May 2009

The Archives

• Health

  Smoking Gene and Pregnancy

  05.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Uk researchers have found that some women find it more difficult to stop smoking because of an “addictive gene”.
  The study involved 2,500 women who smoked before falling pregnant and the “addictive gene” was associated with a lower chance of quitting once pregnant. Overall, 28% of pregnant smokers quit in the first three months compared with [...]

• Health

  Ever Considered Home Birth?

  05.16.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  A recent BBC article advises that a new study, ‘the largest of its kind’, has found that it is as safe to give birth at home for low risk women as it is to give birth in hospital.
  According to the article the study comes from the Netherlands where home births are more popular, and found [...]

• Celebrity Pregnancies

  Celebrity Baby Boom

  05.12.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I don’t know about anyone else but I love hearing who in the world of show business has joined our little parents club and since I was reading about them anyway I thought I’d share a few recent celebrity births. So to kick off, a big congratulations to Holly Willoughby who gave birth to her [...]

• Celebrity Pregnancies

  Coleen Rooneys New Collection

  05.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  A recent article in Now Magazine informs us that Coleen Rooney is going to design her own range of baby clothes.
  I don’t doubt that with the experts she will have advising her and her own love of clothes that the range will be stunning, but I hope that it also be designed for the price [...]