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Dads in the delivery room
We asked babyworld members for their honest opinion – were their partners a help or a worry in the delivery room? My husband saved my life “During my third labour, my husband saved my life. I was having heparin intravenously and it was supposed to be switched off just before delivery. It wasn’t and I started haemorrhaging. I’d…
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Embarrassing pregnancy moments
Pregnancy can bring embarrassing moments to many mums, as these babyworld members revealed! “Told off for taking my underwear off” “Not sure if it counts but I kept getting told off by the midwives whenI was in labour with my first for keep putting my underwear back on everytime they examined me, I know they’ve got…
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Group B Streptococcus
What is Group B Streptococcus? Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a common bacterium carried by 30 per cent of adults in their intestines, and 25 per cent of women vaginally. Most people are unaware that they carry it because it causes no symptoms and can be difficult to detect. Carrying GBS is perfectly normal. No antibiotics tested so far…
Posted in Birth choices, Pregnancy Tagged Bacteria, Childbirth, consultant, GBS, Gram positive bacteria, Group B strep, infection, Isla, Midwife, pneumonia, Pregnancy, Rory, Special Care Baby Unit Leave a comment
Overweight mothers’ health risk
Overweight mothers-to-be are risking the health of their unborn children and putting an extra strain on the NHS according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Teesside found a lack of readily available weight management guidance and support for obese mothers and called for pregnant women to have their height and weight monitored as a matter of routine.…
Posted in News Tagged Bariatrics, Body shape, Childhood obesity, Conception Health, consultant, Department of Health, food, Home birth, John Wilkinson, maternity services, Metabolic disorders, Midwife, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Nicola Heslehurst, Nutrition, Overweight, Pregnancy, Ultrasound, University of Teesside Leave a comment
Mums should get ‘tailored care’
The NHS must ensure women and their newborn babies get individual care, a watchdog has said. The National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) warns against ‘one-size-fits-all’ care. The guidelines for NHS staff cover care for the first eight weeks of a baby’s life and includes gold standards for key health checks and breastfeeding help. They say health…
Posted in News Tagged Breastfeeding, Childbirth, consultant, David Elliman, General Secretary, healthcare, Kangaroo care, Karlene Davis, maternity services, National Childbirth Trust, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Parenting, Pregnancy, Rona McCandlish, Rosie Dodds Leave a comment
Babies dying because of NHS staffing crisis
Mothers and babies are dying as a direct result of shortages of doctors and nurses in NHS maternity services, experts said yesterday. A group of senior doctors called for the urgent appointment of thousands more midwives and consultants and a radical overhaul of the way maternity units are run to make them safer. The hard-hitting report…
