Childcare protects children from maternal stress
Childcare helps to reduce stress among children whose working mothers are in jobs with low satisfaction, according to a study. Dr Julie Turner-Cobb of Bath University who carried out the research with...
View ArticleGetting Fit : Stress and Anxiety
High anxiety and stress levels are known to affect both fertility and the pregnancy, so if you’re working hard, staying up late or constantly meeting deadlines, make positive changes to reduce some of...
View ArticlePostnatal depression: causes, symptoms and treatment
Most mothers have days when they feel really down. This is perfectly normal. Looking after a baby, being constantly on call and coping with the daily demands of life is not easy. However, mothers who...
View ArticleCoping with a crying baby
Your baby’s cry is a powerful language essential for his own survival. Nature has designed the pitch of every baby’s cry to tear at his own parents’ heart strings, and tests have proved that adult...
View ArticleAnxiety about birth
Anxiety or fear about the birth is very common. It can range from mild anxiety to a phobia of birth, called tocophobia. Anxiety or fear of the birth can happen not only to women who haven’t given birth...
View ArticleAnxiety in pregnancy
Anxiety in pregancy is very common. It is also known as Tocophobia. You may find yourself worrying about whether your baby has any abnormalities, or about him or her dying during pregnancy or labour....
View ArticleQuestion: Traumatic birth experience
Q: “I feel a sense of panic and anxiety every time I think about the birth of my second baby three months ago. I just can’t seem to shake off the trauma of the experience – even though it was not a...
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