




Most healthcare practitioners routinely recommend a glucose screening test (also called a glucose challenge test or GCT) between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy to check for gestational diabetes, a high blood sugar condition that some women get during pregnancy.
Like any screening test, this one won't give you a diagnosis — it's designed to identify as many women as possible who may have a problem and need more testing to find out. So a positive result doesn't mean that you have gestational diabetes. In fact, only about a third of women who test positive on the glucose screen actually have the condition. To find out if you're one of them, you'll have to undergo a longer, more definitive exam called a glucose tolerance test (GTT).
Between 2 and 5 percent of expectant mothers develop gestational diabetes, making it one of the most common health problems during pregnancy. And because the condition rarely causes any symptoms, testing is the only way to find out if you have it.
Your practitioner may want you to be screened earlier than 24 weeks if a routine urine test shows a high amount of sugar in the urine or if you're considered at high risk. If the results are normal, you'll be screened again at 24 to 28 weeks.
Of course, if were already diagnosed with diabetes before pregnancy, you won't need to be screened. Instead, you'll continue to work with your practitioner to manage your condition during your pregnancy.
Our Electric Steam Steriliser is stylishly streamlined with a host of brilliant features to make it stand out from the crowd. The sleek and clean-looking oval shape takes up minimal space on the kitchen workbench. There’s a space for everything inside … purpose-built slots for six closer to nature bottles, teats and caps.
There’s a single push button which glows orange when switched on and goes off when the cycle is finished five minutes later (allow three minutes to cool down). And as if that’s not enough, the steriliser contents now stay sterile for a full 24 hours provided the lid remains closed, giving parents the chance to switch it on at bedtime – and remove clean bottles at breakfast time.
Contents include:
•Electric steam steriliser
•150ml bottles x 2 with slow flow teats - 0m+
•260ml bottles x 2 with slow flow teats - 0m+
•Milk powder dispensers x 6– 0m+
•Bottle and teat brush x 1
BPA free for total reassurance.
New and improved Electric Bottle and Food Warmer makes it quick and easy to heat bottles and baby food safely. The warmer heats everything from breast milk to baby food while helping to preserve the nutrients that are vital to your baby's healthy development. Just place your bottle or food jar in the warmer, then use the control dial to adjust the temperature in accordance with the instructions (see below). Warming times will depend on the capacity and the starting temperature of the feed. The warming time of 4 minutes is based on heating a 150ml serving of milk from an ambient room temperature (20°C).
Closer to Nature has been credited with revolutionising the way mums feed their babies, by making it easier to combine breast and bottle feeding. The electric breast pump gives great results at the touch of a button and is really easy to assemble, use and sterilise. Neat and compact, portable and light weight, with all the add-ons to make this a superb kit. The unique silicone cups gives maximum comfort to mum and is specially designed to mimic a baby's natural feeding action. The natural choice for mums who want superior product performance from a breast pump that is easy, comfortable and convenient to use. The pump has 4 expression phases, light, low, medium and high. The light setting is recommended to promote milk let down.
Our unique patented range of soothers was created with dental experts. The soother teat is specially designed to gently expand across the roof of the mouth to support the natural shape of the palate and promote safe and healthy oral development.
Designed in conjunction with breastfeeding experts, the revolutionary Closer to Nature easi-vent teat mimics the natural flex, movement and softness of a mum’s breast, to make switching between breast and bottle easier than ever before. The unique shape encourages your baby’s natural feeding action so that switching between breast and bottle becomes second nature. The bottles have been designed to be held in the most natural positions during feeding and can be held in 3 ways: cradles comfortably in the hand, gripped in the same way as a traditional wide neck bottle, held from the base; making feeding comfortable for everyone.
The closer to nature milk storage lids fit all sizes of closer to nature bottles. They are suitable for use in both the refridgerator and the freezer. It is a safe and convenient way to store breast milk.
Tommee Tippee brings you the first ever in-bottle milk powder dispensers designed for use with the Closer to Nature® 260ml bottles. These unique see-through containers keep up to 8 scoops of powder safe and dry. They fit neatly inside the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature® 260ml bottles for convenient easy feeding and mixing any time without the need for a separate bulky container.
The handy set of 4 2oz/60ml mini pots with graduations on the sides comes with sealing lids. These is designed to collect and protect your breast milk.The pot sits in the neck of the closer to nature bottle while expressing breast milk via either the Manual Breast Pump or our New Electric Breast Pump. Take out the pot and store in the fridge or the freezer. The lid allows a date to be written on. You can decant from the pot into a bottle to feed directly to your baby. The pot can also be used as a breast cup for mums who want to breast feed exclusively or a first tates food pot.