Pregnancy health centre

Health and baby: Finding help

Organisations

This list offers resources online where you can find more information about pregnancy issues.

NCT

Every year, this charity helps more than a million mums and dads through pregnancy, birth and the start of being parents. It offers antenatal and postnatal courses, and local support through a network of local branches. You can get in touch with the branch nearest you through the NCT website.

nctpregnancyandbabycare.com

Family Planning Association (FPA)

FPA helplines provide confidential information and advice on contraception, STIs, pregnancy choices, abortion and planning a pregnancy plus details of contraception, sexual health and GUM clinics and sexual assault referral centres. Visit fpa.org.uk  

Tommy's

This charity focuses on helping more babies to be born healthy by funding research and making information available about the causes and prevention of miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth.

tommys.org

Mumsnet - by parents for parents

Information, messageboards and advice from conception to looking after a toddler.

mumsnet.com

Ectopic Pregnancy Foundation

This charity concentrates on the one in 100 pregnancies that are ectopic. It works to make sure this potentially life threatening problem is managed properly by providing information, advice and help to patients and the medical profession. 

ectopicpregnancy.co.uk

The Miscarriage Association

The Miscarriage Association provides support and information to those suffering the effects of pregnancy loss.

The Breastfeeding Network

This organisation aims to be an independent source of support and information for women who breastfeed.

breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk

Postnatal Depression website

A website providing information and support for anyone with an interest in postnatal depression.

postnataldepression.com

Home Start

Home-Start offers help with post-natal illness, isolation, bereavement, disability, domestic violence and more.

home-start.org.uk

Sands

Sands – the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society - offers support to anyone affected by the death of a baby during pregnancy or after birth, and promotes research and changes in practice that could help to reduce the loss of babies' lives.

uk-sands.org

The Royal College of Midwives

The professional body for midwives that promotes research, clinical excellence, training, and campaigns on women’s health issues.

rcm.org.uk

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

This body registers all nurses and midwives to make sure they are properly qualified and competent to work in the UK.

nmc-uk.org