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Newborns and jaundice
By Sarah Lawson on 10/11/2006 01:44:19
Jaundice, to a greater or lesser degree, is a feature for many new babies. But what is it and should it be a cause for concern?
induced labour or are diabetic, or babies who lose quite a bit of weight after birth.If blood tests show there to be higher levels of bilirubin building up, it is possible that a baby has a rare condition called pathologic jaundice. If it develops
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Why does your hair fall out after pregnancy?
By Laura Lee Davies on 02/01/2007 00:26:12
No, it's not a curse to make you feel even more like a breastfeeding, sleep-deprived zombie, and it's not going to make you bald! But why does you hair fall out in the weeks after birth?
are suffering from a particular medical condition which affects hair growth, more hair arrives to replace the loss.During pregnancy, however, your body does not shed its daily load of hair. (My hairdresser assures me this is part of the process of the body going
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Zita West's new TTC guide
By Sarah Lawson on 25/02/2008 01:30:30
Fertility and pregnancy expert Zita West has published a valuable book to inspire, reassure and support couples when they are trying for a baby
through hundreds of pages before you get into bed!Like ThinkBaby, you can find specific conditions, concerns and experiences quite easily in the different sections of Pre-Conception, Fertility and Conception. And whilst this book is not as 'searchable
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Kirsty Gallacher reveals her struggle with postpartum thyroiditis
By Kyrsty Hazell on 05/07/2010 16:10:54
TV presenter admits the treatment meant she couldn’t go near her baby son because she was radioactive!
from the condition can be monitored after childbirth to detect any thyroid dysfunction.”It certainly didn’t put Kirsty off having more children, as she went on to have another baby boy Jude. But she made sure she had blood tests throughout her pregnancy
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Painkillers in pregnancy in the spotlight
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 10/11/2010 09:06:42
Mums-to-be taking ibuprofen, aspirin and paracetamol may increase their risk of having a baby boy with undescended testicles, according to new study
Taking painkillers in pregnancy may raise the risk of having a son with a condition that can affect semen quality, reports the Evening Standard.The condition is undescended testicles, or cryptorchidim. This is a known risk factor for poor semen
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EastEnder Hannah Waterman reveals her baby daddy and pregnancy illness
By Kimberley Smith on 12/04/2011 13:29:19
Former The Bill star announced as the dad while Hannah battles serious case of diabetes caused by pregnancy
may have saved her life. The mum-to-be was likely to develop the condition anyway but the extra check ups that come with pregnancy enabled doctors to diagnose and treat the condition before it became life threatening.“I was recently diagnosed with type
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High blood pressure in pregnancy
By Kimberley Smith on 24/02/2012 17:12:08
Your blood pressure will naturally fluctuate in pregnancy but changes aren’t always something to worry about and high blood pressure doesn’t always mean pre-eclampsia
pressure is just one of the symptoms of pre-eclampsia and there are other reasons yours could be elevated.Other conditions linked to high blood pressure are essential hypertension and gestational hypertension. If you get high blood pressure before 20 weeks
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Post-birth bladder weakness
By Kimberley Smith on 02/03/2012 13:09:07
Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) is a common problem than you might think, especially for women after childbirth
women will suffer from this condition – either because of childbirth of the menopause,” says urologist Steve Foley, from the Royal Berkshire hospital in Reading, which uses injection therapy to treat the condition.You’re more likely to experience
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Pregnancy and work
By Laura Lee Davies on 15/05/2006 01:18:04
You have lots of legal rights to support you at work, but Tommy's the Baby Charity have their own workplace initiative.
assessment for a pregnant woman's working conditions, and easy-to-take time off for ante-natal appointments.All of these things make good business practice and do not neccessarily cost the company involved anything.Companies who have signed up include
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New test for oxygen levels during labour
By Laura Lee Davies on 15/02/2006 01:17:50
A new sensor is being developed to help doctors and midwives assess fetal oxygen levels during labour.
(fetal hypoxia) which can be carried out during labour, but they are not always reliable. If a baby suffers a lack of oxygen during the birth it can cause brain damage, although this condition affects less than one in every thousand births each year
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