Maternity Leaflets
Counseling Services
Counselling Services [pdf] 209KB
Epilepsy in pregnancy
Important health and wellbeing information for you and your baby
Aspirin in Pregnancy [pdf] 210KB
Feeling your baby move is a sign that they are well
Feeling your baby move is a sign that they are well (Polish)
Lifestyle and Dietary Advice for Pregnant Women
Pelvic floor exercises in pregnancy
PHE Early pregnancy scan: brief description
PHE Fetal anomaly screening: 20-week scan
Pregnancy and Body Mass Index (BMI)
Routine Rhesus Anti-D Prophylaxis
Screening tests for you and your baby
Screening Tests for you and your Baby (Polish)
Thrombocytopenia (Low Platelets)
Von Willebrands Disease in pregnancy and childbirth
Well-being in pregnancy and following birth
Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity
Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Factors Affecting Pregnancy
Blood group D negative - mothers blood test to check her unborn baby's blood group
Breech baby at the end of pregnancy
Planning your pregnancy when you have diabetes
Pre-labour rupture of membranes
Testing for diabetes in pregnancy
Uterine Artery Doppler Measurement [pdf] 231KB
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.
Planning Your Birth
Assisted vaginal birth (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Birth options after previous caesarean section (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Coping strategies for birth
Epidural-Pain management in labour [pdf] 290KB
Remifentanil Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) for Labour [pdf] 211KB
Labour and birth
Induction of labour and membrane sweep [pdf] 160KB
Inpatient Induction of labour [pdf] 182KB
Outpatient Induction of Labour [pdf] 290KB
Monitoring your baby's heartbeat in labour [pdf] 220KB
Factors Affecting Birth
Breech baby at the end of pregnancy
Group B Streptococcus GBS in pregnancy and newborn babies
Perineal tears and episiotomies in childbirth
Caesarean
Elective caesarean section - video
Caesarean Section Passport [pdf] 302KB
Caesarean Section Your Anaesthetic
Birth options after previous caesarean section (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists)
Frequently Asked Questions After Caesarean [pdf] 366KB
Following Birth - Mother
Bonding with your Baby… Becoming a Parent
Contraception after having your baby (FPA)
Discharge Advice Following Spinal Anaesthetic or Epidural Analgesia [pdf] 210KB
Guide to Contraception after having a baby BPAS
Emotional Support in the Perinatal Period (IAPT)
Maternity Discharge advice Epidural and Spinal
Medicines you may require after the birth of your baby [pdf] 239KB
Perineal tears and episiotomies in childbirth
Protecting yourself from genital tract sepsis
Following Birth - Baby
Keeping your baby safe in hospital
Registering your baby with a GP
Safer Sleep for your grandchild v2
Feeding Your Baby
Feeding and building a relationship with your baby
Expressing your milk antenatally
Other useful information
Information for women with confirmed or suspected COVID 19 with well babies
Testing women attending for maternity care for COVID-19