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Amid the chaos of Sunday morning’s tumultuous winds and driving rain one family was celebrating a very special arrival. Little Conor Patrick Lim was born weighing a healthy 7lb 6oz as Tropical Storm Fay tore up trees and ripped off roofs. But for his...

May 18, 2014 Dear Sir, As a local Midwife who fought to be admitted to the Registrar for Midwives after several decades in the late 1990s, it was with a great concern that I read the letter to the Editor published by the Health Ministry regarding mid...

A group of parents claim they are being prevented from having home births because of Bermuda Medical Council’s misinterpretation of a 65-year-old law. The parents issued a press statement yesterday claiming they’d had the “rug pulled out from under t...

Parents-to-be are invited to take part in a series of classes being run by the Department of Health starting next month. Topics covered will include stages of labour, relaxation techniques and breastfeeding advice. The free classes will run every Fri...

As a professional boxer, Teresa Perozzi has a high tolerance for pain. But she admits that giving natural birth in the living room of her Warwick residence proved to be a formidable opponent. The reigning WBA female middleweight champion gave water b...

Bermuda's first baby of the new year, Farrah Natalia Kaye Pacheco, was delivered at 8.38am to Tamika and Flavio Pacheco — two days later than expected, and just in time for 2014. Cradling her sleeping 8lb little girl, a tired but beaming Mrs Pacheco ...

Government should focus on shared parenting rather than targeting fathers who can’t afford child support, according to Childwatch. Childwatch co-founder Edward Tavares said schemes suggested by Community and Culture Minister Wayne Scott to punish fat...

A misguided concept too often is that children can only be corrected with a beating or a tongue lashing leaving them feeling unwanted and resentful toward any type of authority whether it is a parent, guardian, teacher, or a neighbour. Many of us who...