mothers
Oxford hospitals: Mother’s op delay concern over terminally ill son
Seb Dean, 18, has terminal cancer and is also one of only 11 people with a rare genetic condition. Source link
Mothers denied gas and air in labour say their births were traumatic
Women say their labours were traumatic at hospitals that have banned gas and air amid safety concerns. Source link
Jess Hodgkinson: Lack of medication contributed to mother’s death
Jess Hodgkinson died shortly after giving birth to her daughter at Chesterfield Royal Hospital in 2021. Source link
Pandemic care home death: Family to sue over mother’s end-of-life consent
Tony Stowell says his mother’s care home took two days to tell the family they had put her on end-of-life care. Source link
Scarlet fever: Mother’s terror after late-night antibiotic search
Beth Foreman says she left hospital just before midnight on a hunt to find “non-existent” drugs for her ill baby. Source link
Covid pandemic births: Mothers ‘pitted against midwives’
Elective Caesarean rates spiked due to women trying to get their partners by their side, experts say. Source link
Hemel Hempstead mother’s funding plea for daughter’s rare disease
Alex Robins says she will keep “fighting and fighting” for her one-year-old daughter, Lexi. Source link
A Mother’s Love: The Challenges of Parenting a Child With Eczema
A loving mother wants, above all else, good health for her child. Imagine, then, the emotional impact of discovering that your baby has eczema, of wishing more than anything to take away the itching and irritation. And imagine the worry when a woman with eczema becomes pregnant. The what-ifs are huge. Fortunately, there is excellent … Read more
Mother’s cancer scare after childhood sunburn
Emma Checkley was sunburnt as a child and developed skin cancer in the same spot in her 40s. Source link