#pregnancy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pregnancy, aggregated by home.social.
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First-time mother scared to feed her daughter after varying advice from multiple practitioners
Maddy Barrett wanted more than anything to feel “empowered” enough to make informed decisions after becoming a first-time…
#Australia #atenatalcare #AU #Australianstandardsforpostnatalcare #Austrlia #birth #Breastfeeding #Clancytrial #Cope #gidgetfoundation #latching #newborns #Post-patrumpsychosis #Postnatalcare #Postnataldepression #postpartum #postpartumanxiety #pregnancy
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‘Grief becomes a routine’: Farhana lost five babies. A ‘culture of silence’ exacerbated her pain
By Achol ArokA first-of-its-kind study shows the prevalence of miscarriage in Australia but experts fear multicultural groups remain underrepresented
#Health #Miscarriage #Sydney #Australianews #Pregnancy #TheGuardian #AcholArok
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‘Grief becomes a routine’: Farhana lost five babies. A ‘culture of silence’ exacerbated her pain
By Achol ArokA first-of-its-kind study shows the prevalence of miscarriage in Australia but experts fear multicultural groups remain underrepresented
#Health #Miscarriage #Sydney #Australianews #Pregnancy #TheGuardian #AcholArok
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‘Grief becomes a routine’: Farhana lost five babies. A ‘culture of silence’ exacerbated her pain
By Achol ArokA first-of-its-kind study shows the prevalence of miscarriage in Australia but experts fear multicultural groups remain underrepresented
#Health #Miscarriage #Sydney #Australianews #Pregnancy #TheGuardian #AcholArok
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/674187/ Irish women’s birth stories: ‘Women are so vulnerable when they’re pregnant’ – The Irish Times #Éire #ForYou #Health #hse #IE #Ireland #JenniferCarrollMacNeill #Pregnancy #RotundaHospital
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Strictly star Karim Zeroual splits from mother of his child and is dating again
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She didn't know she was pregnant until she gave birth: a 'cryptic pregnancy' story from Texas to a FaceTime reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/04/experience-i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant-until-i-gave-birth
There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime When I was 19, I went to college in Texas, where I met my boyfriend…
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She didn't know she was pregnant until she gave birth: a 'cryptic pregnancy' story from Texas to a FaceTime reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/04/experience-i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant-until-i-gave-birth
There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime When I was 19, I went to college in Texas, where I met my boyfriend…
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There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime When I was 19, I went to college in Texas, where I met my boyfriend… #wellness #womenshealth #pregnancy
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There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime When I was 19, I went to college in Texas, where I met my boyfriend… #wellness #womenshealth #pregnancy
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There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime When I was 19, I went to college in Texas, where I met my boyfriend… #wellness #womenshealth #pregnancy
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There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime When I was 19, I went to college in Texas, where I met my boyfriend… #wellness #womenshealth #pregnancy
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Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet
Moreno-Fernandez, J., Ocho…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #biochemistry #diseases #Endocrinology #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #medicalresearch #Mediterranean #metabolism #multidisciplinary #physiology #placenta #Pregnancy #science
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Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet
Moreno-Fernandez, J., Ocho…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #biochemistry #diseases #Endocrinology #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #medicalresearch #Mediterranean #metabolism #multidisciplinary #physiology #placenta #Pregnancy #science
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Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet
Moreno-Fernandez, J., Ocho…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #biochemistry #diseases #Endocrinology #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #medicalresearch #Mediterranean #metabolism #multidisciplinary #physiology #placenta #Pregnancy #science
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Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet
Moreno-Fernandez, J., Ocho…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #biochemistry #diseases #Endocrinology #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #medicalresearch #Mediterranean #metabolism #multidisciplinary #physiology #placenta #Pregnancy #science
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2799569/placental-lipid-handling-growth-and-inflammatory-pathways-are-modified-by-a-maternal-mediterranean-diet/ -
Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet https://www.diningandcooking.com/2799569/placental-lipid-handling-growth-and-inflammatory-pathways-are-modified-by-a-maternal-mediterranean-diet/ #biochemistry #diet #diseases #Endocrinology #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #MedicalResearch #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #metabolism #multidisciplinary #physiology #placenta #Pregnancy #science
