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A new mum angered by people suggesting women who deliver their babies via caesarean section have not "given birth" has challenged that misconception by sharing a photograph of her scar.

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Special rituals, as well as favourite cutlery and plates, can make dinner times less challenging and a lot more fun!

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Surgeons at a New York City hospital have separated a pair of 13-month-old boys who were congenitally joined at the head, completing a rare operation that carried a risk of death and severe brain damage, their mother said.

'Do I call the parents or an exorcist?'

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The complicated grief of losing your babies

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Rather than hiding her postpartum hair regrowth, author Giovana Fletcher has photographed and shared it.

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