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Antenatal blood tests
You will be offered a variety of blood tests during your pregnancy. By testing your blood, a great deal can be deduced about the likely health of yourself and your baby. Whenever possible the taking of blood tests is timed so that you don’t need lots of needles on separate occasions! Blood group Usually at…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy Tests Tagged anaemia, antenatal tests, antibodies, Blood disorders, blood test, CVS, Cystic fibrosis, deafness, diabetes, Down’s syndrome, Genetic disorders, German measles, hepatitis B, HIV, Rh disease, Rhesus factor, rubella, Sickle-cell disease, Spotting, bleeding and miscarriage, Thalassaemia, Toxoplasmosis Leave a comment
Later antenatal appointments
Following on from the booking appointment your appointments are usually every four to six weeks until 34 weeks and then, every two weeks until the birth, although in some areas, and depending on your pregnancy, you may have more appointments. This is what usually happens at these later antenatal appointments: You will have a chance to ask any…
Posted in Antenatal Care Tagged antenatal, antibodies, blood test, diabetes, Fertility, Midwife, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy, Prenatal development Leave a comment
Rhesus factor problems
When you’re pregnant, it’s important to know whether your blood is Rhesus positive (Rh+) or Rhesus negative (Rh-). This will be checked from the blood sample that you give at your first antenatal appointment. If you’re Rh-, it’s important to know whether your partner is Rh- too. If he isn’t, there’s the possibility that your baby will have a…
Posted in A-Z of pregnancy complications, Antenatal Care, Early signs of pregnancy, Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy Tests Tagged a-z pregnancy complications, a-z pregnancy complications-r, antibodies, bleeding and miscarriage, Blood, Blood transfusion, Blood type, CVS, flu, Hematology, Rh disease, Rhesus blood group system, Rho(D) immune globulin, spotting, Transfusion medicine Leave a comment
Pros and cons of breastfeeding
We outline what the pros and cons of breastfeeding are for women. PROS Breastfeeding is nature’s food for babies, and there is nothing better. It is uniquely balanced to suit your baby’s feeding needs at any stage, so as he grows older, its constituents are perfectly suited to his needs. Pre-term babies particularly benefit from…
MMR Vaccine
MMR stands for Measles, Mumps and Rubella and is often referred to as the triple vaccine. Children receive a single injection of the MMR vaccine at around 13 months, with another dose given at three years and four to five months old and your child needs two doses. Dr Ramsay, a consultant epidemiologist, says “Anyone…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Immunisations Tagged antibodies, Autism, Child Health, encephalitis, German measles, immunisation, Measles, MMR vaccine, Mumps, rubella, slight rash, Vaccination, Vaccines Leave a comment
Asthma risk determined at birth
Asthma risk is determined at birth. The chances of a child developing asthma or other allergies may largely be fixed by the time they are born, a study suggests. Researchers at the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Centre in Isle of Wight, found that babies with high levels of antibodies in their umbilical cord blood were more at…
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