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Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet https://www.diningandcooking.com/2799569/placental-lipid-handling-growth-and-inflammatory-pathways-are-modified-by-a-maternal-mediterranean-diet/ #biochemistry #diet #diseases #Endocrinology #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #MedicalResearch #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #metabolism #multidisciplinary #physiology #placenta #Pregnancy #science
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Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet https://www.diningandcooking.com/2799569/placental-lipid-handling-growth-and-inflammatory-pathways-are-modified-by-a-maternal-mediterranean-diet/ #biochemistry #diet #diseases #Endocrinology #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #MedicalResearch #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #metabolism #multidisciplinary #physiology #placenta #Pregnancy #science
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/671639/ Gestational diabetes history linked to earlier development of type 2 diabetes #diabetes #Éire #Fasting #GestationalDiabetes #Health #IE #Insulin #Ireland #OCT #Pregnancy #Research #Type2Diabetes
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Experience: I didn’t know I was pregnant until I gave birth
By Aubrie MorrisThere’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime
#Lifeandstyle #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Family #Healthwellbeing #TheGuardian #AubrieMorris
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Experience: I didn’t know I was pregnant until I gave birth
By Aubrie MorrisThere’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime
#Lifeandstyle #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Family #Healthwellbeing #TheGuardian #AubrieMorris
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Experience: I didn’t know I was pregnant until I gave birth
By Aubrie MorrisThere’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime
#Lifeandstyle #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #Family #Healthwellbeing #TheGuardian #AubrieMorris
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/670353/ Targeting KV7 proteins could help delay preterm labor #Contractions #Drugs #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #Laboratory #MedicalResearch #medicine #Muscle #Preclinical #Pregnancy #Research #Uterus
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Judge tells jury in Lindsay Clancy trial to keep deliberating after deadlock https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/lindsay-clancy-jury-deliberating #Massachusetts #UsCrime #MentalHealth #UsNews #Pregnancy
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Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS's maternity services | Julia Sanders
By Julia SandersIt’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity services
#Childbirth #NHS #Pregnancy #Health #Women #Society #YvetteCooper #Maternalmortality #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Politics #TheGuardian #JuliaSanders
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The culture surrounding ‘ideal’ childbirth has to evolve | Letters
By Guardian StaffMolly O’Brien responds to an article by Natalie Morris about her five-day labour, while an NHS doctor shares her personal experience of feeling ‘othered’
#Childbirth #Pregnancy #Women #Health #NHS #Midwifery #Doctors #Parentsandparenting #Society #Family #Healthwellbeing #YvetteCooper #Labour #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
By Natalie MorrisYvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable
#Womenshealth #Childbirth #Hospitals #Society #YvetteCooper #Politics #NHS #Pregnancy #Health #UKnews #TheGuardian #NatalieMorris
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Women must not feel pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper
By Jessica ElgotExclusive: New health secretary promises root-and-branch reform after damning maternity scandals
#Hospitals #YvetteCooper #NHS #Womenshealth #Pregnancy #Health #Society #Politics #UKnews #Childbirth #TheGuardian #JessicaElgot
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Children of Men: The Remarkable Modern Classic Dystopian Thriller
This is a fantastic film co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Children of Men launched in September 2006 and was a British-American production that met with critical acclaim.
The setting is London 2027 and the dystopian action thriller explores a bleak future world concept of human infertility and humanity on the verge of extinction. The way it delivers this concept is constantly thrilling, with the final 40 breathless minutes some of the most powerful cinema you’ll ever see.
Ramping Up the Intensity in Children of Men
This is the second time we’ve watched the film. The first was back around 2008 and the thing floored us, with many scenes sticking in our brains over the last 18 years. This second viewing has confirmed for us this is a modern classic.
Children of Men almost exclusively follows the viewpoint of Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former political activity turned cynical salaryman.
He works in London where an oppressive British government enforces strict laws, especially on the immigrant population (which it actively seeks to destroy).
Okay, so some SPOILERS are ahead here. What transpires is Theo is kidnapped by his ex-wife Julian (Julianne Moore), who’s the highly intelligent leader of a far-left refugee liberation group. She manages to coerce him into helping transport the young refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) out of the country.
The group is ambushed on their journey and Julian is shot and killed.
Theo travels with new group leader Luke (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to a safehouse. There Kee reveals to Theo she’s pregnant (the first known pregnancy in 18 years) and the gravity of the situation becomes apparent. Especially when Luke reveals his real intentions.
