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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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Infections that may affect your baby
Rubella Rubella (or German measles) can seriously affect your baby’s sight and hearing, and cause brain and heart defects in your baby if you catch it in the first four months of pregnancy. All children are now immunised against rubella at 12-15 months, and again before they start school. If you’re not immune and you do come into contact…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Online antenatal classes, Pregnancy Health
Tagged AIDS, antenatal class, Antibiotic, baby Rubella, babyworld online antenatal class, chickenpox, class 1, cold sores, German measles, Group B streptococcal, hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Herpes, HIV, HIV/AIDS, infection, Infectious diseases, oral herpes, rubella, Sexually transmitted diseases, Toxoplasmosis
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Stem cell storage
Storing your baby’s stem cells might provide a lifeline if they fall seriously ill in future. Here we investigate this relatively new private health service… Stem cells – the basic building blocks of human life – are already being successfully used as part of the treatment for childhood leukaemia and various forms of cancer but they also…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Labour and Birth
Tagged Bone marrow, bone marrow transplants, Cancer, childhood cancer, Cloning, Cord blood, cord blood bank, Department of Health, diabetes, Elizabeth Harrison, Health insurance, heart disease, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HIV, Human Tissue Authority, insurance policy, leukaemia, marketing manager, Medical Research Council, MHRA, Midwife, Nottingham, Parkinson's, Placenta cord banking, Queen's Medical Centre, Stem cell, Stem cells, Stephen Baines, Tushar Majithia, Umbilical cord
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HIV Man Fathers HIV-Free Baby
Sperm from a man who is HIV-positive has been ‘washed’ and successfully used to fertilise an egg from his partner, who believed that they would never be able to have a child because of his HIV status. Scientists at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in West London carried out the sperm ‘washing’ technique, which involves…
HIV man fathers HIV-free baby
Sperm from a man who is HIV-positive has been ‘washed’ and successfully used to fertilise an egg from his partner, who believed that they would never be able to have a child because of his HIV status. Scientists at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in West London carried out the sperm ‘washing’ technique, which involves…
More Health Screenings For Pregnant Women & Newborns
Cystic Fibrosis and Downs Syndrome screening tests are to be extended to all pregnant women and newborns, the Government has announced. The change highlights an attempt to modernise neonatal and antenatal screening in England and was announced by Public Health Minister, Yvette Cooper. Currently, only 20 per cent of babies have access to screening, but…
News: Mums wanted for mass buggy-push
Save the Children is calling on all mums to take part in a mass buggy-push around London’s Battersea Park on Sunday 19 August, starting at 10.30 a.m. The day is aiming raise vital funds for children around the world orphaned by AIDS which threatens millions of children worldwide. The charity says within four years an…
Breast may be best for babies at risk of HIV
1 December, 2000 BREAST MAY BE BEST FOR BABIES AT RISK OF HIV BREASTFEEDING might be the best way for HIV positive mums to help their babies, especially in the developing world. Current advice is for HIV positive mums to give their child formula milk, in a bid to protect the baby from transmission of…
Vaccinations for babies before birth?
Vaccinations for babies in the womb could massively reduce the transmission of some diseases, researchers have said. But experts have already rounded on the results, saying that the risks are almost certain to outweigh the benefits. A team from Canada, reporting in Nature Medicine, managed to give lamb foetuses a vaccination into their mouth tissues while they lay…
Posted in Immunisations, News
Tagged Amniocentesis, Chorionic villus sampling, hepatitis B, Herpes, HIV, illness, Immunology, infection, Miscarriage, Pregnancy test, Vaccination
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Pregnant mothers to be tested for HIV
Pregnant mothers to be tested for HIV The government announced this week that all pregnant women will now be offered a test for HIV when they go for routine blood tests at their antenatal clinic. The test will be optional, but women will be urged to have it as the government aims to cut the…
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Tagged AIDS, HIV, HIV/AIDS, infection, National Childbirth Trust
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