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Read a motherhood diary from the author of crime thriller Hide and Seek, Andrea Mara.
A drug that treats hyperemesis is unavailable on the drugs payment scheme or medical card.
Councillors can also be given funding to hire someone to assist with secretarial work.
University of Aberdeen researchers looked at more than 151,000 pregnancies over a 30-year period.
The ‘temporary pause’ has been in place since November 2020 pending investigations into two incidents.
A total of six menopause clinics will be rolled out nationwide this year.
The medicine was prescribed without warnings to patients for years after regulators knew about its risks.
Ireland currently has no facility like this for women experiencing severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy or after birth.
The report by the United Nations Population Fund was hosted by the Irish Family Planning Association.
Linda Kelly of Better Maternity Care says limits on partners’ access during maternity care ‘cannot continue’ as Covid restrictions lift.
U-turn on calling Cariban a food supplement as HPRA says such classification is not appropriate.
No decision has been reached at Government level as to how the State might subsidise the cost of the drug, Cariban.
Covid-19 placentitis is an infection of the placenta which occurs in some pregnant women with Covid-19.
One year ago today, the newsreader and reporter was starting into cancer treatment just two weeks after becoming a mother for the first time.
The drug, known as Cariban, is currently unavailable on the drugs payment scheme or by medical card.
When Stephen Donnelly was in Opposition he told Simon Harris that the drug called Cariban should be available on the drugs payment scheme.
Climate hazards, including rising temperature, pollution and wildfires, are increasing the risk of pre-term birth.
The deaths occurred from October to December 2021.
Two GP appointments per year relating to contraception will also be free.
Over 270 women aged 18 to 80 participated in discussions for a report commissioned by a Department of Health taskforce.
Critics of the series have questioned why a TV crew was given access when severe restrictions were in place for partners.
This comes after the NIAC made a number of recommendations to the Chief Medical Officer.
Micheál Martin said the HSE issued “very, very clear guidance” to maternity units on the restrictions.
The HSE is altering the visiting policy for partners during maternity care.
Restrictions remain in place in certain hospitals, however.
HSE CEO Paul Reid said today he is writing to all maternity units about partner restrictions.
The figure was reported at last night’s NPHET briefing.
One father details the life-changing news he and his wife received in their 20-week scan, resulting in a trip to London and saying goodbye to Riley, their son.
The legislation is due to be reviewed this year.
This country has a long history of treating pregnant women and girls appallingly; the pandemic should not be an excuse to continue to do the same, writes Seána Glennon.
The42 looks at how some of Ireland’s top athletes resumed their sporting career after having a baby.
Some hospitals adapted their visiting restrictions for difficult situations such as pregnancy loss, stillbirth and unexpected complications.
Correspondence sent to the health minister reveals emotional pleas for the restrictions to be lifted.
The “very difficult decision” was made “due to the surge in community-acquired Covid-19 infections”.
Some studies should become available in early 2021 that may change the advice.
The Taoiseach has said that constitutional change could be needed to provide for TD maternity leave, but constitutional experts say otherwise.
The minister announced her pregnancy on social media this morning.
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.