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Double blow made Harriet determined

WHEN Harriet Dewsbury read in the ED newsletter of a woman who donated her hair for a wig, it gave her an idea. Not only would the 22-year-old stay-at-home mum have her hair turned into a wig but she would also be sponsored for it.Read

How Georgia Ivery's new hair changed her life

LIKE many six-year-old girls, Georgia Ivery wanted to grow her hair and wear it in plaits – but a genetic condition meant her hair would never be long enough and strong enough.Read

Mums chill out at Northfield family centre’s coffee sessions

WHEN mum Emma O’Brien moved to Northfield she did not know a soul and admits it was a difficult time.Read

Fruit smoothies are a cut above

YOUNGSTERS have been feeling fruity.Read

Nancy makes healthy start to the school day

NANCY Chance-Osman has been busy doing early-morning fitness.Read

Beach comes to Castle Bromwich as pupils have sea safety lesson

WHEN it comes to healthy living, life’s a beachat Castle Bromwich Infants’ School.Read

Healthy eating’s order of the day

WHETHER you are calorie counting or simply trying to follow a healthy diet there is one area which can cause problems – a meal out.Read

Going holistic at the Champneys Springs health spa

THEY have long been known as “alternative” therapies but treatments such as Indian head massage, reflexology and aromatherapy have gradually moved into the mainstream.Read

Swine Flu: What every parent needs to know

How dangerous is swine flu? Alan Taman, Communications Officer at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, answ ers the questions that worried parents are asking.Read

PC is battling back to full fitness after her skull was fractured

BIRMINGHAM bobby Emma Carney loves being a police officer.Read

My Holly’s so relaxed when she is having a massage

MUM Michelle Ryan is in no doubt that her baby Holly, who is four months old, enjoys the massage.Read

Baby massage clinics a success in Birmingham

IT is a room full of contented smiles. Mums are beaming down at their babies – while their babies look contentedly back.Read

Celebrity choses surrogacy to have another child

CELEBRITIES always seem to be hitting the headlines with reports about their desire to have children or their dramatic ways of obtaining them.Read

Milk fights infection in newborns

IT IS imperative premature babies receive breast milk says Ali White, infant feeding advisor on the neonatal unit.Read

Baby Ruby wins fight for survival

BABY Ruby Hope’s name says it all.Read

Midwives are starting to realise that doulas can provide a different type of care – and are not trying to take over

DEBBIE Green may be about to hit 50 but that was no reason for her not to change careers and train to be a doula. In fact, it was the very reason.Read

Doula helps ease pain for Rebecca

WHEN mum Rebecca Lee wanted a home birth for her third baby she decided to enlist a bit of help – from a doula.Read

Overcoming a food nightmare

WHEN Chloe Howard is invited to a party, goes out for a meal or is simply offered a piece of birthday cake she has to think twice about what she is eating as the 11-year-old has coeliac disease.Read

Let’s not overlook posture

MAKE-up, dieting, fat pants and surgery – there’s not many things that we women won’t try to make ourselves look and feel good.Read

Baby foods in fat levels alert

SOME baby foods contain higher levels of saturated fat and sugar than equivalent portions of chocolate biscuits or a cheeseburger, a new study has claimed.Read