– Repeat growth scan
– Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) or random glucose test
– Repeat screening for anaemia/antibodies and screening for Gestational Diabetes
– If Mum and Baby do not share the same Rhesus factor (the presence, or absence, of a red blood cell protein) then Mum will be offered Anti-D immunoglobulin.
– The Portland Midwives will invite you in for your ‘booking’ appointment.
– You can protect your baby from whooping cough by having the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine at 28 weeks. This is available at The Portland Hospital; simply ask Dr Duncan and he can administer. The Portland will invoice you directly for this vaccine.
FUN FACT: A crucial substance ‘surfactant’, which helps keep the air sacs in Baby’s lungs open, begins to be produced in significant amounts around 26 to 28 weeks.