Resources for patients

Resources

The resources below have been produced by Homerton Hospital as well as by national organisations such as the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and NHS England plus charities and support groups such as Tommys and Maternity Action.

We hope you find them helpful. Your Midwife will be able to discuss any questions of concerns you might have. Please also take a look at our antenatal class films and slideshows for lots of Homerton specific information and support.

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/parentcraft-sessions

Pregnancy

Maternity - About your care in pregnancy

Feeling your baby move is a sign that they are well

Whooping Cough vaccine

pelvic girdle pain and pregnancy

chickenpox and pregnancy.pdf

Antenatal colostrum harvesting.pdf

E Red Book

Your pregnancy and baby guide

Group B Streptococcus in Pregnancy

Wellbeing

Coronavirus and the 'flu vaccination [pdf]

Staying emotionally well during Coronavirus [pdf]

Alcohol and Pregnancy

Alcohol and Drug Support Services in Hackney [pdf] 842KB

Smoking and Pregnancy

Healthy eating and vitamin supplements in pregnancy [pdf]

Winter Flu 2020/21 [pdf]

Healthy Start Vouchers

Website: https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/

Application Form for Healthy Start Vouchers [pdf]

Maternity Action

Maternity Action is the UK’s leading charity committed to ending inequality and improving the health and wellbeing of pregnant women, partners and young children – from conception through to the child’s early years.

https://maternityaction.org.uk/

Gov.uk

Government Guidance on your right to Maternity Leave, rights and pay including links to apply for a Sure Start grant and Maternity Allowance

https://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave

Birthrights

Birthrights is dedicated to ensuring women receive the respect and dignity they deserve in pregnancy and childbirth

https://www.birthrights.org.uk/

Labour and birth

Your Choice: Where to have your baby

Information for healthy low-risk women having their first baby [pdf]

Information for healthy low-risk women who have had a baby before [pdf]

Preparing for Labour [pdf]

A guide to assisted birth [pdf]

Perineal tears during childbirth [pdf]

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy and newborn babies [pdf]

Obstetric and Medical

Preventing blood clots using Clexaine [pdf]

Pregnancy after IVF [pdf]

Vaginal birth after caesarean section [pdf]

Care of women with obesity [pdf]

Diabetes in pregnancy [pdf]

Pregnancy after egg donation [pdf]

IUD insertion post delivery [pdf]

Protecting your baby from low blood sugar [pdf]

Care of a third or fourth degree tear

When your waters break prematurely

Being overweight during pregnancy and after birth

Placenta praevia, placenta accreta and vasa praevia

Cervical stitch

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) [pdf]

Heavy bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage) [pdf]

Multiple pregnancy: having more than one baby [pdf]

Birth options after previous caesarean section [pdf]

Pregnancy sickness (nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum) [pdf]

Reducing the risk of venous thrombosis in pregnancy and after birth [pdf]

Choosing to have a caesarean section [pdf]

Blood transfusion, pregnancy, and birth [pdf]

Beta Thalassaemia and pregnancy [pdf]

Malaria and pregnancy [pdf]

Have a small baby [pdf]

Genital herpes in pregnancy [pdf]

Sickle cell disease and pregnancy [pdf]

Shoulder dystocia [pdf]

Gestational Diabetes [pdf]

Obstetric Cholestasis [pdf]

Pre-eclampsia [pdf]

Protecting women and babies with anit-D Immunoglobulin [pdf] 1MB

After the birth

At home with your baby [pdf] 7MB

A guide to Baby Crying

Illness in newborn babies [pdf] 1022KB

The Lulluby Trust: The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families

UNICEF Baby Friendly: Advice for parents on infant feeding