Screen early to cut illness in pregnancy
Dad wins when it comes to driving but mum is fun
SCREENING pregnant women for pre-eclampsia cuts rates of the most severe form of the condition by 80%, research suggests.
Symptoms include swelling, severe headaches and vision problems.
It is often found in the second half of pregnancy by checks for high blood pressure and urine protein.
High risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, a body mass index of 35 and being aged over 40.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London found carrying out enhanced risk assessments and prescribing aspirin to high-risk women dramatically cut the number of cases.
Director Basky Thilaganathan said: “The current screening programme must be re-evaluated.” best at three-point turns, parking and hill starts, while 46% said mums were most likely to have prangs and get lost.
But mums were most fun in the car, with 40% of kids saying she played the best music to 31% who preferred dad tunes.
Well over half the youngsters
(63%) preferred to listen to their own tracks in the car to avoid hearing their parents’ dire playlists.
Mums were most likely to join in car games, such as I Spy, while dads were strictest, with top rules including: no arguing (36%), no rubbish to be left in car (48%) and no shoes on the seats (41%). Dads were the most likely to drive on family car journeys, according to 65% of children in the Onepoll study for MG.
Tiffany Wilcox, of MG, said: “It’s amusing to have an insight into children’s views of their parents’ driving habits.
“Dad wins when it comes to driving but mum is more fun to be with.”
TIFFANY WILCOX SPOKESWOMAN FOR MG