I am consistently asked about the safety of Anti-D injections. With this blog we have updated our previous post on this topic in an attempt to answer any lingering queries for parents and practitioners… Anti-D injections are offered to all pregnant women with an RhD negative blood group to prevent their baby developing the potential [...]

Anti-D injections are offered to all pregnant woman who have a rhesus-negative (RhD-negative) blood group to prevent the possibility of the blood disorder RhD haemolytic disease of the newborn. Please note: there is a newer article about Anti-D injections (click here to view). Understanding the medical terms and the details of this disorder and it’s [...]

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Known as “the new parenting bible”, this Australian Best-Seller offers the most unique collation of cutting-edge information and knowledge on holistic parenting — all in the one book! If you’re looking for pregnancy books, Well Adjusted Babies is a unique guide for holistic parenting from pregnancy through to early childhood that every parent should own. [...]

A couple of weeks ago Simon and I went for an ultrasound… At the time we were around 25 weeks pregnant and ideally we should have had our scan closer to 20 weeks which is apparently the best time to check the baby’s heart function. I have a considerable resistance to routine (not that this [...]

Ultrasound has effects on the body that are not yet fully understood. A sound wave is capable of making a change that is thermal, vibrational or mechanical in nature.1 It causes heat to be generated in body tissues and the tiny bubbles inside the tissue may vibrate in reaction to the sound waves.2 Questions have [...]