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Group B Strep screening – Refused to be a routine test
The leading baby charity Group B Strep Support is devastated by the decision not to introduce life saving screening for newborn babies. The decision of the UK National Screening Committee against introducing routine screening of pregnant women for group B Strep has not been well received. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the UK’s most common…
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Doctors and health professionals call for Group B strep screening
Group B strep should be a routine test for all pregnant women. Charities and doctors have written to Jeremy Hunt MP, the Secretary of State for Health, asking that he introduces the offer of routine screening for group B strep to all women in the late stages of pregnancy. A group of charities, doctors and…
Posted in News Tagged antenatal, Babies, GBS, GBS infection, Group B strep, Group B Strep Support, newborn, News - Pregnancy, Pregnant, Screening Leave a comment
Understanding pregnancy tests
The most common tests offered are ultrasound, nuchal, chorionic villus sampling, and amniocentesis. Here we explain and help you to understand the pregnancy tests: Test Method Screening or diagnostic When it can be done Ultrasound Scan Screening and diagnostic From about 4 weeks Combined test Nuchal translucency test and blood test Scan and blood test Screening Around 11-13 weeks…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Online antenatal classes, Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy Tests Tagged Amniocentesis, antenatal tests, babyworld online antenatal class, blood test, Chorionic villus sampling, nuchal fold translucency test, Nuchal scan, Pregnancy test, Screening, Tests, Triple test Leave a comment
Vasa Previa petition at the 20 week scan
Can you help a babyworld member by signing her petition to campaign for Vasa Previa to included in the 20 week scan. Niki Cunningham is petitoning to the HM Government to have the Vasa Previa test added on to the list of conditions checked in this scan, to prevent 400 babies a year losing their…
Posted in Losing a baby, News, Pregnancy Tests Tagged anomaly scan, dating scan, e-petition, losing a baby, News, News - Pregnancy, Nuchal scan, scan, Screening, vasa previa Leave a comment
Facts and figures about ovarian cancer
Facts and figures about ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women, after breast, lung, bowel, and womb cancers. It is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in UK women. Each year in the UK over 6,500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and 4,400 women die from the…
Posted in Conception Health Tagged Cancer screening, Conception Health, Ovarian cancer, Screening Leave a comment
What is Vasa previa
This little known condition, known by its Latin name, vasa previa, has been attracting media interest across in the US, where the International Vasa Previa Foundation (IVPF) has been set up to alert pregnant women and members of the medical profession to the dangers of this rare, but serious, condition. What is vasa previa? Vasa previa…
Fetal fibronectin : screening for preterm birth and late miscarriage
Innermost Secrets have been the first clinic in the UK to launch a service for pregnant women at risk of premature birth and late miscarriage. Based on a simple vaginal swab, the test measures Fetal Fibronectin. The test predicts with 99.8 percent accuracy that the mother will NOT deliver her baby in the next 2 weeks. www.ukfullterm.com…
Cervical Screening Awareness Week
As the UK’s only dedicated cervical cancer charity, Jo’s Trust, prepares for its annual Screening Awareness Week from June 8 – 14, the event takes on even more significance following in the wake of TV celebrity Jade Goody’s diagnosis and tragic death from the disease at the age of 27. CERVICAL CANCER CHARITY PREPARES…
Most reliable downs test
Three percent of health authorities offer most reliable Down’s test According to a letter in last week’s Lancet medical journal, only a few hospitals in England and Wales are able to offer pregnant women the best current screening test for Down’s syndrome. Research scientists from St Bartholomew’s School of Medicine in London say that 57 percent of authorities offer…
