When you are pregnant you will offered the whooping cough vaccine ideally between 16 and 32 weeks of your pregnancy. On today’s blog we’re looking at why it’s important to have this vaccine. What is whooping cough? Whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the lungs...
Pre-eclampsia is a condition that can affect pregnant women most commonly after week 20 of their pregnancy or soon after they have delivered their baby. The early signs are protein in your urine and high blood pressure, which is why your midwife will routinely check...
Hello, I’m Lucy – I’m the local Daisy First Trainer for Buckingham and Milton Keynes, I also cover Brackley, Towcester, Daventry and Banbury. Here are 5 things about me… Why I became a Daisy First Aid Trainer…. My background is in adult nursing, so I’ve...
Have you ever wondered why your child repeated throws their food on the floor (trajectory schema), puts their toys in a straight line (positioning schema) or pours their water into their cereal bowl (transforming schema)? Young children’s behaviour can often be...
What are water beads? Water beads are water-absorbing polymers (a type of plastic) that start off the size of a pinhead but expand when they are placed in water. They used to be used by florists to help keep plants hydrated as they could hold so much water. They are...
What is sepsis? Sepsis is the body’s life-threatening reaction to an infection. It basically means that the immune system is attacking not only the infection it is trying to fight but also the body’s own tissues and organs. It can be triggered by any type of infection...
