08/02/2021
What To Expect – When Your Breasts Change During/After Pregnancy
Yes, your breasts do go through a lot of changes when you get pregnant. Learn what they are and other developments that could happen with breastfeeding.
Tag: Childbirth
23/06/2020
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Sickle Cell Disease.
Couples in relationships where both are carriers for a genetic illness find themselves in a particularly challenging situation.
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD or PIGD) is a procedure to assist parents at risk of passing a genetic condition to their children
17/03/2020
Explaining Medical Reasons for a C-Section
C-section or caesarean delivery is an alternative method for vaginal delivery of a baby. In a C-section or CS, doctors make a surgical cut into both the walls of the woman’s abdomen and then the uterus in order to extract the baby.
14/02/2019
Keeping New Mothers Safe Postpartum Haemorrhage Symptoms – Part 3
Some conditions may increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage. They may exist before labour, occur during labour or afterwards.
14/02/2019
Keeping New Mothers Safe from Postpartum Haemorrhage – Part 1
In the first of this 3-part series, we look at the meaning of postpartum haemorrhage and its present impact on the health care of pregnant women.
14/02/2019
Keeping New Mums Safe: Risks of Bleeding After Delivery – Pt 2
Here, in the second part of the series, we look at the process of bleeding after pregnancy and what we expect in the normal course of events.