Sat, 28 Nov, 2020
Fri, 14 Aug, 2020
New research has asked whether a public health campaign may be needed to inform women that deferring childbirth until after the age of 30 may increase the chances of birth interventions such as Caesarian section delivery.
Wed, 23 Oct, 2019
A Dublin woman has given birth in the back of her father's taxi while on route to the hospital.
Tue, 23 Jul, 2019
A stillborn baby could have been delivered 90 minutes faster than he was if doctors were informed of the extent of his distress, an inquest heard.
Wed, 10 Jul, 2019
There were more than 61,000 babies born in Ireland last year, a slight decrease on the previous year.
Fri, 31 May, 2019
999 operators talked a Dublin woman and her partner through the birth of their baby last night.
Sat, 09 Feb, 2019
Premature babies, or ‘preemies’ as they’re affectionately called in maternity units, face a tough fight but are well cared for by neonatal staff across the country. Though their parents run a gamut of emotions, writes Kelly O’Brien
Tue, 01 Jan, 2019
You don’t get balloons and congratulations when your baby is born as prematurely as ours was, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.
Tears are a regular occurrence in a fertility clinic. Tears of joy, tears of frustration, tears of loss happen almost daily. For some, those tears are the tears of “what if”, writes Marie Menke.
Wed, 25 Jul, 2018
A new word for ‘birthing women’ appears to have entered the Irish obstetric lexicon.
Fri, 08 Jun, 2018
We are writing in response to the article, ‘Fewer than 1% of women had ‘practically perfect births’ in a two-year study’, which appeared online (www.irishexaminer.com, May 10).
Thu, 31 May, 2018
Kathryn Thomas has welcomed her baby girl with an adorable picture on her Instagram account.
Sun, 25 Mar, 2018
Wigan's Ryan Colclough had a day to remember yesterday after scoring twice before dashing to see the birth of his son.
Wed, 22 Nov, 2017
Both the teenager, who was under 16, and her child had gone into foster care.
Sat, 04 Nov, 2017
The oldest mother to give birth in Ireland over the past decade was 54 years of age.
Fri, 21 Jul, 2017
A child who suffered catastrophic injuries at birth 10 years ago was awarded €4.5m against the HSE at the High Court in Cork yesterday.
Fri, 31 Mar, 2017
Greater support for mothers to achieve natural births is “urgently needed”, experts have advised.
Wed, 22 Feb, 2017
The practice of using self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques during birth is gaining wider acceptance, writes Joanna Kiernan.
Tue, 24 Jan, 2017
Wed, 11 May, 2016
A homeless woman who gave birth near St Peter’s Square has been offered a place to stay by the Vatican.
Wed, 20 Jan, 2016
More than three quarters of Irish adults have no idea what age their fertility will start to decline.
Mon, 11 Jan, 2016
Scientists in England have discovered a safety guard in human eggs which stops those with DNA damage from being fertilised to prevent birth defects.
Mon, 02 Nov, 2015
The baby weighed 10 pounds.
Tue, 21 Jul, 2015
This incredible footage of an American woman giving birth in a moving car while her partner films has been shared around the world over the last few days - it’s been watched over 11 million times.
The drama began when Amber Pangborn decided to take a backroad through a huge forest - while in labour.
Wed, 01 Jul, 2015
A rare white Bengal tigress has given birth to four cubs at a zoo in Crimea’s Yalta Zoo.
Mon, 05 May, 2014
HSE figures for 2012 show that many first time mothers in Irish hospitals have surgical interventions during childbirth.
Tue, 25 Mar, 2014
Caesarean babies are more likely to become overweight adults.
Thu, 27 Feb, 2014
When Cian and Polly McCourt moved from Ireland to the US, little did they suspect that the arrival of the newest Big Apple of their eye would get more views than a hit Broadway performance.
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