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Welsh government promises better care for pregnant women

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The Welsh government has announced that it wants to improve midwifery services and to help pregnant women by offering them advice on healthy eating and how to stop smoking.

In Wales:

-Babies of women who smoke are 30% more likely to be born prematurely

-37% of mums smoke at some stage during pregnancy or the year before

-22% continue to smoke throughout their pregnancy

Full story from the BBC: "Pregnant Women in Wales urged to live healthier"

 How do you stay healthy? Do you have an advice for pregnant women?

comments

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  • Bout time haha

    by ScarLust 30 July 2011

  • its nice to see them taking extra care :)

    by billy 1 June 2011

  • care in wales of pregnant women needs to be improved all together...the stories i have of heard from women who have had terrible experiances while pregnant and throughout their care afterwards is shocking!

    by meg135 30 April 2011

  • gess its better that there doing something now then leaving it to get even worser.

    by xx_connie_xx 14 April 2011

  • gosh, thats real bad! they should of done something sooner.

    by hannar 14 April 2011

  • its good that they are helping! xx

    by Rihannah 7 February 2011