Category: Science
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Childbirth and the Science of Woo
I spotted a notice today for a free childbirth workshop, I took a look and immediately wished I hadn’t. On the plus side it may have gone some way to improving my low blood pressure! The notice said you would learn (amongst other things) how to avoid the need for pain and unnecessary interventions and how…
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The Science of Pain
I find pain fascinating*, especially after experiencing plenty of it in childbirth. It seems so basic a thing that it’s easy to assume modern medicine would have pain all figured out, but it really really doesn’t and not just because of a lack of basic biological knowledge (although that is a part of it). Everyone’s experience of pain is different…
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The Baby Gift That Keeps on Giving – Umbilical Cord Donation!
Here is an article that made both my Mummy head and Scientist head happy this week, so in a change from my normal format, I’m making cord blood donation my reason to be cheerful. When a baby is born, the placenta and left over blood in the umbilical chord are just chucked in the clinical…
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Is a Planned Repeat C-section Safer Than a VBAC?
Yes yes I know I said I was on holiday, but having a look at the BBC news I just came across this article and couldn’t keep myself from commenting…. The quick summary is that two studies, one in the UK and one in Australia have been published which show that women who chose a…
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The Scientific Manual for Mums
It’s a long running joke; “babies! They don’t come with a manual you know!”. Oh if only that were true. A few seconds on google and you can find literally millions of books, articles, websites etc etc all proffering instructions from child rearing “experts” most claiming that their methods are backed up by “scientific evidence”. But here’s…
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Myths, Legends and Caesarean Sections
or, How to Fail An NCT Class. This article apeared on the BBC website last week, if you are Geeky enough to follow me on twitter you may have already seen me “tweeting” it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15106523 The writer claims that antenatal classes can leave women unprepared for caesarian births and perpetuate the myths surrounding them, with…
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Czech Out This New Research!
I’m sorry, that’s a terrible pun…. Last year I had a bit of a rant about the thyroid problem I developed after having Evelyn and the apparent ignorance of the condition shown by the medical professionals involved in my care. So it was interesting to read about a study conducted by a team in Prague…
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