Pregnancy & Babies Web Guide

General Advice

• Baby Centre
  Baby information and advice
• National ChildbirthTrust
  Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding advice.
• Babyworld
  Pregnancy, birth and baby advice.
• BBC Pregnancy
  Pregnancy articles and advice.
• AIMS
  Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services. Research and information for health professionals and parents.
• Association for Post-Natal Illness
  Support for mothers suffering from post-natal illness, including post-natal depression.
• Association of Radical Midwives
  Set up to promote the provision within the NHS of tailored midwife provision, and to improve the position of midwives as an advocate for birth choices.
• BliSS The premature baby charity
  BliSS campaigns to improve care for premature babies and sick newborn babies.
• Doula UK
  Network of doulas - experienced woman who offer emotional and practical support to a woman (or couple) before, during and after childbirth.
• Homebirth Reference Site
  Resource about home birth, parents and health professionals looking for facts and ideas.
• Independent Midwives Association
  Information on independent midwives working outside the NHS and details of how to find one in your area
• MorningWell morning sickness treatment
  MorningWell is an audio programme to cure morning sickness.
• Royal College of Midwives
  Includes a number of research and academics papers.
• Sheila Kitzinger
  Sheila Kitzinger is a social anthropologist and writer who has researched into women's experiences of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.

• Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
  Offer advice, support and information on breastfeeding.
• La Leche League
  Breatfeeding advice from International Organisation, questions are routed to a branch in your country.
• The Breastfeeding Network
  Support and information for breastfeeding women.
• Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative
  Works to improve breastfeeding support in the maternity and community health services.

• International Caesarian Awareness Network
  Information and advice.
• Vaginal Birth After Caesarian
  Blunt information on the pros and cons of VBAC.

• Ectopic Pregnancy Trust
  Information on ectopic pregnancies, including the causes and symptoms.
• Tommy's Baby Charity
  Help and support to those who have experienced a premature birth, miscarriage or stillbirth in the family.
• Group B Strep Support group
  Advice and information about preventing GBS infection in babies.
• The Pelvic Partnership
  UK support group for women with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction(SPD) or Pelvic Girdle Pain(PGP) and their families. They provide a telephone helpline and information leaflets free to women with SPD.

• Babylab
  Investigations into how babies develop and learn.
• Sign2Me
  Website of Joseph Garcia, author of Sign With Your Baby, with information on baby signing.
• The Baby Whisperer
  Homepage of Tracy Hogg - author of Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

• England and Wales
  Registering Information
• Scotland
  Registering Information
• Northern Ireland
  Registering Information

• Antenatal Results and Choices
  Support and information for parents facing antenatal screening and test results-related decisions.
• Obstetric Ultrasound - Comprehensive Guide
  Excellent and comprehensive resource for information on ultrasound tests in pregnancy.

• Twinkle Twinkle
  Reusable nappy advice and suppliers.
• National Association of Nappy Services
  A voluntary, non-profit organisation that sets out the industry guidelines.
• Cloth Nappy Review
  Gathers lots of unbiased reviews of all the nappies out there from cloth users. The blog was set up to help people to make a decision and not an expensive mistake.

• Made in Water
  Inflatable birthing pools to buy and lots of information on waterbirths.
• Active Birth Centre
  Information about active births.
• Gentlewater Birthing Pools
  Heated birthing pool Hire Company in the South East of England.
• Splashdown Water Birth Services
  Birthing pool hire throughout the UK.
• Waterbirth International
  List of waterbirth resources and a Waterbirth Referral Search.

Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction - SPD
Mastitis
Baby Equipment Online

Minus Nine to One
Imagine that you are pregnant. You not only have the usual problems of morning sickness and tiredness to contend with. You became pregnant only three months after giving birth to your first child so you have a non-walking toddler which you are still breastfeeding. Your husband is a talented, driven, workaholic who often works from early morning until 1am the next morning and travels abroad regularly. Add to that the fact that your husband’s celebrity status means that every time you go out you run the risk of a member of the paparazzi sticking a camera lens in your face.

The Social Baby And Toddler
Every baby is a unique individual from the moment of birth, with their own likes and dislikes, strengths and sensitivities.One baby might find bright light disturbing, another may not be troubled by light at all but might find being undressed distressing.

BabyTalk
Dr. Sally Ward is a highly respected speech and language therapist, and the Babytalk programme was borne out of a research project into language delayed children. The children whose parents adopted her approach would not only catch their peers up but sometimes overtake them in speech and IQ.