A lot of women experiment with alternative therapies when they decide to start a family, whether it's to help them get pregnant or to cure some of the side effects of early pregnancy.Acupuncture is one of the most popular. The treatment is based

Q What is GBS?A It stands for Group B Streptococcus, a type of bacterial infection. It’s part of the same family of bugs associated with sore throats. GBS can come and go – a person does not have to be a carrier all her life.Q What are the chances

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, working too hard, not working hard enough... The main thing is your family are happy and healthy, you're doing an amazing thing providing for them as well as showing your girls they can be independent women too. Don't listen to anyone else's advice, you

This year Olivia stays as the number one girls name for the second year running with 5279 births, according to the Office for National Statistics.Male equivalent Oliver, with 8,427 births, holds the top spot for most popular baby boy’s name and similar name Ollie, has made the bi...

If you'd mentioned the words me-time way back when, you would probably have been greeted with a bemused expression and louds guffaws on further explanation. The concept that, amid the stress and strains of everyday life, it's important to spend time

-packed dishes to treat the kids' tastebuds. But for some mums, juggling family life and work commitments means there simply isn't time to cook everything from scratch. Rather than falling back on conventional fast foods and ready meals - often high in additives

You will needA small selection of planting pots (we decorated our plant pots by painting them, but you could wrap them in pretty coloured paper)Bulbs of your choice (we used indoor and outdoor bulbs), available from your local garden centreCompostTabs for labelling each pot What ...

Your first baby may have enjoyed all your attention, but second time around things can be very different! The good news is that second babies are famously flexible, and there's plenty you can do to help everyone adapt:SNOOZING ON THE MOVELife may be a blur of toddler groups, play...

baby the best start in life. Breastfeeding also helps your womb to contract, thus speeding up the return to your pre-pregnancy figure. You can actually feel these contractions during the early days of breastfeeding.If there is a history of allergies