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Showing posts with label Baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby. Show all posts
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Monday, 5 July 2010
Sarah: Hoping your body and baby help you stop smoking.
Sarah – 29 weeks pregnant on:
Hoping your body and baby help you stop smoking.
Sarah said: “It it’s between ten and fifteen a day and I’m trying to cut it down. Well I was hoping when I got pregnant I’d be one of them people that, you know, when you take a drag of your cig you end up borking and being sick.
But nooo! My baby obviously like’s it! No, but you see these people don’t you they get pregnant and they have a drag of a cig and they’re like bleurrghhh I don’t like it. Yeah, not me no I just carried on smoking. Mine seems to like it. Bad baby.”
Midwife Hull said: "Smoking can often make you feel sick and this can be really useful in motivating you to stop. Your baby doesn’t influence whether you go off cigarettes or not they certainly won’t like it."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Hoping your body and baby help you stop smoking.
Sarah said: “It it’s between ten and fifteen a day and I’m trying to cut it down. Well I was hoping when I got pregnant I’d be one of them people that, you know, when you take a drag of your cig you end up borking and being sick.
But nooo! My baby obviously like’s it! No, but you see these people don’t you they get pregnant and they have a drag of a cig and they’re like bleurrghhh I don’t like it. Yeah, not me no I just carried on smoking. Mine seems to like it. Bad baby.”
Midwife Hull said: "Smoking can often make you feel sick and this can be really useful in motivating you to stop. Your baby doesn’t influence whether you go off cigarettes or not they certainly won’t like it."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Stacey: The affects of smoking on the development of the baby.
Stacey – 35 weeks pregnant on:
The affects of smoking on the development of the baby.
Stacey said: “As for smaller babies and all the rest, I don’t know I don’t actually know if I believe that either because a baby just develops as it is isn’t it? Basically if you have a little baby, you have a little one, if you have a big one you have a big one. I mean I smoked through my pregnancy but I’m massive do you know what I mean? It’s only like I’ve only been stopped three months and I’m thirty-five weeks, so basically I was smoking til I was about nearly 5 months pregnant anyway, so I cant see how much how it’s done any effects.”
Midwife Hull said: "Stopping is the best thing you could do for your baby, no one would disagree, but even stopping at the end of pregnancy is better than never."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
The affects of smoking on the development of the baby.
Stacey said: “As for smaller babies and all the rest, I don’t know I don’t actually know if I believe that either because a baby just develops as it is isn’t it? Basically if you have a little baby, you have a little one, if you have a big one you have a big one. I mean I smoked through my pregnancy but I’m massive do you know what I mean? It’s only like I’ve only been stopped three months and I’m thirty-five weeks, so basically I was smoking til I was about nearly 5 months pregnant anyway, so I cant see how much how it’s done any effects.”
Midwife Hull said: "Stopping is the best thing you could do for your baby, no one would disagree, but even stopping at the end of pregnancy is better than never."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Tina: The chemicals that go into you and your baby if you smoke.
Tina – 28 weeks pregnant on:
The chemicals that go into you and your baby if you smoke.
Tina said: “I think sometimes it’s good to use scare tactics, but it’s not worked with me do you know what I mean? What they should say is what all the chemicals are in the cigarettes and that they are harming your baby.”
Midwife Hull said: "It can be scary knowing what is in a cigarette. There are over 4000 chemicals in one cigarette which then goes into your blood stream, within minutes these toxins are passing into .babies’ blood stream. This restricts the essential oxygen supply to your baby so their tiny heart has to beat faster."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
The chemicals that go into you and your baby if you smoke.
Tina said: “I think sometimes it’s good to use scare tactics, but it’s not worked with me do you know what I mean? What they should say is what all the chemicals are in the cigarettes and that they are harming your baby.”
