Part 2: Helping you and your baby through pregnancy and birth

Please see 'Related Links' to left of this page to access the websites containing the information referred to below.

Antenatal appointments

• Antenatal appointment schedule

General wellbeing during your pregnancy

• First Midwife appointment
• Keeping well in pregnancy
• Pregnancy week by week

Health in pregnancy and diet

• Have a healthy diet in pregnancy NHS 
• Vitamins and supplements
• Vitamins and supplements Start for Life
• Vitamins in pregnancy

Vaccines – Flu and Whooping cough

• Vaccinations in pregnancy 
• Flu Vaccine Fact Checker 
• Is whooping cough vaccine safe?

Antenatal screening

• Screening tests for you and your baby

Smoking in pregnancy

• Smoking and your unborn baby
• NHS Stop Smoking service
• Smokefree
• ABL Health

Alcohol in pregnancy

• Drinking alcohol while pregnant

Raised BMI during pregnancy

• Overweight and pregnant
• Pregnancy Symptom Checker - Tommy's
• Always ask - trust your instincts

Exercise to keep women fit and active during pregnancy

• Exercise in pregnancy
• Pelvic floor exercises
• Exercising in pregnancy - Start4Life
• Exercise and activity in pregnancy - Tommy's

'Slimming World' in Pregnancy

• Slimming World alliance partnership with the Royal College of Midwives
• Find out what happens in a Slimming World group and how our programme works
• Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Policy
• Resource for women before, during and after pregnancy
• Pregnancy and Post Natal Research
• Accessibility
• Suitable for all
• Pricing information

What to pack in your bag for hospital

Please see document at foot of this page.

Benefits available

There are a range of links to left of this page for information on the following:

• Free dental treatment - NHS website
• Maternity and paternity benefits and leave - NHS website
• Healthy Start vouchers - do I qualify?
• Claim tax credits - Gov UK
• Maternity pay and leave - Gov UK
• Maternity allowance - Gov UK
• Paternity leave - Gov UK
• Sure Start maternity grant - Gov UK

Multiple pregnancy: having more than one baby

• Antenatal care with twins - NHS
• Giving birth to twins or more - NHS
• Pregnant with twins - NHS
• Twin and triplet pregnancy overview - NICE Pathways
• Multiple pregnancy: having more than one baby

Peer support

• Ferries family groups 
• Tomorrow’s women 
• Wirral Change 
• Journey Men
• Mums Matter- Wirral Mind 
• Family Toolbox Wirral