Dr Sara Wickham suggests things that can be done before clamping the umbilical cord, thus ensuring that babies get their full complement of blood.
Ten things you can do before clamping the umbilical cord…
Tag: anti-D
How language can obscure choice
Sara Wickham discusses how language can be used to obscure choice, or as a tool to exercise power, often in subtle ways that aren’t easily spotted.
Can Anti-D (RhoGAM) be made from unvaccinated blood?
Can Anti-D (RhoGAM) be made from unvaccinated blood? Dr Sara Wickham, author of Anti-D Explained, answers this question.
Does antenatal Anti-D help the current baby?
Does antenatal anti-D help the current baby? Sara Wickham demystifies the science and answers this question in simple terms.
Anti-D resources
This post offers links to all of the group B strep resources on Sara Wickham’s website, including articles, blog posts and a few external resources.
Nine things you might not know about Anti-D…
Over the years, I’ve become aware that there are a few things that people are sometimes surprised to learn when I speak about Anti-D. Or, as it is known in the USA and some other countries, RhoGAM. I made sure to…
How to save 40,000 women a year from having unnecessary Anti-D / RhoGAM
How many women receive unnecessary anti-D? Sara Wickham looks at some of the issues concerning antenatal anti-D and fetal blood testing.
Anti-D information: getting started
Many people visit this website looking for Anti-D information. Anti-D is the name of a medicine made from blood that is offered to rhesus negative women who may have been exposed to rhesus positive blood. It’s known as RhoGAM® in…
Deciding to decline, or deciding to wait and see?
Sara Wickham considers issues around the language we use to discuss birth decisions, and highlights nuances in what people are actually asking for.
Anti-D in pregnancy: how we haven’t moved on…
The first Cochrane review of the research relating to the administration of Anti-D during pregnancy was undertaken in 1996. Nearly twenty years later, September 2015 saw the publication of the latest update. During that time, however, the only changes were…