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# Pregnancy

This year
2023
Women with cancer will be able to defer maternity leave under new legislation
The Irish Cancer Society has welcomed the news.
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Oct 21st 2023, 6:07 PM
Some doctors 'actively obstruct' women from getting abortions, committee hears
The Oireachtas Health Committee is discussing recommendations to change Ireland’s abortion legislation.
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Oct 18th 2023, 12:15 PM
Opinion: The IVF funding scheme may be devastating for many, but it will also relieve some heartache
June Shannon is an award-winning medical journalist with a specialist interest in women’s health and the health of vulnerable groups.
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Jul 26th 2023, 8:00 PM
Explainer: How will the new publicly funded IVF scheme work?
We’ve collected the answers to important questions like what the scheme covers and who is eligible.
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Jul 25th 2023, 3:48 PM
Nearly 2,000 women approved for reimbursement of cost of pregnancy drug
A HSE review into the current arrangement to provide Cariban to women is due to conclude this month.
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Jul 4th 2023, 6:15 AM
Varadkar 'reluctant' to make changes after review of state's abortion laws seeks end to three-day wait
A report by
Christina Finn
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will bring a memo to Cabinet on Tuesday on the report’s recommendations.
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Apr 21st 2023, 10:00 PM
Obstetrician: 'Some women with Hyperemesis are choosing not to continue with their pregnancy'
Consultant obstetrician at the National Maternity Hospital Professor Mary Higgins says GPs should be able to prescribe Cariban.
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Feb 16th 2023, 8:00 PM
Health minister asks department and HSE to review current approach to Cariban reimbursement
Women, doctors, and pharmacists have criticised the roll out of a new scheme.
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Feb 2nd 2023, 3:34 PM
Irish study reveals clinicians' views on C-sections for new mothers
A maternity care expert said the study shows the pregnant person is “not at the centre of their care”.
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Jan 11th 2023, 7:11 PM
Overcomplicated: Reimbursement scheme for pregnancy drug criticised by pharmacists
Irish Pharmacy Union says the new scheme is not straightforward and creates further delays.
HSE informs pharmacists about reimbursement scheme and how it will operate three days after the scheme came into operation.
IPU says requiring patients to get a consultant prescription creates needless access inequalities where women do not have access to consultants.
The drug Cariban can cost women up to €3,000 over the course of a pregnancy.
GPs can't give initial Cariban prescription, confirms HSE as Tánaiste questions 'rationale'
Women who suffer severe pregnancy sickness to have access to drug free of charge from January
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Jan 6th 2023, 12:05 AM
Last year
2022
Department of Health to be asked to consider certificates commemorating early pregnancy losses
Currently, there is no provision to recognise the loss of an unborn child before 24 weeks of pregnancy.
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Oct 19th 2022, 3:48 PM
Cariban: Drug to help women who suffer severe pregnancy sickness to be given free of charge
Previously, pregnant women had been charged an average of €1.80 a pill.
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Sep 27th 2022, 3:00 PM
Author: 'Nobody told me about the loneliness that comes with having a new baby'
Read a motherhood diary from the author of crime thriller Hide and Seek, Andrea Mara.
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Aug 3rd 2022, 8:00 PM
Over 3,000 hospitalisations a year among women suffering severe pregnancy sickness
A drug that treats hyperemesis is unavailable on the drugs payment scheme or medical card.
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Jun 29th 2022, 6:05 AM
Councillors can avail of paid maternity leave beginning next year
Councillors can also be given funding to hire someone to assist with secretarial work.
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Jun 28th 2022, 5:24 PM
Taking painkillers in pregnancy 'more likely to lead to complications'
University of Aberdeen researchers looked at more than 151,000 pregnancies over a 30-year period.
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May 13th 2022, 10:53 AM
HSE: No timeline for lifting of ban on home water births
The ‘temporary pause’ has been in place since November 2020 pending investigations into two incidents.
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May 12th 2022, 6:00 AM
Stephen Donnelly confirms opening of two additional specialist menopause clinics
A total of six menopause clinics will be rolled out nationwide this year.
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Apr 29th 2022, 6:30 AM
Timeframe still not decided for inquiry into epilepsy drug that can cause birth defects
The medicine was prescribed without warnings to patients for years after regulators knew about its risks.
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Apr 23rd 2022, 10:00 AM
Ireland's first mother and baby mental health unit due to be developed by late 2024
Ireland currently has no facility like this for women experiencing severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy or after birth.
