National Childbirth Trust - Falkirk and West Lothian

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Pregnancy	Birth	Toddlers
Being mum	Dad's views	Health Issues
NCT	Feeding	Real nappies
Support networks	Book reviews	Family fun

Being Mum

A Working Mum’s Morning
It’s 0625 and my alarm has just gone off, well at least I think that is what happened. It could have been the hand of my 14 month old son slapping me across the face. 0815 run onto the train just before the doors close. So the working day begins. Well my second job, my first one started two hours ago!!!!

Being a Full-Time Mum
I often get asked, “are you going back to work?” as if right now I’m not really working or doing anything of value. I haven’t submitted a vital report or chaired a meeting but I did teach my son the letters of the alphabet and I enhanced his creative ability by making cakes and helped his confidence by going swimming.

Being Good Enough
In the past two years, I’ve lost count of the number of mothers with whom I have spoken who don’t feel good enough. I have from time to time counted myself one of their number. Look at it another way: can you imagine anyone in the World who could do a better job of loving and raising your kids? read the article

What are your maternity rights?
There have been some changes for women whose babies were or are due to be born after the 1st April 2007 in relation to their maternity rights.This article generally covers the statutory benefits that your employer has to offer you.

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Birth

10 Things About a Home Birth People May not Mention read article

The Birth - A Father's Experience read article

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Book Reviews

Review of Three Socks, One shoe and No Hairbrush, read article

Perfect Parenting
It’s something we all long to be able to do and there are dozens of authors who have written down their idea of how to be the perfect parents. Confused? Local NCT members share their own favourite books.

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Birth

The Birth - A Father's Experience read article

A Home Birth as seen through a Dad’s Eyes read article

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Family Fun

Party, Party, Party! read article

Taking Better Baby and Toddler Pictures read article

Family holiday looming? Jersey - A review read article

CBeebies - A review read article

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Feeding