Below are a selection links and phone numbers for various websites and contacts that may be of use both pre-natally and post-natally. Enjoy! And if there is anything that you think that should be added to the list, please do let me know. 

 

*Although I have recommended these sites, I am not responsible for their content and the views expressed.*

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Birth

Caesarean Birth www.caesarean.org.uk 

Homebirth Reference Site www.homebirth.org.uk

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Birth Choices

NHS Birth Choices: www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/where-can-i-give-birth/

Royal College of Midwives: www.rcm.org.uk/which-birth-choice-website

Which? Birth Choices Website: www.which.co.uk/birth-choice

The Positive Birth Book: www.pinterandmartin.com/the-positive-birth-book.html

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Your Rights in Pregnancy and Birth

Association for Improvement in the Maternity Services: www.aims.org.uk

Birthrights: www.birthrights.org.uk

Rebecca Schiller, Author of Why Human Rights in Childbirth Matter and Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan; www.pinterandmartin.com/rebecca-schiller

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Breastfeeding Support

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust services and links: www.ouh.nhs.uk/infantfeeding

NHS Info Pages: www.nhs.uk/breastfeeding

BfN (Breastfeeding Network): www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk

La Leche League: www.laleche.org.uk

Lactation Consultants UK www.lcgb.org

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Local Birth Centres/Hospitals

Horton Hospital Midwife Led Maternity Unit, Horton Hospital, Oxford Road, OX16 9FG; 01295 229472

John Radcliffe Hospital Women's Centre: www.ouh.nhs.uk/women/maternity/units/jr/default.aspx

John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford Spires Midwifery-Led Unit: www.ouh.nhs.uk/women/maternity/units/jr/spires-unit.aspx

Cotswold Birth Centre: www.ouh.nhs.uk/women/maternity/units/community/cotswold-maternity-unit.aspx

Warwick Hospital Bluebell Birth Centre: www.swft.nhs.uk/our-services/adult-hospital-services/maternity

Northampton General Hospital, Barratt Birth Centre: www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/Services/Our-Clinical-Services-and-Departments/Obstetrics-and-Gynaecology/Maternity/Barratt-Birth-Centre.aspx

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Mental Health

Action on Post Partum Psychosis www.appp-network.org

Association for Postnatal Illness www.apni.org

Pre and Post Natal Depression Advice and Support www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

Oxford Parent Infant Project (OxPip) www.oxpip.org.uk

Northamptonshire Parent Infant Partnership (NorPip) www.norpip.org.uk

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Premature Babies

Bliss www.bliss.org.uk

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Baby Loss

Tommy's www.tommys.org

Sands www.uk-sands.org

Saying Goodbye www.sayinggoodbye.org 

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