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Real mums share their experiences and tips in Gurgle's forum

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Happy Birth Days

From hospital to home birth, four mums tell us what went to plan-and what didn't-on their big day Karen Ahmed, mum...
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The truth about stretch marks

Are they hereditary or is it just luck of the draw? Emine Ali Rushton quizzes mums and beauty experts on...
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25 amazing things about your...

  You might spend the first ten weeks feeling like a period is about to start, ‘Women are often surprised by...
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Baby Buys

Nothing stretches your finances like the arrival of a baby. But where to splurge and where to save? New research says...
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12 things you only notice once...

Surely nothing shocks the smartest girls about town? You'd be surprised says the newly pregnant and mildly indignant, Angela Buttolph 1 Week...
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Going Potty

It's time to ditch the nappies, take a deep breath, and put those potty theories to the test Lucy Rathbone, mum...
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Sibling Rivalry

Four mums tell us how they coped when jealousy reared its ugly head Emily, mum to Noah, three and Eli, 15...
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Side Effects of Pregnancy

10 indignities of Pregnancy Growing a baby is the most wondrous thing your body can do, but the process can also...
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Home Birthing

New mum Claire Hughes took the plunge of having a home birth and spoke to other mums who did the...
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Winning Weaning

It can feel like all or nothing when it's time to coax babies off milk. Our mums share their tactics Jenny...
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Morning Sickness

Feeling queasy? Ginger, crisps and chewing on ice cubes... 5 mums tell us how they tried to combat morning sickness Star...
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Mother's Milk

Two mums chat about getting to grips with breastfeeding Susannah, Mum to Charlotte and Lucy 'I breastfed both my daughters – my...
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Sleeping Beauties

Four mums chat about the strategies they used for getting their babies to sleep Clara, mum to Catalina We’d read that newborns...
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12 things no one tells you about...

‘I’m  ten months into this grand experiment they call motherhood.  I’ve learned a lot,’ says Lucy Mangan. ‘But there are...

 

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