Theo flees the safehouse with Kee and plans to get her to a boat called the Tomorrow, which is off the coast of England and run by a far-left group called the Human project.
Before he begins the perilous journey, they have a reprieve at his friend Jasper’s house. Jasper (Michael Caine) has a discussion about chance and faith, whilst also revealing the fate of Theo and Julian’s young child.
Where Children of Men excels is with the build-up of all this. It just ramps up in intensity over the course of every new act, as what’s ahead of the above scene is psychologically draining.
It builds to a phenomenal scene where Theo has to help Kee give birth. The delivery of it all that follows by Clare-Hope Ashitey and Clive Owen is outstanding, playing out in a dingy flat in a Bexhill concentration camp.
If that wasn’t intense enough for the audience, there’s then a brutal 10-minute warzone sequence that follows. In this, Kee is kidnapped by Luke and Theo must do everything he can to save her and the new-born.
It’s a Shakespearean narrative arc for Theo. He goes from a heavy drinking, cynical schlub to saviour. As is Julian. Even though she’s only in the film briefly, her influence is a guiding force throughout it.
There’s a scene midway through the film where Kee makes it clear Julian told her she must trust Theo, no one but Theo. When Kee tell him that, he can’t understand why Julian would recommend him. But when it comes to the life or death struggle, Julian is correct. He’s a noble soul and puts his life on the line to save Kee and her daughter.
It’s a great bit of writing. There are certain people in life who you will, and can, trust implicitly and that’s quite rare. You can have friends, colleagues, or partners and yet you may not fully trust them given the weaknesses of human nature. Yet there, sometimes in unexpected forms, is someone grounded in a real sense of morality.
Thanks to Julian and Theo’s actions, Children of Men does end on a message of hope.
And despite the bleak nature of what we see, some of which now sadly reflects the socioeconomic and political crises of 2026, it’s a beautiful film to sit and observe.
If you’ve not seen it, now is the time. 20 years after its release it deserves a lot more attention beyond its cult classic status. And for our money, this was easily the best film of 2006.
The Production of Children of Men
Unfortunately, the film was a box office failure. Off its $76 million budget, it only returned $70.5 million. There were three main reasons for this:
- Poor marketing from the publishing studio
- Its US market launch on Christmas Day promoting a bleak concept
- Unconventional and challenging approach to science fiction
Universal Pictures only provided the film with 1,200 screens in the US to go with its Christmas Day launch window. This also coincided with other films the studio was promoting, such as the more patriotic United 93 (also an excellent film, but about the 9/11 attacks).
This means we’ve got another cult classic Ravenous (1999) type deal here. Great film, just poorly marketed, but one that’s since gained a sizeable cult film fan following (FFF).
Children of Men was adapted from P. D. James 1992 novel of the same name, but the film is considerably different to the novel. Alfonso Cuarón used A Clockwork Orange (1971) as the main influence for his concept. Once he was cast in the lead, lead actor Clive Owen worked closely with Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton on the screenplay. His insights were so good, he was brought on as another writer and is credited in the film for that, too.
Most of the shoot was filmed in London, with East London (mainly as quite a bit of that area is a bit dingy and rundown). Cuarón used a lot of single-shot sequences for all of this, especially in the intense birth scene and warzone sequence.
For the warzone sequence, it took five hours (and much expense) every time Cuarón needed to single reshoot some sections. That included Clive Owen, placing a lot of demand on him. As he later said:
“Right in the thick of it are me and the camera operator because we’re doing this very complicated, very specific dance which, when we come to shoot, we have to make feel completely random”
20 years on and the relevance to modern life (especially with the scenes involving immigrants) is notably bleak. But, again, we must stress the film ends on a positive note.
And despite its commercial failure, the film was critically acclaimed at the time. It got three Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won for the latter in Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.
However, we do feel this should’ve been blitzing all Best Film of the Year awards. But there we go.
#AlfonsoCuarón #ChildrenOfMen #Cinema #dystopia #dystopian #Faith #Films #History #hope #Lifestyle #pregnancy #pregnant #thriller -
Children of Men: The Remarkable Modern Classic Dystopian Thriller
This is a fantastic film co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Children of Men launched in September 2006 and was a British-American production that met with critical acclaim.
