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30/12/2025

Did you know the dad’s DNA helps build the placenta? That organ your body grows to feed the baby, regulate hormones, and carry the pregnancy, it’s shaped by both parents. But only one of you feels every single symptom.

So if you’ve ever been hit with relentless nausea, thrown up for weeks, or dealt with full blown HG that stole your energy and appetite… know this you weren’t just “unlucky.” Paternal DNA influences how the placenta functions. meaning how you feel is partly shaped by his contribution.

While you're building bones, lungs, and eyelashes, you’re also adapting to an organ his genes helped design. That’s a lot for one body to carry.

If you’re a baby daddy reading this she’s not being dramatic. She’s doing the impossible. Let this be your reminder to show up even harder for her.

And if you’re a mama who’s lived it share this. You deserve to be seen for everything your body carried 🖤

26/12/2025

Feeling the festive buzz and wondering about feeding your baby? 💚 Our Infant Feeding Line is here for you, every day, even during the holidays.

However you're feeding your baby, we’re ready to listen and support you.

📞 Call 0300 330 0700, open 8am – Midnight, every single day.

22/12/2025

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate from NCT Birmingham west. Just a reminder that Northfield Baby Café is closed on Boxing Day and the bumps and babies group on Hagley road is closed for 2 weeks. But our helpline is open every day of the year for feeding support. Wishing you a peaceful festive period however it looks for you.

13/12/2025

01/12/2025

In around 76% of birthing people, a line — often purple (but it can also appear red or white on darker skin tones) — may rise up along the cleft as labour progresses. This phenomenon, more common in those who go into spontaneous labour, is thought to be linked to vasocongestion at the base of the sacrum.

While vaginal examinations remain a standard way to measure cervical dilation, they’re not always accurate and can feel intrusive for some during labour. Observing the purple line offers a potential alternative that respects the labouring person’s comfort.

Edit: heeeey maga ‘Christian’ white women (who are, in fact, also people). Thanks for boosting my engagment with your outrage ✌🏻