Maternity

Important: Please register your pregnancy immediately with your chosen hospital so they an arrange your antenatal care.

Information on local maternity services and keeping well during pregnancy can be found at the links below.

Once you have decided which hospital you would like to provide your antenatal care, please complete the
relevant notification form at either of the links below to register your pregnancy directly with the hospital.

Please also let the practice know the date of your last period (if known) as well as which hospital you have chosen to register with so that we can inform our Community Midwife. You can contact us online or please call our Patient Services Team on 01753 989800.

Useful resources can be found at the following links:
 
NHS – Planning your pregnancy
 
Tommy’s – Planning for Pregnancy Tool

NHS Pregnancy

NHS Antenatal Care

Start4Life Pregnancy

Emma’s Diary – Pregnancy

If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We’ll add your benefit onto this card every 4 weeks.

You can use your card to buy:

– Plain liquid cow’s milk.

– Fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables.

– Fresh, dried, and tinned pulses.

– Infant formula milk based on cow’s milk.

You can also use your card to collect:

– Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

– Vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old.

NHS – Mental health in pregnancy
 
Tommy’s – Mental health before, during and after pregnancy
 
Mental health in pregnancy leaflet

Health Visiting Service – information & contact details

NHS Guide – everything you need to know about caring for your baby

NHS – Your post pregnancy body

NHS – Recovery after a Caesarean section

Your pelvic floor after pregnancy

Squeezy App – regain confidence in your pelvic floor

Relationship changes after your baby

Infant Crying & how to cope – ICON

Lullaby Trust – safer sleep advice

Caring for your baby at night

Best Beginnings Parent Information Hub

Developed by UK Charity Best Beginnings, Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.