy - Monday 17 December, 2018
WTA rule change give mothers returning to tennis after pregnancy more protections in 2019
New rule change means women will now be allowed to wear leggings or compression shorts without a skirt, dress or shorts over them.
# pregnancy - Friday 9 November, 2018
Michelle Obama speaks about having a miscarriage and conceiving her children using IVF
The former first lady says women need to be open with other about their bodies.
# pregnancy - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
Harris says abortion legislation doesn't mention the word 'abortion' for legal reasons
The Health Minister also said he wants the Bill to be inclusive of members of the trans community.
# pregnancy - Friday 2 November, 2018
Opinion: 'Eating this mineral in pregnancy - and before conception - can boost how your child's brain develops'
The evidence is very clear and yet we are among the countries in the world that is most deficient in this mineral, writes
# pregnancy - Thursday 1 November, 2018
Number of births continues to decrease as average age of mothers rises
Teenage births have more than halved in a decade and the number of twins being born has increased significantly.
# pregnancy - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
Concerns raised over morning sickness medication being sold to women online
There have been calls for the drug, which can cost up to €3,000, to be made available to women with a medical card.
# pregnancy - Saturday 27 October, 2018
Folic acid to be added to UK flour to reduce birth defects ... but no plans in Ireland to do so
According to the HSE, folic acid is important because it can help the nervous system develop in the unborn.
# pregnancy - Monday 15 October, 2018
'Kehlani's pregnancy announcement doesn't give you a free pass to be bi-phobic'
Keep your bad jokes to yourself.
# pregnancy - Thursday 27 September, 2018
About one in three stillbirths occur before 28 weeks but are not officially recognised
“To a mother or father, a second trimester stillbirth is no less tragic than a stillbirth at 28 weeks.”
Cost of rolling out abortion services in Ireland will be 'significant', says Harris
The abortion legislation will be introduced in the Dáil next week
# pregnancy - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
Changing the drug used during labour could halve the number of women needing an epidural
Pethidine is the most widely used drug but new research suggests remifentanil may work better.
# pregnancy - Sunday 12 August, 2018
Woman, sacked same day she told employer she had to attend pregnancy appointment, awarded €10,000
The woman had been working at the company for a little over a month.
# pregnancy - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
C-section guilt and not being "there": Why do mums feel such pressure to have a natural birth?
An emergency C-section kept my daughter safe, but it certainly wasn’t on my birthing plan, writes Sheena McGinley.
# pregnancy - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
Fears raised after Ebola reemerges in woman one year after all-clear
Her husband and sons may have been infected with the virus as a result.
# pregnancy - Saturday 21 July, 2018
Smoking, vaping or even having nicotine patches during pregnancy may increase the risk of cot death
New research shows that babies can be at an increased risk of cot death if exposed to cigarettes or e-cigarette smoke while in the womb.
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Poll: Are you using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
IT’S A WEEK since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world by HSE CEO Paul Reid.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day.
A week on from its launch, we’re asking: Are you using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
Poll Results:
Yes, every day (2618)
Yes, but only every few days (1345)
I never downloaded it (1065)
No (840)
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