Some of the most moving debates in Parliament have been about baby loss, and colleagues have bravely shared their personal experience of stillbirth and miscarriage.
This week (9-15th October) is Baby Loss Awareness Week and there is still a long way to go to reduce baby loss. The Government has committed to halving stillbirths and neonatal deaths by 2025 but still one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage and 5,000 wanted pregnancies are terminated for medical reasons every year. 13 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every day.
To PREVENT pregnancy loss and babies being born with one of the main causes of childhood disability and hearing loss (congenital CMV)
1. We need expectant mothers to be made aware of this infectious virus and how they can protect themselves and their baby; pregnant women who have young children or work with young children should be extra careful with hand hygiene and not share cutlery or food with toddlers.
2. Early antenatal screening and a vaccine for expectant mums, like with the flu vaccine
