Cot death fears unnecessary
As a very neurotic new mum, I was relieved to hear this week that cot death should no longer be a concern of parents who take on board the latest medical advice.
As long as you don't smoke, bed-share or put your baby to bed on her tummy, the risk is negligible.
Professor Tony Risdon, the country's only forensic paediatric pathologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital said: "If every parent followed the advice on safe sleeping environments and so on, this problem would probably disappear."
It hasn't stopped me anxiously checking the rise and fall of Mollie's sleeping chest every hour or sitting in the living room with the baby monitor attached to my ear but I do sleep a bit easier at night.
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Victoria Farncombe
Victoria Farncombe talks about her pregnancy and being a new mum.
It is not my want to scare all the readers of this BLOG and hope I do not do so in writing as I do......
I am a British woman who relocated to Singapore with her family 2 years ago.....
In 2003, I lost my 15 month old daughter to SIDS......I have not read the comments made recently about "low risk" BUT I do know that MY daughter was put to sleep in her OWN cot, in her OWN room, with a temperature between 18 and 22 degrees with a breathable matsress, we don't smoke, she did not have a cold, she was not under the covers and so on and so forth.....Sadly, through all my research in to the subject of SIDS since my life was turned upside down I am none the wiser but given the chance to air what I feel is the most likely probability, I would suggest that if your baby is put to sleep following the FSID's guidlines, the risk is greatly reduced BUT I think sometimes several contributing factors trigger a sometimes genetic "problem" resulting in a tragic loss.......?
It is of course only my opinion and I hope you understand my want for sharing it?
Leigh, I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter and can't begin to imagine how you must feel. Thanks for your comment, it was wishful thinking on my part that SIDS is avoidable.