A-Z : Post birth baby
Aida's Birth Diary (Part 3)
Aida is in labour, she's using a birth pool for pain relief and plans to have a lotus birth where the placenta remains attached to the baby until it separates naturally
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Apgar Score
The Apgar score is a way of assessing a baby's condition immediately after birth- a low Apgar may mean that baby needs some form of resuscitation
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Baby exercise class
This section looks at baby exercise classes, what benefits it can bring, what age groups are catered for and what a class would entail.
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Baby Massage
This section looks at baby massage which many mums find to be useful to aid bonding with baby but also to soothe teething pain and aid digestion.
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Baby Signing
This section looks at baby signing a technique used to communicate with baby before speech but which also encourages speech development.
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Bonding with Baby
This section looks at how mothers bond with their babies and ways to help the bonding process.
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Breastfeeding
Some advice about breastfeeding if your baby is having difficulty latching on.
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Breastfeeding Support Group
Advice on getting some extra support when breastfeeding.
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Candida/Thrush
A very common yeast infection. More common during pregnancy and post birth, some advice on treatment and symptoms in mother and baby.
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Choosing a baby seat
Advice on choosing a baby seat for car transportation, safety features, legal requirements,types and approximate costs
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Choosing a cot
Advice on what features to look for and what's available with added advice on bedding
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Choosing a pram
What to look for when choosing a pram from size, weight, costs and ease of use
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Clare's Birth Diary Part 3
Clare and Tony are having their first baby at home- concluding part of this story
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Co-sleeping
Some mothers choose to sleep with their babies, this piece gives advice and safety hints.
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cord blood storage
With increased scientific research and potential use of stem cells for life threatening conditions some parents are choosing to have their baby's cord blood stored
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Cord ties
There are various ways of clamping the cord after the baby is born, different types are illustrated
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Cranial osteopathy
Cranial Osteopathy may help a baby recover following a difficult birth, practitioner Lin Bridgeford and mothers discuss how successful it was for their babies
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Crying babies
All babies will cry at some time. Provided there are no obvious reasons for their crying, Virginia Howes has a tried and tested technique to soothe them
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Crying Babies
Some advice about how to react to crying babies.
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Debra's birth diary (Part 3)
Debra is in labour and plans to have a home waterbirth, but the local maternity unit is short staffed and they want her to go to the hospital.
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Doulas
Doulas give support to women in pregnancy,labour,birth and post-natally, in a non medical way
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Eli and Dan's Birth Diary Part Three
Eli is in labour and uses a pool for the birth of her third baby, elder brother Toby is there to see his new baby brother being born
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First Aid Choking Baby
What to do if you baby appears to be choking
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First aid classes
Classes run by the British Red Cross
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First Aid Unconscious Baby
What to do if you find your baby unconscious - from the British Red Cross
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First Aid; Baby Not Breathing
What might cause a baby not to breathe and what to do if this happens.
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Group B Strep
Group B strep is a bacteria that as many as 25% of pregnant women carry and it affects some 700 babies each year in the UK
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Guthrie test/ heel prick
A blood test performed on babies which looks for some rare treatable diseases
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Jaundice
Jaundice is a condition that effects many newborn babies this section looks at the symptoms of jaundice, what to do, any treatments and any complications that might arise
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Katherine's Birth Diary part 3
Katherine is now 26 days past her due date and it looks like she's finally going into labour
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Lotus Birth
Where the placenta and cord are left to detach naturally after the birth of the baby- this can take several days. There is a belief that this practice may encourage a calmer baby.
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Meconium
Some words of wisdom from Victoria Dick about how to clean meconium off baby.
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Meconium
Meconium is the tarry substance found in the intestine of babies, sometimes they pass this poo whilst still in utero and the consequences can be serious needing careful monitoring
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Nancy's Birth Diary (Part 3)
Concluding part of Nancy's birth diary, she goes into labour and uses the birth pool and the hypnobirthing technique that she has perfected
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Nappies
Our landfill sites are filling up with waste; in this film women discuss using washable nappies and how they save your pocket and the planet
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Packing for the Birth
This section gives some advice about what you might want to pack in preparation for the birth- both for yourself and for baby.
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Placenta
The placenta feeds the baby nutrients whilst in utero, includes graphic images of placenta
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Premature babies Part 1
Some babies are born much earlier than expected; Aidan, Beth and Sonny are all on the special care baby unit where they will stay for several weeks
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Premature babies part 2
This section gives a personal account of having a premature baby. It examines adjusting to having a premature baby come home and how the baby develops.
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Premature babies part 3
A personal account of having a premature baby. This section looks at how a premature baby may develop and how problems with breastfeeding a premature baby.
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Reflexes in newborn baby
All full term newborn babies have a series of reflexes which a midwife or doctor will check for in the days following birth
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Ruth's Birth Diary part 3
Ruth plans a home waterbirth with her mum assisting as her Doula
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Sara's Birth Diary Part three
Sara is in labour, but after several days of on and off contractions she is admitted to hospital to be induced
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Siblings
This section looks at how to deal with some of the problems that might arise with your new baby's older siblings-such as jealousy.
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Smoking
Everyone knows that smoking in pregnancy will be harmful to the unborn baby-
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Sticky Eyes
This section examines symptoms of sticky eyes, why it happens and treatment.
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Supplementary Breastfeeding
In very rare cases women may find that they do not have sufficient breast milk- some manufacturers have come up with an ingenious idea to supplement the feed without giving a bottle
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Teaching baby to swim
Information about baby swimming classes.
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Tongue tie
In this film we see 10 week old Louis who has a tonge tie, Midwife Ella Jackson cuts the tie to aid easier breastfeeing
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Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection that can cause miscarriage and birth defects. This section looks at the consequences of toxoplasmosis and how it is spread.
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Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is a disease passed on to humans through cat faeces- general advice about prevention of transmission
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Vitamin K
Dr Ryan Watkins discusses the need for vitamin k in newborn babies and mothers discuss why they chose for their babies to receive it
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