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This wasn’t the first time he chose to skip doctor’s appointment with his wife. A soon-to-be mum has refused to tell her husband the gender of their baby because he skipped the scan to go to the chippy with a mate. Taking to the iconic Am I the Asshole Reddit page, the pregnant woman asked […]

3 years ago

Most women do not share the news that they are pregnant until they are into their second trimester. On my first pregnancy I bucked the trend by announcing that I was expecting quite early on out of excitement. It was my first pregnancy and I wanted everyone to know. When I became pregnant on my […]

5 years ago

When you are pregnant, especially the very first time, what is happening inside, behind your belly button, almost doesn’t feel real until you go for your first scan and actually get to see with your own eyes that there really is a baby in there. And there is nothing like that feeling of seeing your […]

7 years ago

In Ireland, women are offered a scan at the end of the first trimester, when they are 12 gestational weeks pregnant, and then the second scan offered on the public health system is around 20 weeks. In a normal, healthy pregnancy, no more scans are offered (on the public system). However, new research out of […]

7 years ago

It’s an amazingly exciting time (not to mention a bit scary!). But once you and your partner have gotten to grips with your pregnancy – then you have to decide WHEN to tell your family and friend the good news. Tradition was to wait until the 12-week mark – but these days loads of women […]

7 years ago

A mum has explained why she won’t have any more children after none of the scans she was given picked up her son’s rare condition in the womb. Dominique O’Brien gave birth to her second child, Elliott, earlier this year. The Liverpool mum decided that she wanted to have extra growth scans to ensure her […]

8 years ago