Useful leaflets and information
Find useful information about every stage of your pregnancy, including preparing for labour and birth, and going home with your baby.
Early pregnancy
Having your baby in Gloucestershire
Foods to avoid during pregnancy
Healthy eating and vitamin supplements during pregnancy
Emotional health in pregnancy and after giving birth
The whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy
Exercise during pregnancy including pelvic floor
Reducing the risk of venous thrombosis during pregnancy and after birth
Looking after your back during pregnancy
Amniocentisis and Chorionic Villus Testing
Dental health during pregnancy
Information for fathers and birth partners
Mid to late pregnancy
Your baby's movement during pregnancy
Gestational diabetes/pregnancy diabetes
Oral glucose tolerance test (GTT) in pregnancy
Breech baby at the end of pregnancy
Refusal of blood transfusion in pregnancy
Preparing for birth
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Women's Centre Amenity Rooms
Giving birth in a midwife led facility
How do I know when labour starts?
Waters breaking before labour starts
The use of the essential oils and massage to help with your labour
Information for women and their partners about the induction of labour
Vaginal birth after caesarean section
Partners staying overnight on maternity ward
You and your baby
Screening test for your and your baby
Postnatal exercises and pelvic floor exercises
Emotional health in pregnancy and after giving birth
Contraception after having a baby
Perineal tears and episiotomy in childbirth
Recovery after your caesarean section
Early onset bacterial infection in newborn babies
Special care: ill or premature babies
Feeding your baby
Baby and you and your breastfeeding journey
Breastfeeding support, expressing your breast milk, cup and syringe feeding
Twins or more
If you have suffered a loss
Surgical management of miscarriage
Maternity bereavement support service
Information and support following the loss of your baby before completion of 24 weeks gestation
Information for parents who have suffered a stillbirth or neonatal death
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