The setting is London 2027 and the dystopian action thriller explores a bleak future world concept of human infertility and humanity on the verge of extinction. The way it delivers this concept is constantly thrilling, with the final 40 breathless minutes some of the most powerful cinema you’ll ever see.
Ramping Up the Intensity in Children of Men
This is the second time we’ve watched the film. The first was back around 2008 and the thing floored us, with many scenes sticking in our brains over the last 18 years. This second viewing has confirmed for us this is a modern classic.
Children of Men almost exclusively follows the viewpoint of Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former political activity turned cynical salaryman.
He works in London where an oppressive British government enforces strict laws, especially on the immigrant population (which it actively seeks to destroy).
Okay, so some SPOILERS are ahead here. What transpires is Theo is kidnapped by his ex-wife Julian (Julianne Moore), who’s the highly intelligent leader of a far-left refugee liberation group. She manages to coerce him into helping transport the young refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) out of the country.
The group is ambushed on their journey and Julian is shot and killed.
Theo travels with new group leader Luke (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to a safehouse. There Kee reveals to Theo she’s pregnant (the first known pregnancy in 18 years) and the gravity of the situation becomes apparent. Especially when Luke reveals his real intentions.
Theo flees the safehouse with Kee and plans to get her to a boat called the Tomorrow, which is off the coast of England and run by a far-left group called the Human project.
Before he begins the perilous journey, they have a reprieve at his friend Jasper’s house. Jasper (Michael Caine) has a discussion about chance and faith, whilst also revealing the fate of Theo and Julian’s young child.
Where Children of Men excels is with the build-up of all this. It just ramps up in intensity over the course of every new act, as what’s ahead of the above scene psychologically draining.
It builds to a phenomenal scene where Theo has to help Kee give birth. The delivery of it all that follows by Clare-Hope Ashitey and Clive Owen is outstanding, playing out in a dingy flat in a Bexhill concentration camp.
If that wasn’t intense enough for the audience, there’s then a brutal 10-minute warzone sequence that follows. In this, Kee is kidnapped by Luke and Theo must do everything he can to save her and the new-born.
It’s a Shakespearean narrative arc for Theo. He goes from a heavy drinking, cynical schlub to saviour. As is Julian. Even though she’s only in the film briefly, her influence is a guiding force throughout it.
There’s a scene midway through the film where Kee makes it clear Julian told her she must trust Theo, no one but Theo. When Kee tell him that, he can’t understand why Julian would recommend him. But when it comes to the life or death struggle, Julian is correct. He’s a noble soul and puts his life on the line to save Kee and her daughter.
It’s a great bit of writing. There are certain people in life who you will, and can, trust implicitly and that’s quite rare. You can have friends, colleagues, or partners and yet you may not fully trust them given the weaknesses of human nature. Yet there, sometimes in unexpected forms, is someone grounded in areal sense of morality.
Thanks to Julian and Theo’s actions, Children of Men does end on a message of hope.
And despite the bleak nature of what we see, some of which now sadly reflects the socioeconomic and political crises of 2026, it’s a beautiful film to sit and observe.
If you’ve not seen it, now is the time. 20 years after its release it deserves a lot more attention beyond its cult classic status. And for our money, this was easily the best film of 2006.
The Production of Children of Men
Unfortunately, the film was a box office failure. Off its $76 million budget, it only returned $70.5 million. There were three main reasons for this:
- Poor marketing from the publishing studio
- Its US market launch on Christmas Day promoting a bleak concept
- Unconventional and challenging approach to science fiction
Universal Pictures only provided the film with 1,200 screens in the US to go with its Christmas Day launch window. This also coincided with other films the studio was promoting, such as the more patriotic United 93 (also an excellent film, but about the 9/11 attacks).
This means we’ve got another cult classic Ravenous (1999) type deal here. Great film, just poorly marketed, but one that’s since gained a sizeable cult film fan following (FFF).
Children of Men was adapted from P. D. James 1992 novel of the same name, but the film is considerably different to the novel. Alfonso Cuarón used A Clockwork Orange (1971) as the main influence for his concept. Once he was cast in the lead, lead actor Clive Owen worked closely with Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton on the screenplay. His insights were so good, he was brought on as another writer and is credited in the film for that, too.
