My Tranquil Birth

11/11/2021

09/02/2021

Some pretty awesome facts for the day 😃

An interesting fact for a snowy day:
White blood cells protect the body from illness and disease. Around week 16 of your pregnancy, you begin making colostrum, the earliest form of breast milk.

It contains 1 to 5 million white blood cells per ml..... that’s 100 times more than what your blood carries!

No wonder colostrum is referred to as “liquid gold”! By the time your baby is six, the white blood cell count in your breast milk drops to 100,000 cells per ml—this is still more than 10 times your own concentration.

06/02/2021

Should anyone need help ❤️

04/02/2021

Always good to have a gentle reminder...... ❤️

continues to offer online support to mums-to-be despite the pandemic. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3jgEtS6

12/01/2021

Hi all,

Please continue to attend for your screening appointments in pregnancy ❤❤❤

12/01/2021

Sharing request -

“The Scottish Buggy Club
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1292735824400337/?ref=share
has dozens of groups operating across Scotland at the moment to allow for parents to walk with their young children in an organised group during the pandemic. It offers an essential need for new parents to be able to have some social contact with other local parents at a time where baby classes and groups are other wise not permitted. Our group often walks for an hour, a couple of mornings a week, and it has been deemed a lifeline by several of our members who would otherwise be alone at home with their baby.

We are following updated Scottish government guidelines which permit our group of 7 adults to operate, and while we are out walking we abide by social distancing within our group. A sign is worn by the lead Walker to indicate our group operating.

We hope this information is helpful to any members of the public who may see us out and about.

We walk in groups of 2 to follow the guidance but I would ask the members of the public to Please be patient to give us space to manoeuvre our prams and buggies into single file where we are required.”

Local groups are Monikie

https://www.facebook.com/groups/781195299325796/?ref=share

And Camperdown

https://www.facebook.com/groups/411696620224281/?ref=share

Contact the pages for further information. Track and trace details are recorded for this group.
Link for related guidance - https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-organised-activities-for-children-from-5-january-2021/

30/10/2020

Pumpkin related pregnancy info for Halloween 🤗

Sharing again, just in time for Samhain/Halloween 😄
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“Dating pregnancy is not an exact science and there is considerable variation between women.
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It is normal that some women naturally have longer pregnancies than others.
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The idea that something terrible will happen if a woman remains pregnant for a moment longer than 42 weeks just isn’t true.
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The baby doesn’t turn into a pumpkin at midnight.”
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It’s so important that women have full information and are able to look at the pros and cons of different courses of action before making the decisions that are right for them.
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Part of that is sorting the myths from the facts. This quote is from my book, “Inducing Labour: making informed decisions." You can find out more about that and my other books and explore birth-related information and decision making at www.sarawickham.com/iol
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30/10/2020

Visiting update for maternity services

Following the announcement that Dundee has been placed in Level 3 of the Scottish Government’s coronavirus restrictions system, further changes have been made to maternity visiting arrangements in Tayside.

The changes have been made to limit the spread of coronavirus and to protect vulnerable patients. The new visiting arrangements will come into effect from 6am on Monday, 2 November and will cover maternity services at all sites across Tayside.

New maternity services visiting arrangements:
• Pregnant women may identify one designated visitor to accompany them to scans and antenatal appointments
• Pregnant women may identify one designated visitor/birth partner to accompany them in labour
• Pregnant women may identify one designated visitor to visit on the postnatal ward
• Designated visitors should be the same person throughout your pregnancy journey and stay
• No children should be brought to appointments, labour or postnatal areas
• In neonatal units, baby’s mother and one other nominated visitor will be allowed

Justine Craig, NHS Tayside Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery said, “Following the announcement that Dundee City will be moving to Level 3, we have reviewed our visiting arrangements to minimise the risk to all women and children using our maternity, neonatal and paediatric services.

“We understand how important visiting is for our patients and we are continuing to support visiting as much as we can. I would like to thank everyone for their co-operation with the new arrangements. Our main priority is the safety of women, their families and our staff.”

Further information:
• If there is a reason you or your designated visitor cannot wear a face covering, please discuss this with your midwife prior to your appointment and or hospital stay.

• Do not arrive for your scan or appointment more than 5 minutes before your allocated time to reduce the number of people in waiting rooms. If the waiting room is busy we will ask you to return to the department at a given time.
• Visiting on the postnatal maternity ward will be from 9am to 6pm. If the midwife in charge of the shift assesses that there are too many visitors in one area, those visitors will be asked to either move to the ward day room or leave for a period of time.
• All visitors must wear face coverings when accompanying a pregnant woman, wash their hands regularly and maintain 2 metres physical distancing as much as possible.
• Visitors should not come to hospital if they have any symptoms of COVID-19.