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Nurturing You: An Integrative Approach to Perinatal Mental Health
As an integrative physician, I believe in treating the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—especially during the transformative journey of pregnancy and motherhood. Today, I want to shed light on a topic that is incredibly important, yet often overlooked: perinatal mental health.
Group B Streptococcus in pregnancy
Group B Streptococcus can colonisation the vagina or rectum in up to a quarter of pregnant women and in a small proportion of these it will cause infection in the baby. Only a small number of women can be tested on the NHS but at Sirona Health you can decide to test privately and have a detailed discussion about how to manage the result.
Iodine deficiency
Iodine is an essential mineral which is especially important for women considering pregnancy, during pregnancy and during breastfeeding