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Khyra Ishaq death saddens press
The sad case of Khyra Ishaq, the seven-year-old starved to death by her mother and her lover, leads many of the national papers.
French feminist challenges greens
Leading French feminist Elisabeth Badinter accuses green politicians in a new book of neglecting European women's needs.
C-sections 'do not harm feeding'
A Caesarean or instrumental birth does not impact upon how long a mother breastfeeds, research suggests.
Giving new life to the role of the father
More fathers than ever before may attend the birth of their child, but the government is keen to involve them even more closely in pregnancy, labour and the aftermath as part of its Green Paper on the family.
Payout for birth paralysis girl
A girl from Merseyside is awarded a six-figure payout after errors at her birth left her with a paralysed arm.
Cafe to urge breastfeeding opens
A cafe where mothers are encouraged to breastfeed their babies is due to open in Lincolnshire.
Maternity hospital closes doors
The Queen Mother's Hospital at Yorkhill in Glasgow is closing as part of a city-wide revamp of maternity services.
Breastfeeding mothers get support
Volunteers are recruited in Essex to offer advice on breastfeeding to mothers soon after the birth of their baby.
Breastfeeding 'down to hormones'
Mothers who find breastfeeding so hard they give up should not blame themselves, researchers say.
Indonesian cleared in e-mail case
An Indonesian court throws out a hospital's criminal defamation case against a woman whose e-mail complaint appeared on Facebook.
Schoolboy wins vitamin D campaign
Pregnant women are to be educated about the importance of taking vitamin D thanks to a Glasgow schoolboy's campaign.
Bruni-Sarkozy urges action on HIV
The French first lady is campaigning to increase access to HIV drugs for women and children in the developing world.
Experts change HIV 'drug advice'
The World Health Organization is changing its advice on HIV drugs, asking that they be given sooner and to breastfeeding mothers with the virus.
Cameron's Mumsnet laptop trouble
David Cameron has blamed laptop trouble after coming under fire during a live chat on the Mumsnet website.
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