Patient information leaflet library
The information on this website does not replace a consultation with your healthcare professional. Your doctor or nurse will answer any questions and advise what information you should read about your condition, diagnosis, or treatment. The information they direct you to is specific to you and may not be relevant to others with the same condition.
Please click on the relevant link below:
- Positive for coronavirus
- Where would you like to have your baby?
- Screening tests for you and your baby - including different language versions
- Feeling your baby move (produced by Tommy's and NHS England)
- Smoking and your pregnancy
- Genital herpes and pregnancy
- Signs and symptoms of preterm labour for women and birthing people at high/intermediate risk of preterm birth
- Signs and symptoms of preterm labour
- Am I in labour?
- Induction of labour
- Partners/supporters staying overnight on the maternity ward
- Foley balloon catheter induction of labour
- Physiotherapy advice following your vaginal birth
- Remifentanil Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) for women in labour
- Caring for your caesarean birth wound
- Physiotherapy advice following your third or fourth degree perineal tear
- What starting antibiotics means for your baby
- Protecting your baby from low blood sugar
- Vitamin K for your newborn baby
- Assessing and treating tongue tie
- Vitamin K and frenulotomy (tongue tie division)
- Induced lactation
- Benefits of breast milk for preterm babies
- Helping baby breastfeed/chest feed
- The first 10 days of breast/chest feeding
- Engorgement, blocked ducts and mastitis when breast/chest feeding
- How to use syringes and cups to feed your baby
- Bringing in your own formula milk
- A guide to safe responsive bottle feeding
- Neonatal weight loss in the first six weeks
- Polish language leaflets (produced by BabyCentre)
- Don't shake the baby
- Infant crying and how to cope
- Lactation suppression for the bereaved woman/birthing parent
- The Butterfly Suite
- Birth Afterthoughts Service
- Following your Birth Afterthoughts session
- Contraception after birth
