Pregnancy

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'It was heartbreaking to attend a fertility appointment in a maternity unit'

Niamh Smyth and her husband Justyn have spent over a decade trying to start a family, undergoing four rounds of IVF, with three unsuccessful attempts and one pregnancy which ended in miscarriage.

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Chief medical officer Vanessa Purday has short grey hair. She is wearing a purple top with a rainbow lanyard.

Maternity unit to close due to staff shortages

The hospital trust is planning the temporary move from 11 August due to safety concerns.

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A man with short dark brown hair and a beard sits next to a woman with shoulder length brown hair on a hospital bed. He is holding up baby scan images to show the camera.

New baby news comes days after shock paralysis

Liam and Poppy Watson, from Leamington, had previously suffered a miscarriage.

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6 days ago

A man with slicked back dark hair and wearing a light grey hoodie speaks into a microphone.

Have you ever tried drinking breast milk?

Father and son chat about the time Tommy tried his wife's breast milk.

6 days ago

A man wearing a black t-shirt and a woman in a red dress holding a baby

Woman gives birth to baby at sea

Kyla and Jake Magell welcomed baby Harriet to the world on 25 June on board the Flying Christine marine ambulance between Sark and Guernsey

6 days ago

A man and woman looking at the camera and smiling. The woman is holding a new born baby in her arms.

'Giving birth at sea was not part of the plan'

Kyra Magell gives birth to baby Harriet on board a marine ambulance in the Channel Islands.

6 days ago

A First Bus representative and two female maternity staff stood on a pavement by a road. They are each holding travel tickets in their hands. Behind them is a parked double decker bus which reads 'First bus' on a digital screen.

Free bus travel to get pregnant women to hospital

The passes will be provided to vulnerable women, mainly from minority and disadvantaged communities.

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20 Jul 2026

The quadruplet babies pictured in a composite image - they are all in the hospital's nursery, in an incubator, wearing a breathing device and several wires

Rare identical quadruplets born in Australia

The parents of the four naturally conceived girls were taken by "immense surprise" with the pregnancy, the hospital said.

20 Jul 2026

19 Jul 2026

Ravika sitting in a restaurant, pictured head and shoulders looking directly at the camera. She has her hair tied up and is wearing a black off-the-shoulder dress.

My fitness tracker knew I was pregnant before I did

Ravika is one of hundreds of women who are noticing early pregnancy signs through the data on their fitness trackers.

19 Jul 2026