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Vitamin B and your baby
By Laura Lee Davies on 25/11/2010 06:23:41
There are a number of B vitamins, which help your baby convert food into usable energy and also keep blood cells healthy
and carbohydrates in food. It also helps form haemoglobin (the substance that carries oxygen around the body).Vitamin B7 helps the body turn food into energy.Vitamin B12 helps make red blood cells, keeps the nervous system healthy, helps process folic acid
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Collecting umbilical cord blood can put mum and baby at risk
By Lara Brunt on 22/09/2011 11:22:37
Procedure distracts midwives at an important stage after the birth, health professionals say
after giving birth.The blood, which contains stem cells, is then stored to treat illnesses their babies may develop in later life, such as leukaemia. It can be stored at a private firm for up to 25 years at a cost of up to £1,500.But the Royal College
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Life Blood
By ThinkBaby on 24/11/2006 10:55:21
There’s nothing you wouldn’t do to help protect your baby’s health, now and as they grow up. So you may want to consider a safe, painless and revolutionary procedure that can help save lives – stem cell collection from the umbilical cord.
carry on working long after your baby is born. For a number of years, transplantation of blood stem cells from the newborn umbilical cord has been part of the treatment for serious conditions of the blood, immune system and some forms of cancer
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Cord blood collection warning to parents
By Clio FitzHerbert on 09/03/2010 14:59:00
Parents warned against risky and illegal blood collections from baby’s umbilical cords
under pressure to carry out unregulated and unlawful cord blood collections,” added Louise Silverton, from the Royal College of Midwives.Blood from a baby’s umbilical cord is rich in stem cells, which can be used to treat life-threatening diseases
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Cut umbilical cord later for healthier babies
By Kimberley Smith on 28/05/2010 13:20:48
Delaying clamping babies’ umbilical cords could enable transfer of more antibodies and cord blood
Cutting the umbilical cord immediately after birth could be robbing babies of vital blood and antibodies still contained in the cord. Researchers at the University of South Florida have found that delaying the clamping of the cord for 30 seconds
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Why your newborn needs a blood test
By Kimberley Smith on 02/11/2010 14:44:56
Royal College of Pathologists raises awareness of life-saving life-saving heel prick test
The Royal College of Pathologists is raising awareness of a vital blood test that all newborns should have.For National Pathology Week there will be events around the country and talks highlighting newborn blood screening program. They will also
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What is stem cell collection?
By ThinkBaby on 16/01/2006 02:05:08
Why a growing number of parents consider safely collecting stem cells from their baby's umbilical cord, after birth.
different cells, but stem cells are the basic building blocks, which can grow into all kinds of different cells for different parts of the body. They form anything from blood cells to body tissue.Unlike most cells in the adult body, which are mature
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Blood tests in pregnancy
By ThinkBaby on 12/04/2006 15:43:15
From routine booking in tests to the triple test: what to expect from blood tests in pregnancy and what they're all for
protein on their red blood cells. People whose red blood cells don't carry this protein are rhesus negative. For your everyday health your rhesus factor isn't important, but it is significant during pregnancy if you are rhesus negative. If you are rhesus
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Know-how: Blood Spot Test
By Laura Lee Davies on 25/02/2008 01:21:58
This blood test, taken from all newborn babies, checks for serious conditions which may need urgent treatment
of these conditions can begin immediately, and this may help prevent the condition developing further.The conditions which this test looks for are:Phenylketonuria (PKU)Congenital hypothyroidismSickle cell disordersCystic fibrosis (CF)How the Blood Spot Test is taken
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New guidelines to check for baby jaundice
By Kimberley Smith on 20/05/2010 13:55:38
Blood tests for all newborn babies with suspected jaundice recommended by NICE
babies and 60% of those born at full-term. On rare occasions, it can be fatal.Jaundice is caused by a waste product created by red blood cells called bilirubin. A baby’s immature liver can have trouble removing this from the body and it becomes deposited
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