Most of the shoot was filmed in London, with East London (mainly as quite a bit of that area is a bit dingy and rundown). Cuarón used a lot of single-shot sequences for all of this, especially in the intense birth scene and warzone sequence.
For the warzone sequence, it took five hours (and much expense) every time Cuarón needed to single reshoot some sections. That included Clive Owen, placing a lot of demand on him. As he later said:
“Right in the thick of it are me and the camera operator because we’re doing this very complicated, very specific dance which, when we come to shoot, we have to make feel completely random”
20 years on and the relevance to modern life (especially with the scenes involving immigrants) is notably bleak. But, again, we must stress the film ends on a positive note.
And despite its commercial failure, the film was critically acclaimed at the time. It got three Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won for the latter in Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.
However, we do feel this should’ve been blitzing all Best Film of the Year awards. But there we go.
#AlfonsoCuarón #ChildrenOfMen #Cinema #dystopia #dystopian #Faith #Films #History #hope #Lifestyle #pregnancy #pregnant #thriller -
Children of Men: The Remarkable Modern Classic Dystopian Thriller
This is a fantastic film co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Children of Men launched in September 2006 and was a British-American production that met with critical acclaim.
The setting is London 2027 and the dystopian action thriller explores a bleak future world concept of human infertility and humanity on the verge of extinction. The way it delivers this concept is constantly thrilling, with the final 40 breathless minutes some of the most powerful cinema you’ll ever see.
Ramping Up the Intensity in Children of Men
This is the second time we’ve watched the film. The first was back around 2008 and the thing floored us, with many scenes sticking in our brains over the last 18 years. This second viewing has confirmed for us this is a modern classic.
Children of Men almost exclusively follows the viewpoint of Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former political activity turned cynical salaryman.
He works in London where an oppressive British government enforces strict laws, especially on the immigrant population (which it actively seeks to destroy).
Okay, so some SPOILERS are ahead here. What transpires is Theo is kidnapped by his ex-wife Julian (Julianne Moore), who’s the highly intelligent leader of a far-left refugee liberation group. She manages to coerce him into helping transport the young refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) out of the country.
The group is ambushed on their journey and Julian is shot and killed.
Theo travels with new group leader Luke (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to a safehouse. There Kee reveals to Theo she’s pregnant (the first known pregnancy in 18 years) and the gravity of the situation becomes apparent. Especially when Luke reveals his real intentions.
Theo flees the safehouse with Kee and plans to get her to a boat called the Tomorrow, which is off the coast of England and run by a far-left group called the Human project.
Before he begins the perilous journey, they have a reprieve at his friend Jasper’s house. Jasper (Michael Caine) has a discussion about chance and faith, whilst also revealing the fate of Theo and Julian’s young child.
Where Children of Men excels is with the build-up of all this. It just ramps up in intensity over the course of every new act, as what’s ahead of the above scene psychologically draining.
It builds to a phenomenal scene where Theo has to help Kee give birth. The delivery of it all that follows by Clare-Hope Ashitey and Clive Owen is outstanding, playing out in a dingy flat in a Bexhill concentration camp.
If that wasn’t intense enough for the audience, there’s then a brutal 10-minute warzone sequence that follows. In this, Kee is kidnapped by Luke and Theo must do everything he can to save her and the new-born.
It’s a Shakespearean narrative arc for Theo. He goes from a heavy drinking, cynical schlub to saviour. As is Julian. Even though she’s only in the film briefly, her influence is a guiding force throughout it.
There’s a scene midway through the film where Kee makes it clear Julian told her she must trust Theo, no one but Theo. When Kee tell him that, he can’t understand why Julian would recommend him. But when it comes to the life or death struggle, Julian is correct. He’s a noble soul and puts his life on the line to save Kee and her daughter.
It’s a great bit of writing. There are certain people in life who you will, and can, trust implicitly and that’s quite rare. You can have friends, colleagues, or partners and yet you may not fully trust them given the weaknesses of human nature. Yet there, sometimes in unexpected forms, is someone grounded in areal sense of morality.
Thanks to Julian and Theo’s actions, Children of Men does end on a message of hope.
And despite the bleak nature of what we see, some of which now sadly reflects the socioeconomic and political crises of 2026, it’s a beautiful film to sit and observe.
If you’ve not seen it, now is the time. 20 years after its release it deserves a lot more attention beyond its cult classic status. And for our money, this was easily the best film of 2006.
