Pregnancy Information Downloads
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Please follow the link to COVID-19 Virus Infection and Pregnancy information page on the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologist website
- Air travel and pregnancy
- Alcohol and pregnancy
- Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling
- Assisted vaginal birth (ventouse or forceps)
- Birth options after previous caesarean section
- Bleeding and/or pain in early pregnancy
- Blood transfusion, pregnancy and birth
- Breech baby at the end of pregnancy
- Cervical smears and pregnancy
- Chickenpox and pregnancy
- Choosing to have a caesarean section
- Corticosteroids in pregnancy to reduce complications from being born prematurely
- Diagnosis and treatment of venous thrombosis in pregnancy and after birth
- Early miscarriage
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Epilepsy in pregnancy
- Gestational diabetes
- Group B streptococcus (GBS) infection in newborn babies
- Having a small baby
- Healthy eating and vitamin supplements in pregnancy
- Heavy bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage)
- Induction of labour: information for the public
- Low-lying placenta after 20 weeks (placenta praevia)
- Multiple pregnancy: having more than one baby
- Obstetric cholestasis
- Pelvic girdle pain and pregnancy
- Physical activity and pregnancy
- Pre-eclampsia
- Pregnancy sickness (nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum)
- Premature labour
- Recreational exercise and pregnancy
- Recurrent and late miscarriage
- Reducing the risk of venous thrombosis in pregnancy and after birth
- Shoulder dystocia
- Smoking and pregnancy
- Third- or fourth-degree tear during childbirth
- When your waters break early
- Why your weight matters during pregnancy and after birth
- Your baby’s movements in pregnancy
