Having a healthy baby

Use this page as a guide to care and potential problems that might occur

Keeping yourself and your baby healthy
Pregnancy related symptoms
Pregnancy complications
Other conditions and pregnancy
After the birth
Miscellaneous information

Keeping yourself and your baby healthy

	10 ways you can help yourself to have a healthy baby.
	Prevention of neural tube defects
	The pregnancy test
	Maternity care at the Devonshire Lodge Surgery: schedule of visits
	What to bring to the ante-natal clinic
	Smoking and pregnancy
	Alcohol and pregnancy
	Medication and pregnancy
	Simple pain relief in pregnancy
	Parentcraft classes
	Ante-natal screeing for Down's syndrome and neural tube defects
	What is Down's syndrome?
	Nuchal translucency scans for the detection of Down's syndrome
	Fitness and exercise
	Maternity certificates, benefits, free prescriptions and dental care
	Peanut Allergy

Pregnancy related symptoms

	Early pregnancy symptoms
	Headaches, palpitations and fainting
	Abdominal pains
	Breathlessness
	Constipation and piles
	Varicose veins
	Backache
	Pins and needles
	Ankle swelling and leg cramps
	Nausea and vomiting

Pregnancy complications

	Pre-eclampsia
	Bleeding during early pregnancy
	Bleeding during later pregnancy
	Bile obstruction and jaundice
	Premature rupture of membranes ("waters breaking")
	Foetal movements

Other conditions and pregnancy

	Rubella (German Measles) and pregnancy
	Listeria
	Toxoplasmosis
	Chicken pox in pregnancy
	Cystitis and pregnancy
	Heartburn and pregnancy
	Genital herpes simplex
	HIV and pregnancy

After the birth

	After your baby is born
	Registering the birth
	Mother's post natal check
	The health visitor
	Child health surveillance checks and immunisations
	Baby clinic
	Child health record book (the Red Book)
	Breast or bottle feeding?
	Passive smoking-the risk to your child's health

Miscellaneous information

	Benefits timetable
	Booklist

Useful telephone numbers