Midwife Hull said: "It can be scary knowing what is in a cigarette. There are over 4000 chemicals in one cigarette which then goes into your blood stream, within minutes these toxins are passing into .babies’ blood stream. This restricts the essential oxygen supply to your baby so their tiny heart has to beat faster."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Claire: The real likelihood of harming a baby through smoking in pregnancy.
Claire – 30 weeks pregnant on:
The real likelihood of harming a baby through smoking in pregnancy.
Claire said: “No to be honest I’m still smoking. I think it’s hard, I mean I’ve smoked for 21 years so I was ten when I started, you see so I think it’s really hard. And then people say “oh well it’s mean to the baby” but and then I feel mean. But then I think, well my kids are absolutely fine. There’s people out there that don’t do anything and they come out and there’s things wrong with their children and things. I think it’s the luck of the draw to be honest with you.”
Midwife Hull said: "There are always stories about people never smoking and having a small baby and people who do smoke having a healthy baby. It’s a risk you choose – your baby doesn’t get a choice!
If you smoke your baby will have a much greater risk of being small."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
The real likelihood of harming a baby through smoking in pregnancy.
Claire said: “No to be honest I’m still smoking. I think it’s hard, I mean I’ve smoked for 21 years so I was ten when I started, you see so I think it’s really hard. And then people say “oh well it’s mean to the baby” but and then I feel mean. But then I think, well my kids are absolutely fine. There’s people out there that don’t do anything and they come out and there’s things wrong with their children and things. I think it’s the luck of the draw to be honest with you.”
Midwife Hull said: "There are always stories about people never smoking and having a small baby and people who do smoke having a healthy baby. It’s a risk you choose – your baby doesn’t get a choice!
If you smoke your baby will have a much greater risk of being small."
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Looking after a newborn
Here is an article taken from the NHS Choices websiten with information on how to look after a newborn.
It’s natural to feel nervous about looking after your newborn baby, but support is available.
Midwives and health visitors are there to help you with your new baby. Talk to them about any concerns that you have, and make sure that you know the basics in order to get started.
Baby essentials
You'll need the following basics:
* clothes (vests, sleepsuits, cardigans),
* nappies (if using reusable nappies, you’ll need sterilising solution and buckets),
* nappy rash cream,
* cottonwool (choose white),
* baby lotion or wipes,
* changing mat,
* cot (a Moses basket is fine for the first few months, and is easy to carry from room to room),
* cot sheets and cot blankets, and
* a pram or buggy suitable for a newborn.
For breastfeeding
* Breast pads,
* easy-access tops and nighties (front-opening or roomy T-shirts that lift up),
* nursing bras (at least two),
* bibs, and
* muslin squares.
For bottlefeeding
* Steriliser,
* four bottles and teats,
* bottle brush, and
* newborn formula feed.
To read the full article and to read about clothes, bottles and bathtime please go to http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/pregnancy/Pages/Caringforanewborn.aspx
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
It’s natural to feel nervous about looking after your newborn baby, but support is available.
Midwives and health visitors are there to help you with your new baby. Talk to them about any concerns that you have, and make sure that you know the basics in order to get started.
Baby essentials
You'll need the following basics:
* clothes (vests, sleepsuits, cardigans),
* nappies (if using reusable nappies, you’ll need sterilising solution and buckets),
* nappy rash cream,
* cottonwool (choose white),
* baby lotion or wipes,
* changing mat,
* cot (a Moses basket is fine for the first few months, and is easy to carry from room to room),
* cot sheets and cot blankets, and
* a pram or buggy suitable for a newborn.
For breastfeeding
* Breast pads,
* easy-access tops and nighties (front-opening or roomy T-shirts that lift up),
* nursing bras (at least two),
* bibs, and
* muslin squares.
For bottlefeeding
* Steriliser,
* four bottles and teats,
* bottle brush, and
* newborn formula feed.
To read the full article and to read about clothes, bottles and bathtime please go to http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/pregnancy/Pages/Caringforanewborn.aspx
You can contact Midwife Hull confidentially on facebook at http://tiny.cc/farhl
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