The Production of Children of Men
Unfortunately, the film was a box office failure. Off its $76 million budget, it only returned $70.5 million. There were three main reasons for this:
- Poor marketing from the publishing studio
- Its US market launch on Christmas Day promoting a bleak concept
- Unconventional and challenging approach to science fiction
Universal Pictures only provided the film with 1,200 screens in the US to go with its Christmas Day launch window. This also coincided with other films the studio was promoting, such as the more patriotic United 93 (also an excellent film, but about the 9/11 attacks).
This means we’ve got another cult classic Ravenous (1999) type deal here. Great film, just poorly marketed, but one that’s since gained a sizeable cult film fan following (FFF).
Children of Men was adapted from P. D. James 1992 novel of the same name, but the film is considerably different to the novel. Alfonso Cuarón used A Clockwork Orange (1971) as the main influence for his concept. Once he was cast in the lead, lead actor Clive Owen worked closely with Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton on the screenplay. His insights were so good, he was brought on as another writer and is credited in the film for that, too.
Most of the shoot was filmed in London, with East London (mainly as quite a bit of that area is a bit dingy and rundown). Cuarón used a lot of single-shot sequences for all of this, especially in the intense birth scene and warzone sequence.
For the warzone sequence, it took five hours (and much expense) every time Cuarón needed to single reshoot some sections. That included Clive Owen, placing a lot of demand on him. As he later said:
“Right in the thick of it are me and the camera operator because we’re doing this very complicated, very specific dance which, when we come to shoot, we have to make feel completely random”
20 years on and the relevance to modern life (especially with the scenes involving immigrants) is notably bleak. But, again, we must stress the film ends on a positive note.
And despite its commercial failure, the film was critically acclaimed at the time. It got three Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won for the latter in Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.
However, we do feel this should’ve been blitzing all Best Film of the Year awards. But there we go.
#AlfonsoCuarón #ChildrenOfMen #Cinema #dystopia #dystopian #Faith #Films #History #hope #Lifestyle #pregnancy #pregnant #thriller -
‘I thought my breast milk was coming in - it was actually a sign of stage 3 cancer’
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/i-thought-breast-milk-coming-37471287
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CW: casual nudity
Two happy parents looking forward to their future kid.
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#sfw #furry #furryart #goat #dragon #herm #intersex #hoof #hooves #longtail #horns #hybrid #maleherm #max #anthro #hermaphrodite #nonbinary #mammoth #woolymamoth #chubby #tusks #piercing #pregnancy
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The internet slams a man drinking water while his partner gives birth, but a nurse sets them straight
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NHS says 'call 999' now if you spot this sign on your tongue
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/nhs-says-call-999-now-37438594
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🤰 Pregnancy can bring a mix of emotions, from excitement and joy to stress and overwhelm.
If you've been feeling more emotional, irritable or exhausted than usual, our Pregnancy Overload Scale can help you check in with your emotional well-being and better understand how you're coping.
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Examination of 47 mothers and their newborns found that higher maternal estrogen in the first trimester was associated with greater head circumference of the newborn. The effect was stronger for male than female babies.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/prenatal-estrogen-newborn-iq-30996/
Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378378226001295
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Women in Their 20s May Not Be Having Babies, but by 45 Most Probably Will
Record-low #US #birthrate could be only temporary as today’s young women postpone #pregnancy.
One of the biggest drivers of the delay in childbearing is widely considered to be a success story: the decline of #teenpregnancy, which had been unusually high in the United States. The change is attributed to more effective contraception, education about pregnancy prevention and less sex among teenagers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/upshot/births-decline-older-mothers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.j6mI.43y-JlLGZk3R&smid=url-share -
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Extend fully paid maternity leave for UK teachers to stem exodus, union says https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/03/extend-fully-paid-maternity-leave-for-uk-teachers-to-stem-exodus-union-says #MaternityPaternityRights #Education #EmployeeBenefits #DepartmentForEducation #Money #WorkCareers #Teaching #Pregnancy #Women #UkNews
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In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.
There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.
The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.
Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.
The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.
The Moirai are:
- Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
- Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
- Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).
In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.
In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.
In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.
Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.
In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).
The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.
As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.
The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.
In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.
In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”
In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.
The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.
The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.
