The midwife-led maternity unit at the Downe Hospital has had a limited uptake from expectant mothers.
Prisons' chief inspector Nick Hardwick said seven expectant mothers were at Yarl's Wood in July.
The prospect of receiving free medical care draws expectant mothers from Mexico into U.S. Border States.
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Small-business bosses may also want to put some thought into how they treat expectant mothers on their staffs.
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The community health workers and expectant mothers can also receive text message reminders of clinic appointments and delivery dates.
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They suggested expectant mothers who choose a C-section should be made aware of the obesity risk to their babies.
Hood rejected that suggestion, saying health care professionals instituted the policy to reduce the number of cocaine-addicted expectant mothers.
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Hyperemesis gravidarum can leave expectant mothers unable to keep food or liquids down.
Nearly 3 million girls are in school, and more than 3, 000 midwives across the country save expectant mothers' lives.
He said that in most of the expectant mothers the deficiency was not very severe, but said the effects were still serious.
The scheme involves nurses visiting expectant mothers every one or two weeks and throughout the first two years of their baby's life.
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During that period 8, 719 expectant mothers were asked to fill in questionnaires that inquired, among other things, about their level of stress.
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Thalidomide had been widely touted as a safe medicine for expectant mothers.
Now with an American twist, maternity homes are sprouting up in Southern California, where wealthy expectant mothers are coddled and catered to in relative luxury.
At baby showers in America, expectant mothers coo over cute onesies, baby sunglasses and cuddly toys, in China the most valued gift is imported milk formula.
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But at the other end of the trail that starts with financial woes in rich countries are underweight children and anaemic expectant mothers in poor ones.
For expectant mothers, if a rabbit happens to cross your path, make sure that you tear your dress, otherwise your child will be born with a hair lip.
She added that 33% of expectant mothers in Wales smoked at some point during their pregnancy, a figure that reached a high of 40% in some economically deprived areas.
"The colleges will also provide more training in this area to ensure that the policy is properly applied and that the rights of expectant mothers continue to be respected and safeguarded, " he said.
Ms Ferguson also stressed that health professionals are often reluctant to talk frankly with expectant mothers about behaviours, such as smoking and having an unhealthy diet, which can put unborn children at risk.
"That has been successful, and now it aims to expand its market to expectant mothers, " says Pile of Martek's working with partners to offer a range of nutritional supplements to pregnant and lactating mothers.
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Women now make up a quarter of the Afghan parliament and more than 3, 000 midwives fan out over the country each day to save women's lives -- in a nation that studies find the world's deadliest for expectant mothers.
It reached its nadir when two women working for Utah's main welfare agency stole the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and even the due dates of expectant mothers of some 1, 300 mostly Latino people whom they suspected of being in Utah illegally.
When data showed that many expectant mothers at its hospitals were being induced two weeks or more early simply because it was more convenient, even though national studies hinted it is safer to wait until 39 weeks, Intermountain clamped down in 2001.
The task force reasoned that because a live fetus is a "person" under South Carolina law, expectant mothers who used cocaine after the 24th week of pregnancy could be found guilty of distributing an illegal substance to a minor, a person under the age of 18, court papers show.
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Text4baby is an innovative way to get information into the hands of expectant and new mothers.
We should expand programs where registered nurses visit expectant and new mothers and help them learn how to care for themselves before the baby is born and what to do after - programs that have helped increase father involvement, women's employment, and children's readiness for school.
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