How Safe is Your Baby?
Pregnant mothers and new parents are deluged with information about what they should or shouldn 't do to keep their baby safe. From avoiding unpasteurised cheese to MMR jabs, smoking while pregnant to sharing a bed with your baby, there 's no shortage of advice. But what are the facts? After all, walking downstairs or getting into a car are potentially risky. How big a risk are you actually taking if you choose to have a home birth, or feed your baby solids before it 's six months old?
How Safe Is Your Baby? sets out the available information on risk levels and what could happen if you ignore the official advice, without taking sides:
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 It explains the risks involved so you know what 's behind the official advice
It sets out the worst case scenario so you can make an informed decision
It outlines the existing research so you can judge it for yourself
Of course, sometimes - maybe all the time - parents will decide the official advice is quite right and they 'll choose to go along with it. But the critical thing is that it will be their choice. How Safe Is Your Baby? treats parents as grown-ups and simply gives them the information to make them own decisions.
Amongst the topics covered in 'How Safe Is Your Baby ...?'
Folic acid
What you can and can 't eat
Smoking
Alcohol
Medication
Exercise
Toxoplasmosis
Flying
Ultrasound
Amniocentesis
Chorionic Villus Sampling
Nuchal translucency
Home birth
Induction
Assisted delivery
Caesarian section
Episiotomy
Epidurals and other pain relief
Heel prick test
Vitamin K injection
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
MMR vaccination
Breast feeding
Bottle feeding
Weaning
Allergies
Eggs
Nuts/Oils
Dairy foods
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How Safe is Your Baby? by Annie Vickerstaff is published on 18 September 2006
Annie Vickerstaff is a health writer and journalist. She writes for online businesses including BUPA shop and 50 Plus Health Ltd, and lives in rural Herefordshire.
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