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Household use of pesticides, and particularly rodenticides, and particularly during pregnancy, is associated with an increased risk of death within the first five years for children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Summary: https://scienceblog.com/fed-study-is-first-to-link-pesticides-and-death-in-kids/
Original paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/6/978
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She ate a #poppyseed #salad from #Costco just before #givingbirth. Then the #state took her #baby away.
#Hospitals use #drugtests that return #falsepositives from #poppyseed #bagels, #decongestants and #Zantac. Yet #newborns are being taken from parents based on the #results.
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“Fetal personhood” activists struggle to maintain the fiction they are neutral on birth control
When asked about their intentions to restrict or protect access to birth control, Republican lawmakers and leaders of the anti-abortion movement will typically point out the fact that there’s no bill currently under consideration explicitly aimed at banning #contraception.
As journalist Jessica Valenti noted in her "Abortion, Every Day" newsletter, the president of Ohio Right to Life mocked a state Democrat who warned of the risk to birth control by saying,
“she can’t cite a piece of legislation that bans contraception … it’s fear-mongering.”Susan B. Anthony #Pro-#Life #America’s website calls it a “MYTH” that Republicans want to stop people from getting birth control.
“FACT: No state anywhere has banned birth control,” it says.
And yet taking one big swing to restrict access has never been the strategy of the anti-contraception playbook.
Rather, activists either maintain neutrality on birth control or say nothing while actively working to conflate abortion with birth control and pass laws that redefine life as beginning at conception.
As journalist Christina Cauterucci pointed out at Slate, the anti-abortion group #Americans #United #for #Life claims on its website that it takes “no stance on the underlying issue of contraceptive use,”
but elsewhere it insists that people who use emergency contraception
“take the lives of their unborn children.”When Mother Jones reporter Kiera Butler attended the annual conference of the anti-abortion group #Heartbeat #International in 2022, she found restriction of birth control to be a major theme, with several sessions dedicated to the topic.
The push to redefine the start of #personhood as the point of #conception holds real implications for fertility treatments and the wide range of available birth control methods.
Many lawmakers in states with such “fetal personhood” laws on the books have not fully grappled with the practical consequences of how enforcing those laws in the post-Roe era might work.
In the near future, most Republicans will likely continue to dismiss the idea that there’s any threat to birth control at all, and leaders of anti-abortion organizations will surely do their best to change the subject.
But ♦️pay attention to how fights over expanding access to birth control
— including nonhormonal methods like condoms
— play out.♦️Pay attention to proposals to gut funding for #TitleX, a federal program that provides birth control to millions of low-income people in the United States.
♦️Pay attention to efforts in Congress to restrict access to contraception in foreign aid spending bills.
♦️And pay attention to how courts and lawmakers aim to expand the definition of abortion.
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https://www.vox.com/24087411/anti-abortion-roe-dobbs-birth-control-contraception-ivf
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In rationalizing the idea that 😨birth control can somehow abort a pregnancy before a pregnancy begins😨, activists make a number of claims.
#Human #Life #International, a global Catholic group, maintains that anything that prevents implantation is an abortion-inducing agent.
#IUDs, they insist, cause “early abortions.”
#Students #for #Life of America likewise claims all forms of hormonal birth control, including IUDs and the Pill, are abortifacients.
Georgia Republican Rep. #Marjorie #Taylor #Greene went so far as to proclaim that #PlanB emergency contraception “kills a baby in the womb once a woman is already pregnant” even though studies have shown the drug interferes with ovulation but does not inhibit implantation.
Greene isn’t the only Republican lawmaker blurring the lines.
Colorado Rep. #Lauren #Boebert tried to block funds for “abortifacient contraceptive drugs,” while Montana Rep. #Matt #Rosendale tried adding emergency contraception to a bill barring use of the federal funding for abortion.
In 2022, in perhaps one of the most glaring examples, Missouri Republicans pushed unsuccessfully to restrict public funding for IUDs and emergency contraception, with one of the state senators who led it proclaiming that “life begins at conception,” and “anything that destroys that life is abortion, it’s not birth control.”
Just this past week in Iowa, House Republicans attempted to amend a bipartisan bill to legalize over-the-counter birth control by adding new language that would require pharmacists to provide misleading and inaccurate information implying contraceptives are dangerous and a form of abortion.
