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Woman's Hour - 07/12/2009

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With Jane Garvey. Including: Each year 50,000 children are born without any knowledge of who their father is. Alesha Dixon from Strictly Come Dancing talks about her new BBC 3 documentary: Who's Your Daddy. What's the best way to help parents whose babies are stillborn or die soon after birth? Guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence say that mothers should not routinely be encouraged to see or hold their dead infant. But some organisations which support bereaved parents say the guidance is inconsistent and that it may deny parents the chance to see and hold their baby after death, should they choose to do so. So what is helpful at such a traumatic time? Where do you wear your trackie bottoms? To the gym, or do you just slouch around the house in them? And how do you wear them? Matching top or hoodie? Well think again, for the sporty tracksuit bottom has been given a radical makeover. Think high heels and jewellery. Will they catch on or are they forever associated with Vicky Pollard? It is thought that increasing numbers of healthy women are seeking surgery to change the shape of the vulva. This usually means that the patient is asking to have the size of their labia minora reduced. Jane hears why some doctors are concerned by the rise in demand for 'labiaplasty'.