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<p>We are going to do something fun / exciting / mad for the NCT - jumping out of an aeroplane at 10,000' on Mothers' Day. Why on earth are we doing that?? To raise funds for a charity that's close to our hearts, the National Childbirth Trust.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Who are NCT and what do they do?</span></strong></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">They are the leading charity for pregnancy, birth and early parenting in the UK with over 72,000 members supporting over 1 million new & expectant parents every year. They offer accessible information, counselling and telephone support through their Breastfeeding, Enquiry and Pregnancy and Birth Lines, their publications and their antenatal and postnatal courses. Their 314 volunteer-led branches provide community based services to new & expectant parents throughout the UK.</span></p>
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<p> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why support the NCT?<span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></strong></p>
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<p> <span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">43% of women are still not given a choice of having their baby at home</span></span></p>
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<p> <span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">26% of women during labour and birth report being left alone at a time </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Despite improvements in recent years, many new and expectant </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">parents are unable to access quality services and support at a time when they need it the most</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p> <span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">22% of women do not have feeding their baby discussed with them </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings-Regular;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">during pregnancy</span></span></p>
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<p> <strong><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">“Women’s experiences of maternity care in the NHS in England” Healthcare Commission </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">(results based on responses from 26,000 women who gave birth in Jan and Feb 07).</span></span></em></strong></p>
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