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• Pregnancy (antenatal) care, checks and screening tests

  Read about the scans, tests and antenatal care you can have.

• Diaphragm or cap

  Find out how diaphragms and caps work to prevent pregnancy, how effective they are, where to get them and how to use them.

• Sprains and strains

  Sprains and strains are common injuries affecting the muscles and ligaments. Most can be treated at home without seeing a GP.

• What complications can affect the placenta?

  Complications that can affect the placenta during pregnancy or childbirth include low-lying placenta, retained placenta and placental abruption.

• Syphilis

  Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Find out what the symptoms are, when and where to get medical help and how it's treated.

• Jellyfish and other sea creature stings

  You can usually use first aid, but call 999 for an ambulance if there are serious symptoms like severe swelling.

• Preventing stillbirth

  Read about what you can do to help prevent stillbirth, including not smoking, avoiding alcohol and drugs during pregnancy and attending all of your antenatal appointments.

• Atenolol: a beta blocker medicine for blood pressure and heart conditions

  NHS information about the medicine atenolol, including what it's used for, who can take it, how to take it and side effects.

• Antenatal care with twins

  Find out about what tests and scans to expect when you're having twins or more, plus the risks of a twin or triplet pregnancy.

• Screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia

  Find out about screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia in pregnancy, including how and why it's done, how to get it and when you receive the results.