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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
The Eve Appeal is the only UK charity dedicated to raising vital funds and awareness of all five gynaecological cancers : ovarian, cervical, womb, vaginal and vulval. Breaking down the wall of embarrassment According to research carried out by The Eve Appeal in August 2011, 82% of 162 women talking part don’t know how many…
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Tagged blood test, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, Cancer screening, Ovarian cancer, Tests, the eve appeal
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The first or ‘booking’ antenatal appointment
Your GP will arrange for you to have your first antenatal appointment (often known as the ‘booking appointment’), which usually takes place before 10 weeks of pregnancy. Depending on the practice in your area, it could be at your home, at your GP’s surgery, or at your local hospital. You will be seen by a midwife. Unless you…
Anaemia in pregnancy
Anaemia is a condition in which you don’t have enough red cells in your blood. Red blood cells contain haemoglobin, which carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. If your haemoglobin levels are very low, your body tissues won’t be getting enough oxygen. During pregnancy, the number of red blood cells you have increases,…
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Tagged anaemia, blood test, constipation, Dizziness, haemoglobin, infection, Iron, Iron supplements, iron-rich food, Pregnancy, tiredness, Vitamin C
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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…
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Tagged antibodies, blood test, diabetes, Fertility, Midwife, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy, Prenatal development
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Antenatal checks, scans and screening tests
Throughout your pregnancy you will be offered a variety of checks, including blood tests and ultrasound scans. These tests are to help make your pregnancy safer and to assess the development and well-being of you and your baby. Some tests are carried out to screen for particular conditions in you or your baby. You are…
Newborn Baby Checks – AGPAR
One of your main concerns when your baby’s born will almost certainly be is he or she OK? As soon as he’s born, your midwife will carry out some basic checks: Assessing his colour His breathing His heart rate His movements His crying This test is called the APGAR Test Sign Score 0 1 2…
Posted in Baby Health, Labour and Birth, Newborn baby, Online antenatal classes
Tagged agpar, antenatal class, Apgar score, babyworld online antenatal class, blood test, CHT, class 9, congenital hypothyroidism, Cystic fibrosis, hearing test, heel prick test, mcadd, Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, newborn, Newborn screening, Phenylketonuria, PKU
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Convenient blood test may ease parents’ back to school allergy anxiety
Parents all over the UK are needlessly panicking about food allergies as they pack their children back off to school. As millions of children now return to school, food allergy becomes an increasing concern for families and schools. One of five food allergy reactions occur in school, and severe allergy conditions often debut in the…
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Tagged allergy, blood test, Child Health, Children, food allergy, Health, immunisation, school
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Jaundice
Around one in five newborn babies suffers from this temporary yellowing of the skin caused by the liver having to break down the excess of red blood cells that all babies have at birth. Jaundice can be associated with liver problems in older children too. In newborns, a yellow pigment called bilirubin is produced when…
