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Alternative feeding methods: Cup or Finger feeding
Amniocentesis and Chronic villus sample (CVS) testing
Anaesthetic advice on heparin and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)
Anaesthetic specific maternity information - web access
Anaesthetics for Caesarean birth
Antenatal steriods in pregnancy
Antenatal steroids
Antibiotics for your baby
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Aromatherapy: Use in pregnancy and labour
Bad back during pregnancy and labour
BCG vaccination checklist for babies
Bereavement support for women and their families
Bipolar disorder, pregnancy and childbirth
Birth after previous Caesarean (VBAC)
Birth partner information - elective Caeasarean birth
Birth partners guide when theatre is required following birth
Birthing partner: Information
Bleeding disorders in pregnancy
Blossom Team birth services
Bottle feeding: How can I tell it is going well?
Breast feeding and breast milk fortifier
Breast feeding challenges: Sore cracked painful nipples, blockages, engorgement, mastitis and abscess
Breast feeding: How can I tell it is going well?
Breast feeding: Women with substance use or dependency issues
Breastfeeding and pain relief
Breech baby at end of pregnancy: RCOG information
Bruising in immobile children: What's going on?
Burial on private land
Caesarean birth recovery
Cannabis use in pregnancy: a guide for parents
Caring for your body in pregnancy
Caring for your child at home before the funeral
Carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy or post birth
Case-loading: what it is and how it affects you
Chaperones
Choosing where to have your baby
Choosing your birthing partner
Clot prevention for women taking low weight molecular heparin (LWMH)
Coccyx pain during pregnancy (antenatal)
Coccyx pain following childbirth
Collecting your baby from the mortuary
Combined scan clinic
Complications of obesity in pregnancy
Consent: Information for pregnant women
Cooling treatment for babies with perinatal asphyxia
Coronavirus - Information to keep you safe at home whilst isolating: NHS advice
Could you become a breast milk donor?
Critically ill mother
Day Assessment Unit
Do you use drugs or alcohol or are you in treatment for problem use?
Domestic abuse
Donor milk for babies
Early labour
Early labour: Checklist and support guide
Early termination of pregnancy: Support groups information
Epidural information card
Epidural or Spinal: Postnatal advice
Epidurals for pain relief including programmed intermittent epidural boluses (PIEB) pumps
Exercises and advice following gynaecological surgery
Exercises and advice following the loss of your baby
Exercises following obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASI - third or fourth degree perineal tears)
Expressing breast milk when you are separated from your baby
Expressing colostrum (first breast milk)
Expressing milk - parents' guide
Feeding and tongue tie (Ankyloglossia): Information for parents
Feeding resources for mothers
Feeding your premature baby after discharge
Female genital mutilation (FGM)
Fetal anomaly diagnosis: Useful information
First trimester scans: NHS website link
Gastro oesophageal reflux (acid reflux) in babies
General anaesthetics on Delivery suite
Getting ready for birth
Getting ready to leave Buscot Ward
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy and newborn babies: RCOG information
Having a baby after the age of 40
Having a booked (elective) Caesarean birth
Having your baby
Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS)
High body mass index (BMI): Why do I need to see an anaesthetist during my pregnancy?
Hip clinic referral
Hip pain in pregnancy: Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS)
How do I work out when my baby is due and how does the due date affect my care?
If your waters break before labour starts: Pre-labour rupture of membranes (PROM)
Illness in newborns: NHS England leaflets
Induction of labour
Infant feeding protocol: Parents guide
Infant hip dysplasia checklist
Information for mothers who are expecting a large for gestational age baby (LGA)
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP)
Intrauterine pregnancy of uncertain viability (IUPUV)
Jaundice in newborn babies
Low PAPP-A result and extra scans
Low placenta at 20 week scan
Low-dose aspirin (150mg) in pregnancy to prevent pre-eclampsia and intra-uterine growth restriction
Lung perfusion scan (Q scan) for pregnant women
Maternity - Assisted vaginal births
Maternity - Scar tissue mobilisation (for childbirth scars)
Maternity - Travel advice during pregnancy
Maternity i-book
Maternity: Diabetes - Metformin use in pregnancy
Maternity: MRSA in pregnancy
Maternity: Blood Groups and Red Cell Antibodies in Pregnancy
Maternity: Breastfeeding support at West Berks Family Hubs
Maternity: Carbon monoxide monitoring in pregnancy
Maternity: Coronavirus - information for parents of newborn babies
Maternity: Coronavirus - planning your birth
Maternity: Coronavirus and pregnancy (Arabic)
Maternity: Coronavirus and pregnancy (English)
Maternity: Coronavirus and pregnancy (Nepali)
Maternity: Coronavirus and pregnancy (Polish)
Maternity: Coronavirus and pregnancy (Romanian)
Maternity: Coronavirus and pregnancy (Urdu)
Maternity: Coronavirus testing for women and their support person (Arabic)
Maternity: Coronavirus testing for women and their support person (English)
Maternity: Coronavirus testing for women and their support person (Nepali)
Maternity: Coronavirus testing for women and their support person (Polish)
Maternity: Coronavirus testing for women and their support person (Romanian)
Maternity: Coronavirus testing for women and their support person (Urdu)
Maternity: D negative mothers' blood test
Maternity: Diabetes - Oral glucose tolerance test
Maternity: Diabetes - self administration of insulin injections
Maternity: Diabetes and pregnancy planning
Maternity: Diabetes in pregnancy care (Type 1 and Type 2)
Maternity: Diabetic retinopathy and normal vaginal delivery
Maternity: Flu vaccinations in pregnancy
Maternity: Gestational diabetes
Maternity: Keep alcohol away from children
Maternity: Keep injecting equipment away from children
Maternity: Keep methadone away from children
Maternity: Preparing for and managing pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Maternity: Protecting your baby from low blood sugar
Maternity: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists information leaflets
Maternity: Safer sleep information
Maternity: Screening tests for your and your baby (PHE)
Maternity: Visiting charter
Maternity: Welcome to Transitional Care
Maternity: What to do during the birth process
Maternity: Will I need a blood transfusion?
