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# 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.
# pregnancy - Monday 11 June, 2018
'It's a postcode lottery': Anomaly scans not available to pregnant women across Ireland
A number of elements of maternity care are not available to all mothers because they are not offered in their local maternity unit.
# pregnancy - Saturday 2 June, 2018
'We need maternity care providers who respect women and who listen to women'
There needs to be a change in narrative around maternity care in Ireland.
# pregnancy - Friday 25 May, 2018
So many people are dying from alcohol-related deaths it's like 'planes going down without survivors'
Despite three people dying in Ireland every day due to alcohol, one expert said there’s “very little outcry”.
# pregnancy - Sunday 20 May, 2018
'Don't let what happened to us happen to other families': Savita's parents back Yes vote
Savita Halappanavar died on 28 October 2012 at University Hospital Galway.
# pregnancy - Saturday 19 May, 2018
'I was in pain all the time': Pregnant woman denied treatment for 'gangrenous ovarian cyst'
Kate Campbell had to have her ovary, fallopian tube and part of her abdominal wall removed.
Male depression may lower pregnancy chances among infertile couples
The findings come from a study by the American National Institute of Health that looked at couples being treated for infertility.
# pregnancy - Sunday 13 May, 2018
Q&A: Can pregnant women receive cancer treatment?
Women are advised against getting pregnant while receiving cancer treatment.
# pregnancy - Tuesday 8 May, 2018
'I couldn't believe the injustice': Irish grandparents explain why they're voting Yes
Parents of women who had received a fatal foetal diagnosis and travelled to the UK for a termination shared their stories today.
Pregnancy timeline: When does the heart, brain, and face form?
We don’t know where life begins – but here’s what we do know about what develops when during a pregnancy.
# pregnancy - Saturday 5 May, 2018
Women who eat fast food and little or no fruit take longer to become pregnant, study finds
Women who consumed fast food four or more times a week took nearly a month longer to become pregnant than those who didn’t.
# pregnancy - Friday 4 May, 2018
'The nurses asked how we planned to keep him cold. This wasn't something we were prepared for'
Things need to change in Ireland though; I don’t want any other people to have to go through what we did.
# pregnancy - Thursday 3 May, 2018
Q&A: Why has the government chosen 12 weeks as the general time limit for abortion?
The use of abortion pills and pregnancy as a result of rape impacted the decision.
Q&A: How are abortions carried out? Can a foetus feel pain?
It depends on a number of factors, including how far along the pregnancy is.
# pregnancy - Friday 27 April, 2018
Q & A: What do you want to know before voting in the Eighth Amendment referendum?
The vote is four weeks away.
# pregnancy - Sunday 22 April, 2018
'Mothers are afraid to say they're struggling because they're afraid they'll be judged'
The Paint Your Bump campaign is running next week to encourage women to speak about the difficulties of motherhood.
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Poll: Will you be voting today?
THIS MORNING, POLLS opened across Ireland in order for people to vote in no less than three (in some cases, four) events.
People are being asked to vote on a referendum, local elections, European elections and in some areas – Limerick, Waterford and Cork city – a plebiscite on directly-elected mayors.
Polls opened this morning at 7am and will close at 10pm tonight. The counting will begin tomorrow but it won’t be until early next week that we will have the full results.
So we want to know: Will you be voting today?
Poll Results:
Yes (4934)
No (1991)
I've already voted (1962)
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