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Apr 10th 2022, 7:00 AM
Almost half of pregnancies worldwide ‘unintended’, report finds
The report by the United Nations Population Fund was hosted by the Irish Family Planning Association.
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Mar 30th 2022, 7:15 AM
Campaigners to raise gaps in partners' access at maternity hospitals in meeting with HSE
Linda Kelly of Better Maternity Care says limits on partners’ access during maternity care ‘cannot continue’ as Covid restrictions lift.
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Feb 27th 2022, 7:00 AM
Govt one step closer to giving severe illness during pregnancy drug free of charge
U-turn on calling Cariban a food supplement as HPRA says such classification is not appropriate.
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Feb 23rd 2022, 7:13 PM
Minister 'hopeful' positive outcome can be reached to help women with severe pregnancy sickness
No decision has been reached at Government level as to how the State might subsidise the cost of the drug, Cariban.
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Feb 17th 2022, 6:49 PM
Large study backs up findings from Irish experts about Covid placentitis
Covid-19 placentitis is an infection of the placenta which occurs in some pregnant women with Covid-19.
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Feb 15th 2022, 11:27 AM
Cliodhna Russell: 'I didn’t know what was ahead. I didn’t know how aggressive the cancer was'
One year ago today, the newsreader and reporter was starting into cancer treatment just two weeks after becoming a mother for the first time.
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Feb 13th 2022, 8:30 AM
Group to investigate options for funding severe pregnancy sickness drug to make it more available
The drug, known as Cariban, is currently unavailable on the drugs payment scheme or by medical card.
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Feb 11th 2022, 5:16 PM
Health Minister insists State won't reimburse cost of drug to treat severe pregnancy sickness
When Stephen Donnelly was in Opposition he told Simon Harris that the drug called Cariban should be available on the drugs payment scheme.
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Feb 4th 2022, 6:00 AM
'Frightening' language and no abortion information: Warning issued over rogue pregnancy services
Women who have inadvertently engaged with these groups have found the experience “extremely distressing”.
A number of unregulated crisis pregnancy services present themselves as unbiased but have an anti-abortion stance
The HSE said such services may try to frighten women and refuse to give them information about abortion services
Women who have inadvertently engaged with these groups have found the experience "extremely distressing", Órla Ryan reports
Three years into new abortion laws, Stephen Donnelly says 'ease of access' has not been achieved
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Jan 17th 2022, 12:05 AM
Climate change’s adverse effects on health starts in the womb, studies find
Climate hazards, including rising temperature, pollution and wildfires, are increasing the risk of pre-term birth.
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Jan 15th 2022, 11:10 AM
Covid placentitis: Four more stillbirths and two babies' deaths reported in Ireland
The deaths occurred from October to December 2021.
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Jan 13th 2022, 2:16 PM
All time
Free contraception to be made available for young women
Two GP appointments per year relating to contraception will also be free.
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Oct 12th 2021, 2:06 PM
Women feel doctors 'normalise' loss of pregnancy, and first-time mothers 'not listened to', report finds
Over 270 women aged 18 to 80 participated in discussions for a report commissioned by a Department of Health taskforce.
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Sep 14th 2021, 3:35 PM
RTÉ defends The Rotunda series after criticism over filming at maternity hospital during Covid
Critics of the series have questioned why a TV crew was given access when severe restrictions were in place for partners.
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Sep 9th 2021, 1:50 PM
Covid-19 mRNA vaccines to be offered to women at all stages of pregnancy
This comes after the NIAC made a number of recommendations to the Chief Medical Officer.
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Sep 1st 2021, 6:07 PM
Maternity partner restrictions raised again in Dáil as Taoiseach told all units compliant
Micheál Martin said the HSE issued “very, very clear guidance” to maternity units on the restrictions.
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Jun 30th 2021, 6:16 PM
Hospitals told to allow wider access to maternity partners during pregnancy care
The HSE is altering the visiting policy for partners during maternity care.
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Jun 24th 2021, 5:18 PM
HSE updating guidance to make clear partners can be present 'right throughout labour and birth'
Restrictions remain in place in certain hospitals, however.
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May 13th 2021, 5:05 PM
HSE says 'conditions are right' for restrictions on partners in maternity hospitals to be lifted
HSE CEO Paul Reid said today he is writing to all maternity units about partner restrictions.
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Three pregnant women with Covid-19 treated in intensive care last weekend
The figure was reported at last night’s NPHET briefing.
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