BBC Radio Podcasts from Bump Club

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Babies' First Christmas

Edith Bowman catches up with some of the 5 live Bump Club members and meets their babies.

Hypnobirthing and teenage pregancies

Hypnobirthing, royal births and teenage mums on the reality of being pregnant so young.

Festival-going Mums

Festival-going Mums and why do so many pregnancies end in C-section?

Breast feeding

Are women under pressure breast-feed and why do many pregnancies end in induced labour.

Should dads take a bigger role?

How can we encourage dads to take a bigger role in parenthood?

Smoking whilst pregnant

Edith and Colin ask is it ever OK to smoke when pregnant?

Is there a pressure to conceive?

Edith and Colin look at the pressure to conceive and review pregnancy books at Hay.

Should you bank your baby's blood?

Should you bank your newborn baby's blood? And could men cope with the pain of labour?

Are dad's pulling their weight?

Phil Williams discusses whether dads are pulling their weight with childcare.

Is the NHS doing enough?

Bump Club asks whether the NHS is doing enough for women giving birth?

Is marriage important?

Is it important to get hitched before baby comes along?

How much does a baby cost?

Tony and the Bump Club team discuss how much a baby costs, from nappies to buggies.

Who should pay for IVF?

Should the NHS provide IVF or should couples who struggle with fertility have to pay?

IVF Clinic Special

Shelagh Fogarty is unprecedented access to the Midland Fertility Services clinic.

How old is too old to be a mum?

how old is too old to be a mum and what happens if a scan shows there are problems?

Should men be there for the labour?

Should men be there for labour? Dr Laura King on the history of men in the labour ward.

Changing shape

Bump Club mums-to-be Mercy and Sarah talk to Tony about changing shape.

Beverley Turner with a Bump Club Special

Beverley Turner talks about birth plans, coping with complications and exercise.

Sam Walker with Bump Club

Lorna, Holly, Tom and Kay tell Sam Walker about their babies kicking for the first time.

Baby's first heartbeat

Laura hears her baby's heartbeat for the first time and Linda busts some pregnancy myths.

Changes to social lives

Holly, Lorna and Emily discuss the changes pregnancy has brought to their social lives.

Tony Livesey launches 5 live Bump Club

Our bump club members introduce themselves, Holly & Tom talk marriage, Laura and Lorna...