What to pack in your Maternity hospital bag Packing your hospital bag ready for labour, delivery and postnatally is an exciting but for some a nervous time. Generally, the advice is to get your bag ready approximately 3 weeks before your due date, however many will...
Written by Beata Anderson, Sonographer NHS scans What pregnancy scans are offered on the NHS? All pregnant women in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be offered at least two ultrasound scans on the NHS as part of their antenatal appointments...
You should start to feel your baby move between around 16 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. If this is your first baby, you might not feel movements until after 20 weeks. If you have not felt your baby move by 24 weeks, tell your midwife. They’ll check your baby’s...
During an early pregnancy scan, you might hear the sonographer tell you that there is a corpus luteum in your ovary. Your mind may flicker back to the days when you studied science at school, but the biology of the menstrual cycle is often long forgotten. Corpus...
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