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What happens straight after the birth?
What to expect after your baby is born, including information on skin-to-skin contact, bonding, stitches and vitamin K injections.
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Pack your bag for labour
Find out the essentials you need to pack in your bag ready for labour and birth, including clothes for you and the baby, towels and sanitary pads.
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Coronary heart disease and pregnancy
Find out how pregnancy can affect coronary heart disease (CHD), as well as the risks, birth options and managing your CHD.
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What happens at the hospital or birth centre
Find out when to call the hospital, midwife unit or midwife once labour starts, and when to go. Plus what to expect when you get there, including examinations the midwife will carry out and what the delivery rooms are like.
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Pain relief in labour
Find out about the different methods of pain relief in labour, including self-help, gas and air, birth pools, pethidine and epidurals.
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Forceps or vacuum delivery
Find out about assisted birth or assisted delivery, where forceps or vacuum (ventouse) are used to help deliver the baby.
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Deafblindness - Causes
Read about the main causes of deafblindness, including problems that can be present from birth and those that can develop later on.
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Antenatal support: meet the team
Find out who is in your antenatal team and how they'll help you during pregnancy, labour and birth, including the midwife, obstetrician and sonographer.
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What happens if your baby is breech?
Find out about baby positions before birth including breech (feet first) and transverse (lying sideways) – plus what can be done to turn babies in the wrong position, and the safest options for birth.
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Newborn jaundice - Symptoms
Symptoms of jaundice usually appear about 3 days after birth and disappear by the time the baby is 2 weeks old.