In this section you can find a list of recommended resources you may find useful during your pregnancy and also once your baby is born. Please click here for a downloadable version.
NHS Ready for pregnancy
The #ReadyforPregnacy campagin has useful information on how to keep yourself healthy during pregnancy. Available in multiple languages and easy read version.
NHS Ready for parenthood
The #ReadyforParenthood campaign has lots of useful information to support new parents and carers. Available in multiple languages and easy read version.
LMNS Personalised Care and Support plans
Your midwife may give you a printed version of this booklet in your booking appointment, or you can download and print a copy from here. Available in multiple languages.
LMNS Together Project – Maternity passport for parents with learning disabilities
The Together Project produced a Maternity Passport to be completed with and held by parents. This will support personalised preparation for parenthood and enable consistent and individualised information sharing with professionals, family and friends.
GOV.UK Screening tests for you and your baby
Screening tests for you and your baby (STFYAYB) provides information about the screening tests offered during and after pregnancy. Available in multiple languages.
Tommys Pregnancy Hub – Feeling your baby move
This leaflet and banner on reduced fetal movement was developed by Tommy’s and NHS England. Available in multiple languages.
RCOG Your baby’s movements leaflet
This information is for you if you would like to know about your baby’s movements during pregnancy. It may be helpful if you are concerned that your baby has not been moving as much as usual or if you feel that your baby’s movements have changed.
Kicks Count leaflet
This information is to support you with monitioring your baby's movements. Available in multiple languages.
NHSInform Scotland Ready Steady Baby
This website is your gide to pregnancy, labour and birth and early parenthood up to 8 weeks. Available in multiple languages and easy read.
NHS Start for Life Pregnancy
Start for Life has tips for early pregnancy to the postnatal period, everything on coping with morning sickness, choosing where to give birth, what to buy for your newborn and plenty more.
MAMA Academy - Pregnancy essentials
The MAMA Academy have lots of pregnancy information available in multiple languages.
SASH Induction of labour
SASH maternity have produced resources to support your personalised choices around induction of labour to include downloadable leaflets.
Group B Strep Support patient information leaflet
Group B Strep Support wrote this leaflet in partnership with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). The information leaflet Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy and newborn babies has been translated from English into 14 other languages.
Labour Pains – Pain Relief
Labour Pains have many resources on the different forms of pain relief for all types of birth, including comparison charts. Available in multiple languages.
NHS Choices - Vaccinations in Pregnancy
The NHS choices website has plenty of information on vaccinations during pregnancy to include the flu, whooping cough, covid and travel vaccines.
UNICEF BFI Infant feeding guidance
The UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) have many infosheets and booklets available in multiple languages and can be used to support parents with the basics of feeding and responding to their baby.
UNICEF BFI and NHS Start For Life - Off to the Best Start leaflet Breastfeeding Guide
Published by Better Health Start for Life and the Baby Friendly Initiative and updated in 2022, this leaflet provides mothers and health professionals with key information about breastfeeding.
UNICEF BFI and NHS Start For Life – Off to the Best Start leaflet Bottle feeding Guide
Published by Better Health Start for Life and the Baby Friendly Initiative and updated in 2022, this leaflet provides families and health professionals with key information about bottle feeding.
Royal College of Psychiatrics – Perinatal mental health resources
The Royal College of Psychiatrics have informative resources on maternal mental health in multiple languages.
Best Use of Medicines in Pregnancy (BUMPS)
The BUMPS website have lots of information and downloadable leaflets on medication use during pregnancy and when breastfeeding.
Diabetes UK – Gestation diabetes
Diabetes UK have lots of useful information specifically for gestation diabetes to include information on symptoms, treatment and diet changes. Available in multiple languages.
RCOG Birth after Caesarean leaflet
This information is for you if you have had one caesarean birth and want to know more about your birth options when having another baby.
RCOG Considering a Caesarean Birth
This information is for you if you are considering a planned (elective) caesarean birth for your baby.
Birth Rights – Your basic birth rights
It’s really important that women and birthing people and those that care for them, understand basic birth rights in maternity care. They have translated resources into multiple languages.
Lullaby Trust Safe Sleeping information
The Lullaby Trust have lots of useful information on Safe Sleeping for your newborn to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). They have lots of visual aids and downloadable leaflets in multiple languages.
RCOG Reducing your risk of perineal tears
RCOG have produced an animation and downloadable leaflet on what perineal tears and OASI is, the four components of the OASI Care Bundle and how women can reduce their risk of sustaining an OASI in childbirth. Available in multiple languages.
RCOG Multiple pregnancy – Having more than one baby leaflet
This information is for you if you are having a multiple pregnancy. It may also be helpful for your partner, family or friends. This is most commonly twins, but may includes triplets, or, rarely, more.
Baby Buddy App
The Baby Buddy App is an interactive pregnancy and parenting app that has been created to support parents, co-parents and caregivers.
Perinatal Positivity
Perinatal Positivity website has informative videos on maternal mental health throughout pregnancy and after you’ve had your baby. Available in multiple languages.