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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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MCADD test for babies
The government has announced plans for all newborn babies in England to be checked for a rare inherited condition. The MCADD test will be performed as part of the heel prick test, which is routinely performed in the first two weeks of life. Read on to find out more about this rare but potentially fatal disease What is…
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…
