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Closed Prevent baby loss as a result of an Incompetent Cervix by routine monitoring.

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Ensure that women in a high-risk category are offered a pre-pregnancy trans-vaginal scan to measure cervical length and cervical length checks should be performed routinely throughout pregnancy. Where cervical length falls below 2.5cm a treatment plan should be offered. This will save babies lives

Around 25% of all mid-trimester losses are caused by an Incompetent Cervix. Current guidance does not allow for routine monitoring meaning that many women lose their children as a result of IC as it is often too late to offer treatment. The most successful form of treatment is a trans-abdominal cerclage but this should be done pre-pregnancy as the surgery itself can cause miscarriage. Current guidance does not allow for this to be picked up on pre-pregnancy for many women.

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    MPs to debate the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on people experiencing baby loss

    MPs will debate the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on people experiencing baby loss this Thursday 5 November in Westminster Hall. The subject of the debate has been determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

    This will be a general debate. General debates allow MPs to debate important issues, however they do not end in a vote nor can they change the law.

    The debate will start at 1.30pm and last for 90 minutes.

    Watch here this Thursday: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7b033a10-426e-44e5-b6b1-0b344af98da0
    Find out more about how Parliamentary debates work: https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/debates/
    Find out more about the Backbench Business Committee: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/202/backbench-business-committee/

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