Maternity Leaflets
Epilepsy in pregnancy
https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/patients/patient-leaflets/epilepsy-in-pregnancy/
Important health and wellbeing information for you and your baby
Screening tests for you and your baby
Screening Tests for you and your Baby Polish [pdf] 610KB
Feeling your baby move is a sign that they are well
Feeling your baby move is a sign they are well (Polish) [pdf] 601KB
Lifestyle and Dietary Advice for Pregnant Women [pdf] 255KB
PHE Early pregnancy scan: brief description
PHE Fetal anomaly screening: 20-week scan
Pregnancy and Body Mass Index (BMI).pdf [pdf] 255KB
Quit for you, quit for two [pdf] 1MB
Your stop smoking journey [pdf] 596KB
Thrombocytopenia (Low Platelets) [pdf] 240KB
Use of anticlotting medicines [pdf] 247KB
Vaccinations in pregnancy [pdf] 501KB
Von Willebrands Disease in pregnancy and childbirth [pdf] 237KB
Whooping Cough Leaflet [pdf] 355KB
Pelvic floor exercises in pregnancy [pdf] 158KB
Antenatal screening for MRSA [pdf] 159KB
Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity [pdf] 387KB
Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) [pdf] 591KB
Well-being in pregnancy and following birth [pdf] 185KB
Factors Affecting Pregnancy
Breech baby at the end of pregnancy
Blood group D negative - mothers blood test to check her unborn baby's blood group [pdf] 1MB
Testing for diabetes in pregnancy [pdf] 145KB
When your waters break prematurely - This information is for you if you think that, or have been told that, your waters have broken early but you have not gone into labour.
Pre-labour rupture of membranes [pdf] 158KB
Pre-eclampsia awareness [pdf] 161KB
Planning your pregnancy when you have diabetes [pdf] 165KB
Planning Your Birth
Assisted vaginal birth (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Birth options after previous caesarean section (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Epidural-Pain management in labour [pdf] 290KB
Induction of labour and membrane sweep [pdf] 160KB
Inpatient Induction of labour [pdf] 182KB
Monitoring your baby's heartbeat in labour [pdf] 220KB
Outpatient Induction of Labour [pdf] 667KB
Factors Affecting Birth
Birth options after previous caesarean section (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Breech baby at the end of pregnancy
Perineal tears and episiotomies in childbirth
Caesarean
Elective caesarean section - video
Emergency Caesarean [pdf] 221KB
Caesarean Section Your Anaesthetic.pdf [pdf] 305KB
Birth options after previous caesarean section (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Contraception Clinics [pdf] 818KB
Frequently Asked Questions after Caesarean [pdf] 332KB
Contraception after having your Baby [pdf] 111KB
Following Birth - Mother
Bonding with your Baby… Becoming a Parent.pdf [pdf] 5MB
Contraception after having your Baby [pdf] 111KB
Emotional Support in the Perinatal Period (IAPT) [pdf] 85KB
Frequently Asked Questions after Caesarean_.pdf [pdf] 332KB
Maternity Discharge advice Epidural and Spinal [pdf] 223KB
Medicines you may require after the birth of your baby [pdf] 245KB
Perineal tears and episiotomies in childbirth
Protecting yourself from genital tract sepsis [pdf] 159KB
Following Birth - Baby
Jaundice in newborn babies [pdf] 162KB
Keeping your baby safe in hospital [pdf] 162KB
My baby needs antibiotics [pdf] 164KB
Registering your baby with a GP
You and your premature baby [pdf] 272KB
Feeding Your Baby
Infant crying and how to cope
http://www.lancashiresafeguarding.org.uk/media/51306/PLCDP-ICON-Leaflet-web-friendly-spreads.pdf
Feeding and building a relationship with your baby [pdf] 156KB
Expressing your milk antenatally [pdf] 193KB
Other useful information
Lifestyle and dietary advice [pdf] 255KB
Information for women with confirmed or suspected COVID 19 with well babies [pdf] 161KB
Testing women attending for maternity care for COVID-19 [pdf] 162KB