#Pulse #Life #Advocates, an Iowa group opposing the contraception bill, claims on its website that birth control “kills babies.”
Many of these objections will sound familiar to anyone who followed the fight around the Affordable Care Act 15 years ago.
The political groundwork was laid in 2010 when the #Tea #Party movement came into power and fought alongside the #Catholic #Church against requirements that employer health insurance plans cover birth control.
And in 2014, the retail chain #Hobby #Lobby won its case before the US Supreme Court in which it argued it shouldn’t have to provide employees with IUDs or emergency contraception since its ownership viewed such things as abortion.
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https://www.vox.com/24087411/anti-abortion-roe-dobbs-birth-control-contraception-ivf
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The political playbook for attacking birth control shares some similarities with the playbook for attacking abortion
— a slow and steady chipping away of rights and access.Both efforts rely on measures like slashing funding for low-income patients, enacting parental consent laws to restrict minors’ use, and empowering ideologically supportive lawmakers and judges who push friendly legal frameworks.
But the major difference between pushing to restrict abortion access and pushing to restrict birth control is that leaders are typically much quieter about their goals for the latter, aware that open discussion will prompt fierce backlash.
They typically try to paint those who suggest they’d take aim at contraception as alarmists and conspiracists.
When Democrats in Congress introduced a bill to codify access to birth control following the overturn of #Roe, for example, they were met with emphatic performances of exasperation.
“This bill is completely unnecessary. In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited,” declared Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack during debate on the House floor.
“The liberal majority is clearly trying to stoke fears and mislead the American people.”
Still, a growing number of Republican lawmakers
— including Sens. #Marsha #Blackburn and #Mike #Braun
— have recently declared that ♦️Griswold v. Connecticut♦️, the 1965 Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to birth control, was wrongly decided.#Griswold relies on the same legal right to privacy that underpinned #Roe, and in his concurring #Dobbs v. Jackson opinion in 2022, Justice #Clarence #Thomas encouraged the Supreme Court to “reconsider” Griswold and other privacy-related decisions.
Former Arizona Senate candidate #Blake #Masters went so far as to pledge to “vote only for federal judges who understand that Roe and Griswold” should be overturned.
Leaders more than occasionally reveal their underlying beliefs.
Recent statements, as well as recent actions from reproductive rights opponents, have sent clear reminders about how some influential activists really think about contraception:
that it’s just another form of abortion.Activists aim to blur the line between birth control and abortion
Anti-abortion leaders tend to take advantage of one basic fact about the American people:
There is great confusion about how pregnancy works, how abortion pills end it, and how birth control and emergency contraception (such as Plan B) prevent it.For example, one recent poll found that a stunning 73 percent of Americans think emergency contraception can end a pregnancy.
But among most medical experts, including those at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
— there is no confusion.#Birth #control, including emergency contraception, prevents ovulation (when an egg is released) and fertilization (when egg and sperm meet).
#Pregnancy begins when a fertilized egg attaches to the lining of the uterine wall, a process called #implantation.
Many fertilized eggs never implant.
Yet for a highly motivated wing of the anti-abortion movement, pregnancy starts not at #implantation but at #conception,
and human personhood begins then too, not at #birth.
👉These “fetal personhood” activists want to endow fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs with full rights and legal protections and thus frame any effort to prevent implantation
— be it through discarding embryos from IVF or taking a daily birth control pill
— as a form of killing unborn children.It’s a stretch of scientific consensus, but certain Christian activists have long clung to this idea and have slowly been codifying it in state law through bills that claim "human life begins at conception".
More than a third of states currently have such laws on the books.
To blur the line between abortion and contraception, many of these activists call birth control methods “abortifacients”
— agents that induce abortion.♦️But this is misleading because there’s no pregnancy to abort. ♦️
Real abortifacients are the medications that end pregnancies, namely misoprostol and mifepristone.
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https://www.vox.com/24087411/anti-abortion-roe-dobbs-birth-control-contraception-ivf
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On Monday, #KateCox #fled #Texas to seek an #abortion, after the #state #invoked its #authority to #force her to carry a #nonviable #pregnancy to #term. #Pregnant with what they’d hoped would be their third #child, Cox and her husband had learned that the #fetus had a #fatal #abnormality, #Trisomy18, ensuring that even if #delivered, the #child would #live a #short, #excruciating #life and #die a #painful #death.