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In 1983 Janet Walton gave birth to six girls, making her the first and only mother of sextuplet girls in the world. Janet had been told at the age of 16 that she couldn’t have children, but fertility drugs enabled her to get pregnant. Now the girls are 30 years old and Janet looks back on the reality of parenting six children of the same age: extreme sleep deprivation, multiple feeding sessions, doing the school-run, building six bikes with stabilisers, the cost, teenage tantrums, boy trouble and flying the nest.

On yesterday’s programme we heard an account of Mary Hamilton’s recovery from self-harming and how, over time, she has learned to accept her scars. Today we hear from Dr Jack Nathan consultant psychotherapist for The Maudsley Hospital’s Self Harm Service; and Helen Sare, former self harmer and now volunteer educator for Selfharm.co.uk. They will be advising how best to help if yourself or someone you know who’s affected by self-harm and responding to listener questions.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM)
The Maudsley Hospital
Self-Harm Outpatient Service
Outpatient Department
London
SE5 8AZ

Tel: 020 3228 4414

Help for parents:

NHS Psychological Services for adults:

Ginger Rogers was the glamorous American actress, dancer and singer whose career spanned throughout much of the 20th century. She appeared in films, on stage, radio, and television. It’s award season, and Ginger won Best Actress back in 1940. From the Woman’s Hour archive, Ginger speaks to former presenter Marjorie Anderson about her love for dancing, painting and living in England.

Access to good antenatal care is known to improve maternal and child outcomes. But what rights do pregnant migrant women have to healthcare? As a ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio4 documentary broadcast tomorrow explores the experiences of immigrants navigating their way through the NHS, Jenni Murray looks at new research carried out by an East London clinic that shows that lack of access to maternity care could be failing the health and well-being of pregnant women and new mothers seeking asylum and she asks how will their care be paid for. With Clare Shortall, Doctor and volunteer with Doctors of the World and Anna Musgrave, Women’s Advocacy Manager from the Refugee Council.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio4 documentary ‘Entitlement to Care’ is broadcast on Friday 13 February at 11am:

A tribute to the Co-Founder and patron of WISE, Women into Science and Engineering, Beryl Platt who died on February 1st with Helen Wollaston the current director of WISE.