5 things to know about Vitamin K: Vitamin K is vital for a healthy blood clotting system Newborn babies can be born without enough Vitamin K for their blood to clot effectively. This puts babies at risk of something called vitamin K deficient bleeding To prevent this, your baby will be offered a vitamin K […]
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5 things to know: Ventouse delivery is a way of helping a baby be born at the end of labour It uses a small suction cup device placed on the baby’s head Around 1 in 5 to 1 in 10 women are delivered using either ventouse or forceps It is a common, safe and routine
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5 things to know about monitoring the baby in labour: The baby’s heart rate can be monitored in labour as changes in this heart rate pattern can be an indication that the baby is not getting enough oxygen during labour. If you deliver at home, or on a midwifery led unit, then the midwife will
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4 things to know about due dates in pregnancy: Pregnancy is dated using an ultrasound scan done at around 11-13 weeks Studies have shown that dating using ultrasound is more accurate that period dates Dating by ultrasound scan in later pregnancy is much less accurate. The end of a pregnancy is considered to be between
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What are birth options? I am going to talk a bit about the things that you need to know about when thinking about how your baby will be born. I am doing this from the perspective of a doctor, so it will be slightly different from your midwife. Midwives are the experts on normal birth,
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7 things to know about induction of labour:  There are many reasons for induction of labour, but it is usually offered to deliver a baby early when the risks of remaining pregnant are higher than delivery of the baby.  Induction is broken down into two main parts – firstly the cervical ripening stage
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10 things to know about stages of labour Labour is the process of having a baby, and it is divided into three stages. The first two stages are whilst the cervix, or neck of the womb is opening until when the baby is born. The third stage is the delivery of the placenta. It is
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5 things to know about the placenta. What is the placenta? The placenta is sometimes called the afterbirth. This is the organ that provides the vital link between you and your baby during the pregnancy. It develops from the earliest stages of pregnancy and provides the baby with all of the nutrients the baby needs
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