pregnancy

Enteroccous Bacteria

Enteroccous Bacteria in urine detected – pregnant female My female, pregnant client has recently had this detected in a routine sample she gave to the hospital at an antenatal check. The midwife has asked for another sample as my client has no symptoms of a urine infection or any pelvic…

9 years ago

Food Intolerances in pregnancy and the allergy risk

Can anyone help? I have a mum who would like to have baby number 2. Baby 1 is 15 months old and allergic to Milk, Eggs and Soy and mum wants to do everything she can to reduce the risk for baby number 2. I’m aware of the research re…

10 years ago

34 yo F with rheumatoid arthritis

rheumatoid arthritis in pregnancy I am seeing a 34 yo lady tomorrow who was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis half a year ago and put on hydroxychloroquine which she has discontinued since finding out that she is pregnant (now 10 weeks) and is keen to manage condition without medication. She also…

10 years ago

34 yo F with pre-eclampsia

Client with pre-eclampsia and Factor V Leiden (1 strand heterozygous) Hello Please could you advise on my client case below. Female, 34 years old and has had 2 pregnancies. Fist pregnancy at 31: She felt ‘great ‘throughout pregnancy and had slightly high blood pressure. Just under 32 weeks she developed…

10 years ago

44 yo F with Downs Syndrome pregnancy

Good afternoon, my client is a 44 year old, who is 20 weeks pregnant and it has been discovered that her baby has Down Syndrome. She has decided to continue with the pregnancy.. Could you give me any advice on support for her during pregnancy, to help support the best…

11 years ago

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Has anyone experience with hyperemesis gravidarum? Ive read B6, Vit C & K and ginger helpful. Is there anything you can do to help prior to pregnancy? Is Vit K safe in pregnancy? Louise

11 years ago

Gout in Pregnancy

A practitioner has asked this question about Gout in Pregnancy. I have a patient who is 5 months pregnant and she has gout. Is this common and what can be done during pregnancy to address this, because the doctors have said that they cannot prescribe the usual medications to her.…

12 years ago

Folic Acid

Can anyone tell me why midwifes recommend discontinuing folic acid after 12/13 weeks? What would you recommend as optimal supplementation during pregnancy for ‘healthy’ 35 year old IVF pregnancy? Ann Garry

13 years ago