Maternity Services leaflets

Maternity Services and related information leaflets. For information about the service, see our Maternity Service page.

Title	Date published
20 Week Fetal Anomaly Scan - What will happen at	12 Apr 2019
Advice following a 3rd – 4th degree perineal tear	2 Aug 2024
Anaemia in Pregnancy	9 Aug 2019
Aspirin in Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia	12 Nov 2018
Birth Afterthoughts	21 Oct 2022
Breast feeding information for women - Breastfeeding with diabetes: yes you can!	24 Jul 2015
Carbon Monoxide Testing	11 Oct 2023
Cell Salvage	29 Oct 2021
Community Birth: At home or the Whitelake Midwifery Led Unit	31 Jan 2020
Coping in labour - Pain relief	16 Jul 2021
Coping in labour - Positions for labour and birth	24 May 2019
Coping in labour - Stages of labour	4 Jun 2021
Coping with a crying baby - the power to protect	22 Mar 2018
Dating and Combined Screening Test - What will happen at	12 Apr 2019
Dichorionic Twin Pregnancy	5 May 2016
Elective Caesarean Section	27 May 2021
Extremely Preterm Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes (ePPRoM) before 24 weeks’ gestation	9 Aug 2024
Fetal movements - Feeling your baby move is a sign that they are well	10 Mar 2020
Following a Higher Chance Result (Maternity Screening Tests)	18 Mar 2023
Following your amniocentesis / chorionic villi sampling (CVS)	6 May 2025
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Self-Administration of Pain Relief Drug Chart (Maternity Services)	10 Jan 2025
Gestational Diabetes: A Guide to Insulin in Pregnancy	8 Nov 2024
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Pregnancy Sickness)	19 Jan 2024
Induction of Labour	2 Aug 2024
Induction of Labour	9 Aug 2024
Information for Women Receiving Methotrexate	23 Jul 2018
Intrinsic Obstetric Palsies	11 Nov 2024
Local Induction of Labour	1 Feb 2016
Managing your weight in pregnancy	9 Jun 2015
Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy	5 May 2016
Outpatient induction of labour	27 May 2018
Pain Relief After Birth and While Breastfeeding	28 May 2022
PAPP-A (Pregnancy associated plasma protein - A)	20 Apr 2018
Poor Neonatal Adaptation Syndrome	28 Oct 2022
Postnatal Contraception: Advice after you've had your baby	7 Jan 2025
Pregnant? There are many ways to help protect you and your baby	26 Apr 2017
Protecting your baby from Low Blood Glucose	29 Jul 2019
Recovery advice post a Caesarean Section	2 Aug 2024
Recovery advice post a Vaginal Delivery	2 Aug 2024
Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic	10 Jun 2022
Safety of Antidepressants (SSRIs and SNRIs) in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding	31 Jan 2022
Self-administration of Medication in Hospital After Childbirth (SAM)	28 May 2022
Smoking and Pregnancy: The Risks	1 Apr 2022
Supplementing a Breast Fed baby	9 Aug 2024
Supplementing a Breast Fed baby	2 Aug 2024
Torbay, Teignbridge and South Hams Maternity Services Liaison Committee	21 Mar 2006
Ultrasound videoing and image policy	21 May 2015
Using the Al-sense panty liner to detect Amniotic Fluid	23 Jul 2018
Why do I need to see an anaesthetist during my pregnancy - information for pregnant women with a high body mass index (BMI)	13 Jun 2017
Why screening tests are offered in pregnancy	11 Mar 2021
Withdrawal symptoms in babies. Information for parents on prescribed medication	4 Sep 2020
Women who have a raised BMI in pregnancy	9 Jun 2015
You have elevated levels of Carbon Monoxide - What does this mean?	9 Feb 2018

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