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Midwives Concerned At New Diet And Baby Gender Research, UK

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health
Also Included In: Pregnancy / Obstetrics
Article Date: 24 Apr 2008 - 2:00 PST

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Louise Silverton, Deputy General Secretary of The Royal College of Midwives, said: "We do empathise with mothers who may want a baby of a particular sex. However, having a good diet before conception and during pregnancy can lay the foundations for a healthier life for the unborn child, and the mother. Midwives are there to advise and support mothers about a healthy diet that produces a healthy child and one that will also improve and sustain the health of the mother.

"We would be concerned for the health of mothers and babies if women were adapting to a less healthy diet - for example stopping having a breakfast or educing the range of nutrients they eat - in order to produce a child of a specific sex. For midwives, the health and safety of the mother and child is and has to be paramount, not the sex of the baby."

The Royal College of Midwives




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