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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, antibodies, Blood disorders, CVS, Cystic fibrosis, deafness, diabetes, Down’s syndrome, Genetic disorders, German measles, hepatitis B, HIV, Miscarriage, Rh disease, Rhesus factor, rubella, Sickle-cell disease, Thalassaemia, Toxoplasmosis, Ultrasound, Vaccination
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Baby signing
Baby signing is becoming an increasingly popular activity amongst mums and young babies these days. We look at how the trend started and how babies and parents can benefit from using sign language. A general introduction Baby signing is a type of non-verbal communication that babies, as young as six months, can use to communicate with their parents.…
Pregnant Women Advised To Avoid All Alcohol
Women should not drink any alcohol at all during pregnancy, according to new government advice. The advice, which is also aimed at women trying to conceive, replaces the current advice that says a couple of glasses of wine a week is okay. The change in policy came about after concerns that there is no safe…
RNID publishes pregnancy book for deaf women
6th May 2004 All mums-to-be are concerned for the health and well-being of their unborn babies. But imagine if the information and support you needed wasn’t available to you because you were deaf. This may seem incredible but deaf women are currently not receiving the support they need to deal with the joys and challenges…
Hib: the Hib form of meningitis
The Hib vaccine is given in three doses: at 2 months, 3 months and 4 months Hib stands for Haemophilus influenzae type B. The main illness caused by this infection is meningitis: Hib is the commonest form of meningitis in young children. About one in ten children who have this illness will suffer lasting harm,…
Sign and bond with your baby
Yvonne Cobb’s negative experience during the birth of her first child led to her setting up a business in signing. Here she tells babyworld of her life as a deaf mother and her desire to bring sign language to a wider audience. The lack of awareness frightened me a lot I enjoyed my pregnancies as much as many…
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Tagged baby signing, deafness, Hearing, Hearing impairment, Sign language
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Hearing tests for newborns
29 June, 2000 EVERY baby in the UK is to have its hearing tested within 48 hours of being born, it has been announced. The new test will be added to the checks a baby goes through while still in hospital, in a bid to catch any problems as early as possible. At the moment, hearing…