Medical managment (treatment) of first trimester miscarriage
Meralgia paraesthetica in pregnancy
Mid to late pregnancy loss on the Delivery suite
Midwifery services in West Berkshire
Miscarriage in the first trimester
Monitoring baby's heartbeat during labour
Myopia and normal vaginal delivery
Newborn hearing screening on Buscot ward
Newborn Hearing Screening Programme: Important information
Newborn Hearing Screening Programme: Information for parents
NHS Care: What choices do I have in maternity and gynaecology?
Nuclear medicine tests: Breast feeding advice
Obstetric Anaesthetists Association - translations on pregnancy issues
Ondanestron use in pregnancy
Options for place of birth: making a choice once you're in labour
Overactive bladder training
Overactive thyroid in pregnancy
Pain relief after birth
Pain relief in labour
Pelvic floor muscle exercises: Maternity & Gynaecology
Perineal clinic: Your visit
Perineal tears prevention
Personal information: How we use it
Placenta praevia, placenta accreta and vasa praevia: RCOG information
Positional talipes (TCV) exercise information
Positional talipes (TEV) exercise information
Positive pregnancy test
Possible effects of offering formula milk to a breast feeding baby
Postnatal care: Where and when
Post-partum (after birth) hysterectomy
Pregnancy after multiple previous Caesarean births
Pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain (PGP)
Pregnancy, birth and postnatal information for women with epilepsy
Premature pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM)
Pre-term birth clinic
Previous minor postpartum haemorrhage
Previous third degree tear
Progressing your exercises after birth
Prolonged pregnancy management
Pulse oximetry screening - Information for parents
Rainbow care clinic
Rainbow clinic study: Participation info sheet
Raised blood pressure in pregnancy: Gestational hypertension
Raised blood pressure in pregnancy: Postnatal advice
Raised blood pressure in pregnancy: Pre-eclampsia
Recurrent miscarriage
Relaxing your pelvic floor muscles
Remifentanil: Patient controlled analgesia (PCA)
Removing metal jewellery and acrylic nails
Requesting a same sex health care professional
Retained placenta: Manual removal
Retained placenta: Previous manual removal
Returning to fitness after birth
Returning to running after childbirth
Rib pain in pregnancy
Round ligament pain in pregnancy
Safety measures for elective Caesarean birth
Sensitive management of pregnancy tissue
Separation of the abdominal muscles (diastasis/divarification)
Sepsis
Shoulder dystocia
Shoulder dystocia: RCOG information
Simple guide to post-mortem on babies and children
Skin to skin contact
Skincare advice for newborn babies
Stem cell harvesting within RBFT
Sterilisation at time of Caesarean birth
Taking photos or videos when your baby is born
Tears and stitches after birth
TENS machine: Use in labour
The Day Assessment Unit
Treatment for heavy bleeding after birth: Bakri balloon
Treatment for heavy bleeding after birth: Uterine artery embolisation
Twin pregnancy: Care schedule
Twins and giving birth: What you need to know
Unassisted births - Maternity information
Urinary problems immediately after childbirth
Useful contact numbers for parents to be and new parents
Useful resources during your pregnancy
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy or after birth
Vitamin D for mothers and mums to be
Vitamin K
Water use for labour and birth (water births): What you need to know
Weight loss in newborn babies
Welcome to Level 4 Maternity Unit
Welcome to Level 4 Maternity Unit - Chinese
Welcome to Level 4 Maternity Unit - Nepali
Welcome to Level 4 Maternity Unit - Portuguese
Welcome to Level 4 Maternity Unit - Romanian
Welcome to Level 4 Maternity Unit - Urdu
What happens next?
What happens on the day of your elective Caesarean birth
What to get ready for your birth experience
Will I need a blood transfusion during pregnancy or birth?
Your baby's movements: Kicks Count
Your maternity ultrasound scan