COVID-19 Vaccination Advice for Women hoping to conceive, in pregnancy or breastfeeding
We have all seen in the news over the last week, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in the UK and a vaccination programme has begun. This is very exciting and we all hope it will herald the end of socially distancing from our family and friends. The...
Bacterial Vaginosis ( BV)
Bacterial vaginosis ( BV) can be one of the causes of vaginal discharge and is a common infection in women between 15 – 44 years old. One of the common symptoms is that the discharge has an odour that is ‘fish’ like and offensive. The discharge...
Boy or Girl
Some parents-to-be can’t wait to find out whether they’re having a boy or a girl, while others choose to put off knowing the gender until birth. Your baby’s gender is determined at the moment of conception – when the sperm contributed a Y chromosome, which...
What to expect to see on scan in early pregnancy
Written by Dr Sarah Merritt Mainly thanks to the development of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS), we can now see a pregnancy as soon as during the 4th week of gestation. An early pregnancy is very small but grows quickly and uniformly over the first 10 weeks in...