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28/09/2021

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11/04/2021

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23/03/2021

One for the pregnant families out there!

15/11/2020

We support campaign to spread the word that your baby’s and we are still here for you.

During lockdown, as at any other time, please don’t hesitate to contact us day or night if you have any concerns about yours or your baby’s wellbeing.

The midwives on our 24/7 Pregnancy Advice Line (from pregnancy up to 28 days after birth) will take a careful history from you to ensure that you receive the care you need in the most appropriate place.

0300 123 5473

Your baby’s movements generally become noticeable between 16 and 24 weeks of pregnancy and continue to increase until approx 32 weeks of pregnancy when the frequency plateaus and their individual pattern becomes apparent.

While it is true that as they grow the type of movements you feel may change over time, the frequency and pattern of your baby's movement once established, should stay the same for the reminder of your pregnancy and even in labour.

Baby’s do not run out of room to move nor do they slow down in preparation for birth.

Learning your baby's normal pattern of movements and responding to any changes helps to keep your baby safe.
If you have any concerns about your baby’s movements, whether they have slowed down or increased compared to what you have become used to, contact the Pregnancy Advice Line immediately for advice do not wait for the next day.

You can find further information about baby movements in the “Reduced Baby Movements” leaflet in your maternity notes app or by visiting www.kickscount.org.uk

You can also call for advice and support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with ANY other concerns about yourself or your baby in pregnancy, labour and for the first 28 days after your baby’s birth including but not limited to:

Contractions

Constant vomiting

High temperature

Sudden/Sharp/persistent abdominal (belly)pain

Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy

Painful urination (passing urine)

Visual disturbances eg blurred vision/spots
Frontal Headache

Sudden increase in/excessive swelling of hands/feet/face

Itching of the skin particularly hands and feet

Change in vaginal discharge or leaking fluid

Concerns about bleeding after birth- increased, offensive smelling, passing clots

Problems feeding

Signs of jaundice

Signs of DVT - pain in calf, difference of appearance between feet (ie one more swollen than the other)

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02/10/2020

Great tips here from a wonderful author

The 'fourth trimester' is the term to describe the first weeks of being a new mother. Professor Amy Brown explores why this time is so critical, and offers seven self-care tips for new mums.

04/09/2020

Brilliant news at last!

Update to Partners attending ultrasound scans.

From Monday 7th September, we are once again able to welcome 1 partner to accompany you to both your 12 week (nuchal translucency) scan AND 20 week anomaly scan.

We ask that you continue to have your partner wait outside and call them in to the scan room when its ready for you, if possible or where this is not possible that you both wait in waiting area 5 in clinic. Please continue to wear masks or face coverings and use the hand sanitiser as you come into the clinic.

We are sorry that we are still not able to accomodate partners to attend any other scans or clinic appointments at this time due to the capacity in outpatients 1 to maintain social distance. Partners will not be able to remain with you for clinic/vaccinations appointment after your scan and will need to wait for you outside of the department.

Please do not bring hot drinks into the department. Cold water is available or bring a cold bottled drink.

We are incredibly grateful for all your ongoing support. We are continully revising our covid-19 risk assessments to ensure the best experience for everyone and will annouce further changes as we are able.

03/09/2020

The wonderful Amy Brown - well worth a read if you're expecting, or if you know anyone else who is or will be. So, for everyone!

So many options, but what are the real 'must haves'?

25/08/2020

Inspired by a post from Michelle in 2018.
Rewritten to make it relevant to UK.

"Why is there a Black Breastfeeding Week?", I heard a white mother ask.

"We can all breastfeed... why do they get their own week?"

A lot of black and brown mothers still negatively associate breastfeeding with their historical role as 'wet nurses' during enslavement . Slave owners used and purchased Black women as wet nurses for their children and would force these women to stop feeding their own babies to care for "their master's" baby. AND since breastfeeding reduces fertility, slave owners would often force Black women to stop breastfeeding earlier than normal, so that they could continue breeding and making more slave children. Because of these pieces of history, Black women had a short, difficult, & as you can imagine, traumatic mothering experience.

Currently in the UK, Black and brown infants have an almost 3 x higher mortality rate than their white counterparts.

However, "At three months, with a range of factors considered, Black African mothers are more than 5 times more likely than white mothers to have started and continued to breastfeed. Clearly, if we understood why Black mothers were more likely to breast feed than white mothers we might have a better understanding of how to encourage all mothers to breast feed."

So! The next time you feel you ask (or see someone ask) "why is there a black breastfeeding week?", stop -- and remember why and how important it is!

HAPPY BLACK BREASTFEEDING WEEK If there's any way we can ever support you, let us know!!

12/08/2020

Did you know that the NCT offers 90% off course prices for some parents?

You can also get reductions of between 10% and 80% if you have a yearly combined household income of £16,190- £28,190 (the total % will depend on your household income).

The NCT also offers instalments! Everyone can pay for a course by agreed instalments as long as the final payment is made 30 days before the course starts.

For more info look here! https://www.nct.org.uk/courses-workshops/course-details-and-prices/course-prices

02/08/2020

Thanks so much for all the support. Really excited to get started supporting local parents in Surrey!

02/08/2020

So excited to start teaching NCT antenatal classes in September!