Leaflets and information

Early Pregnancy

• Alcohol during pregnancy
• Amniocentesis
• Being overweight in pregnancy
• Bleeding during pregnancy
• Building a Happy Baby
• Covid vaccination in pregnancy
• COVID vaccination: childbearing page, currently pregnant or breastfeeding
• Dental health during pregnancy
• Eating well for pregnancy
• Emotional Changes - further information from Tommy's
• Emotional Changes in Pregnancy and Following Childbirth
• Fetal anomaly screening in early pregnancy
• Financial support
• Foods to avoid during pregnancy
• Genital herpes in pregnancy patient information leaflet | RCOG
• Healthy eating and vitamin supplements during pregnancy
• Healthy eating in pregnancy - Start for Life
• Illegal drugs and pregnancy
• Information for fathers and birth partners
• Looking after your back during pregnancy
• Physical activity guidelines
• Pre- eclampsia
• Reducing the risk of venous thrombosis during pregnancy and after birth
• Relationships during pregnancy
• Rhesus negative blood group
• Screening tests in pregnancy
• Test your breath - Carbon Monoxide
• The flu vaccine in pregnancy
• The whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy
• Travelling during pregnancy
• Your healthy pregnancy tool

Mid to late pregnancy

• Feeling your baby move
• Fetal anomaly screening in your 20 week scan
• Gestational diabetes/pregnancy diabetes
• Group B strep in pregnancy
• If your baby is breech
• Low lying placenta
• Pelvic pain
• Working and employment

Preparing for birth

• Induction of labour
• Induction of Labour Leaflet (PDF, 364kb)
• Pain relief in labour
• Perineal tears and episiotomies
• Types of Perineal tear and aftercare (PDF, 857 Kb)
• Vitamin K for newborn babies
• What happens in labour

You and your baby

• BCG and your baby
• Contraception after having a baby
• Group B strep in babies
• Jaundice in newborn babies
• Perineal tears and episiotomy in childbirth
• Postnatal exercises and pelvic floor exercises
• Recovery after your caesarean section
• Registering your baby
• Screening test for your and your baby
• Special care: ill or premature babies
• The Lullaby Trust: safer sleep for babies and support for families
• Tongue tie

Information in other languages

• Action on pre-eclampsia provide information about pre-eclampsia
• Labour Pains provide information about pain relief for labour and information about caesarians
• MAMA Academy provide essential information about pregnancy
• Public Health England provide information about screening tests for you and your baby
• The Lullaby Trust provide information on safe sleeping for babies
• Tommy's provide information on monitoring your baby's movements
• UNICEF provide information about breastfeeding, formula feeding and sterilising feeding equipment

Having a baby if you're LGBT+

NHS UK has new information about starting a family if you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary

Free prescriptions in pregnancy and MATEX maternity exemption certificate

You may be eligible to receive free prescriptions while you are pregnant via a Maternity Exemption certificate (MATEX) if at the time of your application:

• you’re pregnant
• you’ve given birth in the last 12 months.

Your midwife, GP or health visitor must complete an application for you.

They can complete an FW8 application form or use the digital maternity exemption service.

Please visit this site for more information on applying for a Maternity Exeption Certificate.