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Overdue babies are ‘more likely to be stillborn’

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Overdue babies are more likely to be stillborn, a major scientific review of birth records has found. Queen Mary University of London researchers analysed 15million pregnancies, including some in the UK and US. They found any pregnancy that extends beyond 37 weeks carries a higher risk of the baby being stillborn. And the risk gets … Read more

Couple who are pregnant 4 months after their first baby was stillborn share their journey

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Amanda and Mitch Feltmann knew their first child was struggling in the womb.  Their 20-week scan showed she was underweight, and by week 26 they confirmed she had intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), a poor growth caused by placental insufficiency.  They held out hope, but a day before Amanda’s scheduled induction, in September 2018, her waters broke, … Read more