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Essential health tips, expert advice and real-life stories to guide expectant parents through every stage of pregnancy and childbirth

Post-natal exercises to help you ease back into shape

Post-natal exercises to help you ease back into shape

WellbeingSeptember 21, 2016

Folate can be found in foods like eggs, sunflower seeds and yeast.

The benefits of folic acid before pregnancy

WellbeingSeptember 15, 2016

During her second trimester, Derryn Brown Pereira, a fitness coach in Dubai, gave up exercises that required her to be on her back. Antonie Robertson / The National

Fit for the body and bump: what’s the deal with high-intensity training and weightlifting during pregnancy?

WellbeingSeptember 14, 2016

Dr Tarig Abdalla. Courtesy ICLDC

The lowdown on gestational diabetes

WellbeingSeptember 14, 2016

5 ways to stay fit during pregnancy

5 ways to stay fit during pregnancy

WellbeingSeptember 14, 2016

Dr Brenda McLaughlin, left, and Dr Christel Brabon encourage women to have natural births where possible. Christopher Pike / The National

Unnecessary C-sections are costly and could be dangerous, UAE doctors warn

UAEJune 05, 2016

WHO report notes increase in UAE residents’ life expectancy

UAEMay 19, 2016

Abu Dhabi health authority plans to make hospitals more mother-friendly

HealthMarch 22, 2016

Sonia Al Hashimi, president of the UAE Down Syndrome Association, says it is not uncommon for parents to find out their child has Down Syndrome after the birth. Ana Bianca Marin for The National

Down Syndrome test for newborns being developed by Khalifa University researchers

UAEMarch 21, 2016

Pregnant women who travelled to Zika-affected countries urged to go to doctor

HealthFebruary 19, 2016

Passengers arriving at South Korea's Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, walk past heat detectors set up at check points as the country strengthens monitoring against the Zika virus. EPA

Zika link to microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome expected to be confirmed ‘within weeks’

WorldFebruary 12, 2016

Woman in labour who gave hospital sister’s name gets three-month sentence

UAEFebruary 10, 2016

Three-month-old Alice Vitoria Gomes Bezerra, who has microcephaly, is held by her father Joao Batista Bezerra on January 27, 2016 in Recife, Brazil. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Cases of Zika virus could rise to 4 million across the Americas within a year

WorldJanuary 28, 2016

The women's majlis: Being a working mum is a tough job

January 21, 2016

Mousa Al Qadadha did not know anything about spina bifida before his son, Bashar, 6, was born with it. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National

Education needed to prevent brain disorder in UAE, experts say

The NationalOctober 22, 2015

UAE legal Q&A: What are the repercussions for a single pregnant woman at work?

UAEOctober 11, 2015

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