Welcome to Mums in Spain! We are really excited to be re-launching the site once again and hope you will enjoy the many new features that you will find, including brand new sections "Experts" and "Blogs". The heart of Mums in Spain has always been the information and experiences that our members share and we hope that these new sections will encourage you to share even more! Enjoy exploring the new site and if you have any feedback or suggestions we would love to hear from you! If you have any information about your area of Spain please do send it in to us so that we can work at building up the regional sections of the site.
As with any new site, I hope that it will run smoothly for everyone, but if you do run into any problems or minor bugs please do let us know and we will do our best to fix the problem as soon as possible.
Claire
Site Founder
Pregnant women are three times more likely to suffer from severe morning sickness if their mothers did, say Norwegian researchers. Around 2% of women suffer excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnancy - known as hyperemesis gravidarum - which can require hospital treatment.
Almost a third of children regularly go without breakfast before school and are more likely than classmates to be inactive, unfit and obese, research shows. The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition studied 4,326 children aged 10-16 in England. They found that 26.6% of boys and 38.6% of girls skipped breakfast some or all of the time.
Having an epidural during labour may protect key muscles and therefore cut the risk of incontinence in later life, a study of nearly 400 women suggests. Research in the BJOG, the leading obstetrics journal, found more than one in ten women who had vaginal births suffered damage to the "levator" muscles which hold up internal organs.
A test which could stop women labouring for hours in the hope of a "normal" birth only to end up with a Caesarean section has been developed in Sweden. Researchers have established that when high levels of lactic acid are measured in the amniotic fluid,
Mums in Spain has recently launched an online marketplace where you can sell any second-hand or nearly-new baby, children and maternity items. It is completely FREE, so you can add as many things as you like with an image and description, etc.
