CMV awareness month ( June 2017 )

CMV awareness month is here! Id love to some how be able to help the CMV Action team spread the word and information about CMV to everyone. Especially to midwifes.
unfortunately my mum fell ill with CMV June 2016, little did we know how serious it was for anyone with CMV to be around pregnant women. Especially in their first trimester of pregnancy.
We notified doctors and my midwife but they had no knowledge and told me not to worry about it as its very unlikely I would have it. Oh how they were very wrong!!
If they had tested me for CMV while I was still pregnant, Daisy could of had the anti viral medicine as soon as she was born. NHS need to test babies for Congenital CMV at the 5 day heel prick blood test!
Everyone in some part of their life will catch CMV. They may not even know about it, like I didn't. or you could turn seriously ill like my mum did.


I wish there was more knowledge out there for nursing staff about CMV!
CMV Action give talks to midwifes to give them more knowledge about CMV, and how they can spread awareness to pregnant women on how to prevent this illness spreading. Simple hygiene  procedures to follow; don't kiss young children on the lips, don't suck a toddlers dummy, always wash your hands after nappy changes, you see CMV is carried in bodily fluids.   Half of midwifes in the UK probably don't even know what CMV is, mine didn't and some of the doctors I have seen haven't had a clue either.

We have spoken to local MP's to see if they will help us some way to get the information out even more about CMV. Amanda Millings has put a poster up in her office, which I don't see how that is a big help, but its a start and another MP has said he wants to meet up with us so can learn more about CMV and come up with some sort of plan to get the awareness out there more. I will try my very hardest to get this the talk of our local area and hopefully further a field not sure how yet but I will. I promise!!

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