FEAR, failure, loneliness — the emotional fall out of infertility is described in How to Get Pregnant, a new ebook.

BECOMING a mum can be one of the happiest times in a woman’s life, but trying for a baby?

Women are advised to take folic acid supplements if trying to get pregnant and throughout the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, as this reduces the risk of defects in the baby’s spinal cord.

WOMEN can have it all.

The winter garden of Hester Forde, Coosheen in Glounthaune, Co Cork, will open for the viewing of snowdrops and early spring bulbs on Saturday, January 28, and Saturday, February 11, from 11am. Snowdrops and spring bulbs for sale. Park on main road. Entry fee will aid Marymount Hospice.