Pregnancy Guide

• Getting Pregnant

  Trying for a baby

  • Stop smoking
  • Planning: things to think about
  • Healthy Diet
  • Fertility tests
  • Fertility treatments
  • Foods to Avoid
  • Alcohol and illegal drugs
  • Exercise
  • Vitamins and Supplements

  Am I pregnant?

  • Signs and Symptoms
  • When you can get pregnant
  • When can you take a test?
  • Finding out

  Support for Young People

  • Teenage Pregnancy Support

  Work out your due date

  • Ovulation Calculator
  • Due date calculator

  Before Pregnancy

  • If you have a long-term condition
• Pregnancy

  Week by week

  • Make To Do List
  • Pregnancy Week by Week
  • 0 - 8 Weeks
  • 9 - 12 Weeks
  • 13 - 16 Weeks
  • 17 - 20 Weeks
  • 21 - 24 Weeks
  • 25 - 28 Weeks
  • 29 - 32 Weeks
  • 33 - 36 Weeks
  • 37 - 40 Weeks
  • 40 Weeks and Over

  Vaccinations

  • Can I have vaccinations?
  • The flu vaccine
  • Whooping cough vaccination

  Existing Health Problems

  • Overweight and pregnancy
  • Mental health problems
  • Diabetes in pregnancy
  • Epilepsy and pregnancy
  • Asthma and Pregnancy

  Tests, scans and checks

  • If screening finds a problem
  • Baby positions in the womb
  • Antenatal appointments
  • Your Antenatal Care
  • Who's Who in the Antenatal Team
  • Antenatal Classes
  • Ultrasound Scans
  • Routine Checks and Tests
  • Screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome
  • Checks for Abnormalities

  Pregnancy-induced conditions

  • Severe vomiting in pregnancy
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Obstetric cholestasis

  Your health and wellbeing

  • Medicines in Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy infections
  • Reduce the risk of stillbirth
  • Your Health at Work
  • Maternity and Paternity Benefits
  • Alcohol and illegal drugs
  • Exercise
  • Healthy Diet and Eating
  • Foods to Avoid
  • Infections
  • Sex
  • Smoking
  • Travelling
  • Vitamins and Supplements

  Twins

  • Giving Birth to Twins
  • Antenatal care with twins
  • Pregnant with twins
  • Getting ready for twins

  Common Problems

  • Common Problems

  When Pregnancy Goes Wrong

  • When Pregnancy Goes Wrong
  • Miscarriage
  • Ectopic Pregnancy
  • Still Birth
  • Termination for Foetal Abnormality
• Labour and birth

  All about labour

  • At the hospital or birth centre
  • When to go to hospital/birth centre
  • Advice if you are due to give birth
  • What happens during labour & birth
  • Signs of Labour
  • Packing your Bag
  • Where you can give Birth
  • What your Birthing Partner can do
  • Pain Relief during Labour
  • Premature Labour
  • Inducing Labour

  The Birth

  • Getting to know your newborn
  • What happens straight after birth
  • Breech Birth
  • Caesarean
  • Episiotomy
  • Forceps and Ventouse Delivery
  • Giving Birth To Twins
  • You After the Birth

  Emotions and Worries

  • Dads and Partners
  • Feelings and Relationships
  • Coping with Stress
  • Feeling Depressed after Childbirth
  • Services and Support for Parents

  Birth Plan

  • Make Your Birth Plan

  Premature babies

  • Premature or ill babies

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