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Vitamins: what do you need, how do you get them?
We all want to be in the best possible health – and we certainly want the best for our children. Most of us can get enough vitamins from a healthy balanced diet – but some of us need a little extra help. Vitamins can be divided up into two main groups. The fat soluble vitamins…
Ideas for your birth plan
Your birth plan is ideal if there are certain things that you really do or do not want to happen during your labour. Like some women, you may have individual preferences totally unique to you, but the following is a list of more general considerations. You may know exactly how you want your birth experience to be but…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Labour and Birth, Online antenatal classes
Tagged antenatal class, babyworld online antenatal class, Birth, birth plan, Caesarean section, Childbirth, class 5, Doula, first stage of labour, Labour, Midwife, Placenta, second stage of labour, Third stage of labour, Vitamin K, Water birth
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Birth plan: Louise’s birth plan
Louise’s birth plan I would like my husband, Joe, to be with me throughout the labour. I’d like the labour to be as drug-free as possible- using homeopathy, hot baths, gas and air, breathing techniques and my tens machine to get me through it. I’d like to stay as mobile as possible and would appreciate…
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Tagged Baby, birth plan, Episiotomy, labour and birth, Vitamin K
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Epilepsy
If you’re an epileptic, it’s generally recommended that you see your doctor before you become pregnant, so that you can discuss how best to control your epilepsy while you’re pregnant. It will also give you a chance to talk about how your epilepsy might affect your pregnancy and your baby. Will being pregnant affect my epilepsy? Pregnancy seems to affect…
Vitamin K for newborns
This isn’t a test as such, more a preventative measure. Vitamin K is needed to help blood clot. Babies have low levels of Vitamin K and some are at risk of developing a rare, but dangerous, condition which can cause internal bleeding. So most babies are given Vitamin K either by injection or by mouth. It used to…
Posted in Baby, Baby Development, Baby Health, Immunisations, Newborn baby
Tagged Baby, immunisation, newborn, Newborn screening, Vitamin K
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