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Breastfeeding When You are Ill
By Laura Lee Davies on 28/07/2008 01:40:49
How do illnesses and the medicines you take affect your baby while you are breastfeeding?
It is understandable that, as a New Mum you may feel run down or still be recovering from the experience of birth, and as such are more prone to illness. How might this affect your breastfeeding regime and what medication is safe?Your illness
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Review: 'When Your Child is Ill'
By Sarah Lawson on 31/07/2008 01:52:07
A really useful home guide to childhood illness and health care, from the British Medical Association
When Your Child is Ill by Dr Bernard Valman An easy to follow health guide that explains what you need to know in useful, accessible languageNot much to fault Features: Step-by-step 'diagnosis' diagrams that can help you work out if your child
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Pregnancy complications and illnesses
By ThinkBaby on 28/10/2008 13:22:29
Most pregnancies end with healthy mothers and babies, but the road is not always smooth
Most pregnancies end with healthy mothers and babies, but the road is not always as smooth as it could be. Here you will find information on some common and less common pregnancy illnesses and complications, as well as support for sufferers.|f you
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Newborns get blood test for rare, serious illness
By Laura Lee Davies on 14/02/2007 02:55:19
New babies will now get a blood test within two weeks of birth, for the rare but potentially fatal disease Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase (MCADD).
All newborn babies are to be given a new test in addition to the current round of checks performed at, or soon after birth. This simple test will seek to rule out a rare inherited condition called MCADD (Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase), which can cause brain damage or even b...
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Pregnant Chantelle Houghton: “I’ll get as fat as a house
By Kimberley Smith on 13/12/2011 13:44:02
Baring her bump, Chantelle doesn’t care “how fat she gets” now she’s expecting a baby with fiancé Alex Reid
anything else, least of all putting on baby weight.“I don’t care how fat I get. I’ll get as fat as a house as long as everything’s OK,” She told New! Magazine. “I’m not worrying about losing weight afterwards,” she added. “I’ll just do it gradually
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Scottish breastmilk bank praised for saving seriously ill babies
By Kimberley Smith on 19/11/2010 17:29:37
Mum of premature twins thanks breastmilk donations
,” said the co-ordinator of the bank, Debbie Barnet. “All this happened in just two of three years and the supplies normally go to babies who are seriously ill.”Find out more about expressing and storing breastmilk so you safely have your own freezer stash
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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
1 diabetes, which was triggered by pregnancy hormones,” Hannah said. “It’s very unusual and can be very dangerous, which means this baby will probably be the only child I can have.”“Being ill has made me re-evaluate my life,” she continued. “I
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Dealing with PND
By ThinkBaby on 17/08/2005 07:12:15
The first step towards recovery is recognising the illness and seeking help
Post Natal Depression is a relatively common illness affecting between 1 in 10 and 1 in 7 of mothers. Even if wholly untreated PND will usually clear up in time, but the first step towards a faster recovery and limiting its impact is to recognise
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What if I get sick? Part II
By ThinkBaby on 07/04/2006 07:59:58
Non-pregnancy related illnesses that merit a visit to your doctor if picked up in pregnancy
.Exposure to childhood illnesses The risks to your baby associated with exposure to childhood illnesses like chicken pox and measles during pregnancy depend on whether you have immunity and at what stage of the pregnancy you were exposed to the illnesses. If you have
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What if I get sick?
By ThinkBaby on 18/11/2009 01:07:39
When you should call the doctor or midwife with pregnancy-related illnesses and complaints and when you needn't worry
The package of discomforts that an come along with pregnancy can make it difficult to know when something is actually a sign of illness, rather than just another of pregnancy's little extras. So what symptoms should you mention to your midwife
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