Tests during pregnancy
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Blood tests during pregnancy
Find out more on the blood tests you be offered during your pregnancy.
Read more on Pregnancy, Birth & Baby website
Checkups, scans and tests during pregnancy
Handy infographic that shows what you can expect at each antenatal appointment during your pregnancy.
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Pregnancy - Pregnancy Topics - Screening tests during pregnancy (checking your baby's health before birth)
Some prenatal tests are offered to all women as part of routine care in pregnancy
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Pregnancy - Pregnancy Topics - Confirming your pregnancy
There are several ways to find out if you are in fact pregnant: a blood test; a home pregnancy urinetest; a urine test or internal examination by your doctor
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Pregnancy tests
Find out how a home pregnancy test work.
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Pregnancy tests - ultrasound - Better Health Channel
Ultrasound is used during pregnancy to check the baby's development and to help pick up any abnormalities.
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Pregnancy - Pregnancy Topics - Routine antenatal tests - tests done during your pregnancy
There are a number of blood tests and other types of routine tests that will be offered to you during your pregnancy
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Pregnancy - Pregnancy Topics - Group B Streptococcus infection during pregnancy
It is normal to have a large number of different bacteria growing in the vagina of a healthy woman
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Tests for you and your baby during pregnancy
Both you and your baby will undergo a number of different tests during your pregnancy.
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Warning signs during pregnancy
Most changes in your body are likely to be a normal part of pregnancy, but some signs may indicate things are not going well. Learn how to recognise them and know when you should seek help.
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Teenage Pregnancy Support (for Carers and Midwives) | Ausmed
Teenage pregnancy, whether planned or not, can be a time of great vulnerability and its essential that accessible and relevant support networks are in place. Complications during pregnancy and birth result in the second largest cause of death in 15 - 19-year-old females, globally.
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Smoking in Pregnancy: A Danger to Mother and Baby
Smoking in pregnancy poses a significant health problem for both mother and baby. Many women who smoke will quit by themselves before becoming pregnant and others will stop once their pregnancy is confirmed. For some women, considerable help is needed to stop smoking successfully (NCSCT 2018).
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Smoking in Pregnancy: A Danger to Mother and Baby
Smoking in pregnancy poses a significant health problem for both mother and baby. Many women who smoke will quit by themselves before becoming pregnant and others will stop once their pregnancy is confirmed. For some women, considerable help is needed to stop smoking successfully (NCSCT 2018).
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Guillain Barr Syndrome - What is GBS?
Guillain Barr Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease in which the peripheral nerves and nerve roots are damaged by the immune systems antibodies and lymphocytes.
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Guillain Barr Syndrome - What is GBS?
Guillain Barr Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease in which the peripheral nerves and nerve roots are damaged by the immune systems antibodies and lymphocytes.
Read more on Ausmed Education website
Immunisation and pregnancy who, what, when and why? | Issue 4 | Volume 40 | Australian Prescriber | Australian Prescriber
What are the benefits of recommending vaccination to pregnant women?
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Lactational amenorrhoea method for family planning | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: We found no clear differences in life table pregnancy rates between women using LAM and being supported in doing so, and fully breastfeeding amenorrheic women not using any method
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Thyroid disorders in pregnancy and postpartum | Australian Prescriber
Thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy has consequences for mother and baby. Potential problems include pre-eclampsia, prematurity and congenital abnormality.
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Promoting Responsibility in a Patient | Ausmed
Its 9:30 in the morning and Im about to see my second patient of the day. Before welcoming her into the consultation room, I browse her medical history and note another unfilled box. Sadly, this is not my first encounter with this scenario, and each time it becomes increasingly more perplexing.
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What is menopause? - Australasian Menopause Society
The menopause is sometimes called 'the change of life' as it marks the end of a woman's reproductive life.
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